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144 reviews for:
All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder Vol. 1. Written by Frank Miller
Jim Lee, Frank Miller
2.78 AVERAGE
144 reviews for:
All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder Vol. 1. Written by Frank Miller
Jim Lee, Frank Miller
2.78 AVERAGE
This was an interesting take on Batman. I don't have a vast knowledge of him or too many comic in general, but some of it was definitely new to me. I wish this had a bit more to it, I know it's only the first volume but I still think for me to fully appreciate it I'll need to read more of this collection.
Absolutely beautiful. I can't tell if it was tongue in cheek or not, but hysterical either way.
There is a five page hunk at the start of chapter 5 that represents the Wonder Woman I always wanted but no one else at DC had the courage to deliver. She is broad shouldered and contemptuous of the world of men yet sexually drawn to Superman even though she is sickened by his subservience to the laws of man. Really all the female characters (Batgirl and Black Canary) in this volume are interestingly done.
What keeps this from a 5 star book is that it felt like Frank Miller ran out of time. Had he chosen to write a 15 or 18 issue run this could have been an all time classic but you get the feeling he left something on the table and the book doesn't live up to its early promise.
What keeps this from a 5 star book is that it felt like Frank Miller ran out of time. Had he chosen to write a 15 or 18 issue run this could have been an all time classic but you get the feeling he left something on the table and the book doesn't live up to its early promise.
i have read a lot of batman comics. a lot. this was the worst of them. this book is worse than war games, and that's saying a lot.
the only thing that saved this book was jim lee's art - while there's sometimes a panel or two that makes me wonder if men have ever looked at anatomy before, overall it's excellent. the colours are beautiful, and it's generally a delight to look at. unfortunately it couldn't save the story.
this is a comic where batman kidnaps dick grayson, a 12 year old newly traumatised boy, and "drafts" him into a war. where he hits him, and calls him "retarded," and tries to make him live in the batcave and eat rats. the only way this could plausibly be batman is if this actually takes place in one of the universes where batman is actually evil, which i could buy since the rest of the justice league isn't so great either.
once upon a time miller wrote some batman stories that were crucial to the comic industry. this isn't that story. the whole thing looks like a 15 yr old boy with extremely poor socialisation skills wrote it. "wow isn't it cool to be batman, isn't he so dark and mean and awesome, batman is cruel and it's cool, because being a rich guy & knowing the rules don't apply to you is cool." please note the repeated use of 'cool' here. batman, in this story, repeatedly calls himself 'cool' for being batman, for being the target of police violence, for, i don't know, repeatedly abusing a scared child.
miller's understanding of batman is, in my opinion, inherently flawed. he doesn't seem to get that a successful batman hinges on him being a compassionate human. batman is the creation of a man who honestly believes that if he punches crime hard enough in the balls no child will ever be sad again. there's an issue in (i think) gotham adventures, where batman spends the entire issue carrying a baby with him because she's in danger and the only thing that matters is keeping a baby safe. that's batman. not this man who slaps a child across the face for being upset that his parents were murdered.
anyway, i care a lot about this flying rodent, and this comic doesn't do justice to him at all, but if you want to read ten issues of child abuse and generally being a horrific person, then this is the book for you!
the only thing that saved this book was jim lee's art - while there's sometimes a panel or two that makes me wonder if men have ever looked at anatomy before, overall it's excellent. the colours are beautiful, and it's generally a delight to look at. unfortunately it couldn't save the story.
this is a comic where batman kidnaps dick grayson, a 12 year old newly traumatised boy, and "drafts" him into a war. where he hits him, and calls him "retarded," and tries to make him live in the batcave and eat rats. the only way this could plausibly be batman is if this actually takes place in one of the universes where batman is actually evil, which i could buy since the rest of the justice league isn't so great either.
once upon a time miller wrote some batman stories that were crucial to the comic industry. this isn't that story. the whole thing looks like a 15 yr old boy with extremely poor socialisation skills wrote it. "wow isn't it cool to be batman, isn't he so dark and mean and awesome, batman is cruel and it's cool, because being a rich guy & knowing the rules don't apply to you is cool." please note the repeated use of 'cool' here. batman, in this story, repeatedly calls himself 'cool' for being batman, for being the target of police violence, for, i don't know, repeatedly abusing a scared child.
miller's understanding of batman is, in my opinion, inherently flawed. he doesn't seem to get that a successful batman hinges on him being a compassionate human. batman is the creation of a man who honestly believes that if he punches crime hard enough in the balls no child will ever be sad again. there's an issue in (i think) gotham adventures, where batman spends the entire issue carrying a baby with him because she's in danger and the only thing that matters is keeping a baby safe. that's batman. not this man who slaps a child across the face for being upset that his parents were murdered.
anyway, i care a lot about this flying rodent, and this comic doesn't do justice to him at all, but if you want to read ten issues of child abuse and generally being a horrific person, then this is the book for you!
I liked this retelling of Batman and Robin teaming up,but Batman's dialogue kind of made him out to be a douche sometimes.
Wow, this was... frustratingly bad. I don't think I have any more to add to whatever everyone else has said, but in short, the book is unnecessarily dark and gloomy--to the point where it's really very laughable. Batman is petty, mean, and immature. He's not dark and gritty; he's just flat-out a jerk.
I love Batman, but this was a major disappointment. I read up through issue #10 and stopped. That's quite enough, I think.
I love Batman, but this was a major disappointment. I read up through issue #10 and stopped. That's quite enough, I think.
This is so bad it' s almost funny.
I'm the goddamn batman!
I'm the goddamn batman!
One of my favorite Batman books in a long time thanks to the great combo of Frank Miller's dead perfect writing and Jim Lee's amazing art. This is easily the best Robin origin story mostly because Miller is able to portray him as something other than the usual annoying brat. It's easy to see how this kid grows up to be Nightwing and eventually take over the Bat cowl. Terrific scene at the end between Robin and the Green Lantern. It's always fun watching Miller take aim at the DC boy scouts, especially Superman.