A limited series set just months after Bruce adopted Dick.
If there's anything DC loves, it's going back to the well for more stories set in the early days of its characters' histories. Batman is no stranger to this, with the three-issue arc The Joker Year One a recent example. Now, DC is gearing up for another return to the past with Batman and Robin: Year One. This miniseries will debut on October 16, 2024 and is set to explore the earliest days of the duo's partnership, taking place just a couple of months after Bruce has adopted Dick. It will be written by Mark Waid and co-plotted and illustrated by Chris Samnee.
Here's a bit more about the series from DC's press release:
In Batman and Robin: Year One, while Bruce Wayne adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson, a mysterious new crime boss called the General has come to Gotham to claim the city by disrupting and destroying its other mobs. But what is his connection to Two-Face? Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out for answers, but it’ll take everything they have to navigate both sides of their relationship as father and son and dynamic duo, with Dick Grayson’s present and future hanging in the balance!
At the heart of the story is the relationship between Bruce and Dick. With his father having died so early in his life, Bruce has no idea how to be a father for Dick. The series will explore how Bruce grapples with his new role as well as working with a partner for the first time, particularly one who is so different from himself.
Samnee says of the pairing:
[Dick will] take orders when they make sense to him, but he’s keen to improvise, testing his role within the Dynamic Duo. The first pages you’ll see will showcase how they’ll be acting, and reacting, as they adventure out into Gotham City on patrol together.
Along with Batman and Robin: Year One, October will also be seeing the start of DC's new All In and Absolute Universe publishing initiatives. You can read about both right here.
Source: DC Comics Press Release
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