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by Frank Miller (Author), Jim Lee (Illustrator, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

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The talents responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, SIN CITY) and Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you've never seen them before in this reinvention of these classic characters. All hell breaks loose at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy's life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to--no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest stars and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo! Collects ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #1-9.

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Miller, the man who kicked off the grim and gritty era of superhero comics with the 1986 Batman tale The Dark Knight Returns, returns to write the iconic character once again in a series that takes the tropes of superhero excess and explodes them into satire. Miller casts Batman as an obsessive lunatic who enlists traumatized children into his war on crime, calls himself the goddamn Batman and is prone to cackling maniacally. Sex and violence are constant preoccupations, but even during sex scenes, Miller can hardly keep a straight face. After a shared rampage against corrupt cops that includes the interjection, Eat glass, lawman! Batman and heroine Black Canary celebrate with an intimate encounter on a burning pier during a lightning storm. Although the bombastic, repetitive narration and decompressed storytelling (two and a half issues pass before Batman and Robin leave the Batmobile) often borders on hilarious, Miller aims for more obvious jokes later in the series. It's an over the top in-joke for the superhero crowd, though its irreverence may not have the most zealous and serious superhero fans laughing. (June)
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Miller returns to the character he so audaciously reinterpreted in the groundbreaking The Dark Knight Returns (1987). His Batman is again a genuinely nasty, borderline-psychotic piece of work; here, however, Miller mitigates the character’s vicious sadism through the use of thought-captions revealing unspoken reservations about the course his war against crime has taken. Set in the early years of Batman’s career, the tale sees him groom 12-year-old aerialist Dick Grayson as a sidekick after the senior Flying Graysons are murdered. Once Robin’s on board, the story line meanders, growing ever more extreme and skirting silliness as Miller introduces his irreverent versions of Superman, Wonder Woman, and other Justice Leaguers. This time out, drawing duties are assumed by Jim Lee, whose admittedly gorgeous but ultimately shallow approach substitutes overrendered flash for the thoughtful economy and innovative storytelling techniques Miller used in Dark Knight. Controversial among fans and not nearly as artistically successful as its companion, Grant Morrison’s All Star Superman, Miller’s new Batman still has been DC’s top seller of late, guaranteeing this compilation an eager audience. --Gordon Flagg

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0064W658Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ DC (November 5, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 5, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Comic book illustrator Jim Lee is the editorial director of WildStorm Studios (which he founded in 1992) and the artist for many of DC Comics' bestselling comic book and graphic novels, including All Star Batman and Robin, Batman: Hush, and Superman: For Tomorrow. He also serves as the creative director for the upcoming DC Universe Online videogame. Prior to DC, he was one of the founding fathers of Image Comics and best known for his run on the X-Men for Marvel Comics during which he co-created such characters as Gambit and Agent Zero. In his spare time, Jim enjoys a good laugh or two.
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Paul Levitz
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Paul Levitz was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1956, and entered the comics industry in 1971 as editor/publisher of The Comic Reader, the first mass-circulation fanzine devoted to comics news. He continued to publish TCR for three years, winning two consecutive annual Comic Art Fan Awards for Best Fanzine. His other fan activities included editing the program books for several of Phil Seuling’s legendary New York Comic Art Conventions,. He received Comic-con International’s Inkpot Award in 2002, the prestigious Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award in 2008, and the Comics industry Appreciation Award from ComicsPro (the trade association of comic shop retailers) in 2010. Levitz also serves on the board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Levitz is primarily known for his work for DC Comics, where he has written most of their classic characters including the Justice Society, Superman in both comics and the newspaper strip, and an acclaimed run on The Legion of Super-Heroes, a series he’s recently returned to write. Readers of The Buyers’ Guide voted his Legion: The Great Darkness Saga one of the 20 best comic stories of the last century, and visitors to the site comicbookresources.com selected the same story as #11 of the Top 100 Comic Book Stories of All Time. DC Comics has just issued a new hardcover edition of Legion: The Great Darkness Saga, which made the New York Times' Graphic Books Bestseller List.
Cumulatively, Levitz has written over 300 stories with sales of over 25 million copies, and translations into over 20 languages. As a DC staffer from 1973, Levitz was an assistant editor, the company’s youngest editor ever, and in a series of business capacities, became Executive Vice President & Publisher in 1989 and then served as President & Publisher from 2002-2009. He continues as a Contributing Editor, but is now concentrating on his writing.
His current writing projects include Taschen’s 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING, which the LA Times praised for "its colossal ambitions, insights and collected rarities" and the NY Times called "richly conceived history."
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Vivian

All Star Batman And Robin

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2013

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This series was a sequel of sorts to Frank Miller's classic "Batman:Year One" thus it also falls before the even bigger Frank Miller landmark "The Dark knight Retruns."

"All Star Batman" is often misunderstood and people who havent even tried to read it or understand it have brushed it off as garbage. But not only is this my favorite origin of Robin,it's most likely the coolest and deepest origin of the Dynamic Duo.

Batman in "Year One" was a young crime fighter trying to figure it all out. He was coming into his own. A few years later we get to the events in this book where Batman is an experienced and cocky thug who delights in brutalizing the worst offenders. Batman has nothing to live for. He is deep into his war on crime. He is obsessed like never before. His only compaion,Alfred even wonders if Batman has gone or will go too far and cross the line.

Then Robin comes into Batman's life. Dick Grayson,a boy like Batman who saw his parents die right in front of him. Batman puts on a tough exterior but his inner monoluoge reveals his big heart. He is cruel to young Dick Grayson at first but the pair soon begin to get along like best friends. 2 kids who have something in common and dress in crazy costumes to beat up bad guys. It's a fascinating version of Batman and Robin,some great and memroable scens in this story and brilliant artwork by Jim Lee of "Batman:Hush" fame. I was surprised at the laughs in here too. The way Batman is unsure and not too fond of his future Justice League teammates like Green Lantern and Superman. Batman refers to Superman as "the idiot in Metropolis" and remarks that Green Lantern's weakness against the color yellow is "the dumbest weakness I ever heard of."
We see in this story why a Batman might not like these other heroes. Batman comes across as somewhat jealous of super powered beings.

The last scene in this book brings it all together. Batman and Robin embrace,touching moment.

Oh man. Great story really cant event tell you how many small moments turn outbrilliantly. We even get to see a young Joker who is as sick as ever and sports a dragon tattoo on his back. Just all kinds of crazy. Great story.

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CConn

A Parody by Frank Miller

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2009

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In order to appreciate All Star Batman at any level in terms of actual story, you have to look at it as a satire, a total comedy. While it's always a matter of debate whether Frank Miller is making a statement about how Batman's been characterized in recent years, or if he's just lost his touch and gone completely insane, you have to admit, unintentional or not, All Star Batman's characterization is a biting parody and attack on this uber-cold, crazed bastard of a man Batman has been portrayed as the past 15 years or so.

And for that, I think the book succeeds very well. It does really make you laugh, and make you think about just how Batman has been characterized recently, and if it's really the right type of characterization for the character.

The one big thing that truly is a bad aspect of the righting, is the pacing of the plot. It may be partially due to the book's delays, but, at times, it truly feels like even though issue after issue has passed, the plot hasn't moved at all. Which is definite complaint, but when all the issues are read together, it really is a lot less event.

Obviously, the art on the book is spectacular. As good as Lee has ever been. Unfortunately, that's dampened by the fact that it took Jim Lee so long to draw this series, that it's fallen into a hiatus it may never find its way out of.

All in all, I find it to be a pretty enjoyable read, and really great book to look at. You just have to read it with a mindset that this interpretation of Batman isn't serious. Frank Miller isn't writing the quintessential Batman. Or even an "out-there" interpretation of Batman. Frank Miller is writing a joke. A parody. Don't go into this book expecting anything else.

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Reinold F.

Rococo excess : D

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023

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What if Batman were a sort of Clint Eastwood I guess, each gesture is overdone, each word is trying to be the more edgy. These characters are rough people that could match the intellect of Stephen Hawking while hitting people in alleys. I like it, the art and writing flows. I notice a difference in how Jim Lee drew Batman for Hush and afterwards for this volume, his Batman is darker while in the former is just a bit darker Captain America visually speaking, my brother pointed that probably is the influence of Frank Miller and surely it looks like that. I like it but I don't love it because sadly the story is just cut and not finished :/

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Nightwing

If you are a fan of Frank miller and Jim lee this book is honestly the book you must pick up !!

Reviewed in India on December 8, 2020

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All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder is a largely misunderstood miniseries. It is essentially a loose retelling of Dick Grayson's origin, albeit set in an alternate universe where Batman behaves in a juvenile, immature manner. The story is a bit hit-or-miss, you may enjoy it if you block the classic Robin's Redemption arc from your head. I got it in near mint condition too.
I vastly enjoyed this graphic novel, both for its quirky storyline and amazing artwork by Jim Lee.

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An All-Star Lineup on Paper for Sure

Reviewed in Australia on April 30, 2023

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Overall, I found this to be quite a disturbing read with Miller’s Batman being beyond edgy and unhinged. A lot of it feels uncalled for and a far cry from this Batman’s supposed origins in Miller’s Batman: Year One. I particularly disliked his treatment of Dick Grayson and Black Canary (and the overall treatment of women in general in this book).

Issue #9 does have an excellent sequence with Green Lantern, but that unfortunately also gets taken too far.

Jim Lee’s art is magnificent as are some of Miller’s variant covers. It is a true privilege to see Jim Lee draw Batman.

Overall, I probably would only recommend this book to Frank Miller completionists.

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ÒTIMO PRODUTO

Reviewed in Brazil on February 11, 2016

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muito bom, atendimento nota 10, encadernado muito lindo arte fantástica
meu próximo pedido será o ICONS, e o SUPERMAN: SEM LIMITES ;) !!!

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Excellent!

Reviewed in Italy on October 21, 2015

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Excellent service. As it written in the description, the product is new and arrives after one day. Highly recommended. A+++

Tyler Levesque

Let Me Explain...

Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2014

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I personally loved it. Although questionable and a little ridiculous at first, it does work out. The action was incredible, the dialogue was memorable, and the dynamic between Batman and Robin was awkwardly brilliant. This is a must for any Batman collector.

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All-Star Batman & Robin began to me as what seemed like a bitter, cold and butch take on the story of Dick Grayson's introduction into Bruce Wayne's life. It was written, in classic Miller fashion, as a quick-paced noir detective graphic that avoids all subtlety and practically drips with sex, grubby lingo and violence. No longer can we expect a seasoned Bruce Wayne empathetic to loss and isolation, not here. He encourages pain, ignorance and independence in a twelve-year old acrobat while, for the better part of the novel, the boy still carries the blood of his parents on his pant legs. The Batman cripples every thug with a stolen purse, he curses like a sailor (well, a sailor in a DC Comic), and he most clearly of all, does not have all the answers. We see a Bruce that is almost entirely disconnected from the dark, developed character we know, and the weirdest thing is, we also see a young Dick Grayson who, after repressing the death of his parents and overcoming a brief stint of near-insanity, is almost cool with being kidnapped and re-written by a hairy guy in a Bat costume.

As I read forward, I could see that there was some justification for the ridiculousness of this novel. Actually, plenty of justification. While for a moment, I almost agreed with countless reviewers about the fate of this run. I told myself, after the first issue, to just "imagine this is a spin on Sin City" or "disconnect this title from canon and consider it a 'What If?'" It soon began to make sense. It becomes clear that in this Universe, we tune into Bruce at a transitional stage in his life. The Joker has barely been active a year, The Justice League is hardly a group of aliens in tights sitting in a musty basement, and The Batman is still making a name for himself in Gotham. Batman, although trained to scrap at a superhuman level, is still figuring out the type of hero he wants to be. We see a man who has not yet learned the value of subtlety; the values of time and patience. We see a man who hasn't learned to channel his rage, and because of this, we see him reflect it at the entire world; His love interests, his protege, and potential allies are just a few examples, hell, he's even kind of a dick to Alfred. A man blinded by anger and loss trying to save the world one thug at a time. He hasn't discovered his full potential. He's sure of his abilities, but is he sure of himself? When he takes Dick under his wing, it's a wonder that it makes no "goddamn" sense... But it does at the same time. We see Bruce as a broken mentor and Dick as a boy with nobody else; a boy who will take any sort of guidance he can get. It's the blind leading the blind, and in some messy and brilliant way, it does, eventually, work out. Read it for yourself! As both a Batman fan and and a Miller aficionado, I give this book my sincere recommendation.

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