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Mark Waid & Chris Samnee Launch Batman And Robin: Year One in October

DC Comics has announced a new 12-issue comic book series, Batman and Robin: Year One, by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee.

Published Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:18:09 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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DC Comics unveils Batman and Robin: Year One, a 12-issue series starting in October.
Legendary duo Mark Waid and Chris Samnee team up for the new Batman narrative.
The story explores Bruce Wayne's challenges in fathering Dick Grayson.
Exclusive variant covers and black and white previews are revealed.

DC Comics has announced a new 12-issue comic book series, Batman and Robin: Year One, by the Captain America team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, launching on the 16th of October.

"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!"

"While Batman and Robin are the stars of this tale and get most of the panel time, at its heart, this isn't a Batman/Robin story, it's a Bruce/Dick story," said Mark Waid. "It takes place only a month or two after Bruce adopted Dick, and it's sinking in for Bruce that he has no idea how to be a father to a kid that age. He has no role model—his own father was long dead by the time he was Dick's age. Nothing he's ever done has prepared him for this, and Alfred—wise as he is—doesn't have much experience here either."

"Dick is everything Bruce is not—impetuous, flamboyant, reckless," said Chris Samnee. "But he's also precise; he can stick a landing. He'll 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. We're so excited for this story to finally be told."

Batman and Robin: Year One #1, will have variant covers by Mikel Janín, Matteo Scalera, Karl Kerschl (1:25), and Lee Weeks (1:50). Here's a look at some of the Chris Samnee black and whites…