All Star Batman and Robin - Frank Miller

Frank Miller: the man who redefined Batman's early years in Batman: Year One. Frank Miller: the man who redefined the end of Batman's career in The Dark Knight Returns. Frank Miller: the man who seriously misses the mark when it comes to redefining the origin's of Batman's partnership with Robin, the Boy Wonder. The All-Star series of titles takes a fresh look at key moments in the lives of well known DC heroes and gives them a fresh spin. Whilst the basic facts familiar to comic fans around the world are adhered to, the authors have a great deal of freedom to add their own ideas and interpretation. I was really excited about the title - Year One ...  Read the complete review

The All Star ranges of comics that have been released by DC on a monthly basis are something completely different to that of the normal comic run that DC publishes. These are totally separate to the normal line of monthly publications from DC and are giving some well known characters a little bit of a reboot and re-programming. They are also treated in a manner that some would say that they take place in a parallel universe or some would say that these could be classified as a "What if..." story. Well for me the reasoning behind the different universe fits perfectly well as this gives a fresh start and an even playing field to tell a story with well ...  Read the complete review

Once again Frank Miller takes on Batman and adds to the universe he has created with batman Year One, The Dark Knight Returns and very poor Dark Knight Strikes Back. In the All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder (a curiously camp and frivolous title) Frank Miller takes us to a period between Year One and the Dark Knight Returns to rewrite the history of Batman and Robin. This graphic novel is collection of issues 1-9 and introduces Robin into the equation of this Batman universe. Since the 70s Robin started to be slowly phased out of the Batman comics until the Dark Knight was solo. He has occasionally had other versions of Robin, but these have ...  Read the complete review