DC Announces Batman & Robin: Year One

DC Comics has announced Batman & Robin: Year One, a caller 12-issue miniseries from writer Mark Waid and illustrator Chris Samnee opening this October 16.

The communicative concerns Bruce Wayne arsenic helium “adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson.” Concurrently, “a mysterious caller transgression brag called the General” with arsenic mysterious ties to Two-Face “has travel to Gotham to assertion the metropolis by disrupting and destroying its different mobs. Batman and his caller sidekick, Robin, are retired for answers, but it’ll instrumentality everything they person to navigate some sides of their narration arsenic begetter and lad and dynamic duo, with Dick Grayson’s contiguous and aboriginal hanging successful the balance!”

In the DC property release, Waid notes the miniseries volition beryllium much of a Bruce/Dick communicative than 1 concerning Batman/Robin, stating “It takes spot lone a period oregon 2 aft Bruce adopted Dick, and it’s sinking successful for Bruce that helium has no idea however to beryllium a begetter to a kid that age. He has nary relation model—his ain begetter was agelong dormant by the clip helium was Dick’s age. Nothing he’s ever done has prepared him for this, and Alfred—wise arsenic helium is—doesn’t person overmuch acquisition present either.”

Samnee adds, “Dick is everything Bruce is not—impetuous, flamboyant, reckless- but he’s besides precise; helium tin instrumentality a landing. He’ll instrumentality orders erstwhile they marque consciousness to him, but he’s keen to improvise, investigating his relation wrong the Dynamic Duo. The archetypal pages you’ll spot volition showcase however they’ll beryllium acting, and reacting, arsenic they escapade retired into Gotham City connected patrol together. We’re truthful excited for this communicative to yet beryllium told.”

Fatherhood, right? As the synopsis states, the book’s superior antagonist volition beryllium the General, a Damien Thorne-esque modern of Dick Grayson who happens to beryllium a superb subject strategist. Intriguingly, the screen of contented #1 sees a fig of different acquainted villains (Catwoman, Joker, Clayface, Professor Milo, etc.) swarming Batman and Robin successful a motion to the opening recognition series of the Adam West series.

While its improbable immoderate of these characters volition look successful the miniseries proper, the inclusion of Tom Hardy’s Bane is interesting. The closest West’s Batman ever came to his receiving his ain mentation of Bane was erstwhile Val Johnson guest-starred arsenic the Minstrel. (Seriously, spell backmost and ticker his 1 and lone two-parter, “The Minstrel’s Shakedown/Barbecued Batman”—he precise astir succeeds successful leveling Gotham City with an earthquake-causing lute.)

We’ll spot however Waid and Samnee’s Portrait of Eddie’s Father-inspired instrumentality connected the dynamic duo pans retired erstwhile when Batman & Robin: Year One hits shelves aboriginal this year. In the meantime, bask a preview below.

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