Robin & Batman #1 is the beginning of yet another retelling of Robin/Dick Grayson’s origin story. Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s miniseries picks up shortly after Bruce Wayne has taken in Dick after his parents’ deaths and is training him to be Batman’s famous sidekick. See how Robin gets his iconic outfit! And… that’s about it for this first issue. Hmm.
Do we really need another origin retelling of Dick Grayson’s Robin - is there anyone out there clamouring for this? The one new addition Lemire lends to the story is Killer Croc’s involvement, which I think is a good idea as it gives Dick a link to a Batman rogue that also ties into his family’s circus roots - it feels like it could be a stronger origin than what’s gone before.
Dustin Nguyen’s art is solid as always and I like his Batman and Batmobile designs. Lemire’s writing isn’t terrible either - it’s a competently written comic, it’s just not compelling to read. Maybe this would be more appealing if this is someone’s first exposure to Dick Grayson’s origin story - and this seems to be DC’s latest attempt at a definitive version of this - but I’ve read Dick Grayson’s origins many times before and so reading it again, with very little deviation, didn’t do anything for me.
Robin & Batman #1 might appeal to newer and younger Batman readers but I think most seasoned fans of these characters won’t find much here for them, unless they’re happy with reading the same old same old one more time.
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