All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder Vol. 1. Written by Frank Miller by Jim Lee, Frank Miller

2.78 AVERAGE

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apocryphal_goose's review against another edition

3.0
dark mysterious sad medium-paced

ageorges's review against another edition

2.0
I knew this book was bad going in. I really hoped it would be enjoyably bad like The Room or Birdemic. Some parts were, mostly the parts that became memes, but most of it wasn't even worth looking at.
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mjthomas43's review against another edition

5.0
Absolutely amazing. Great fun to read and a fascinating interpretation of the origins of the original Robin, not to mention some other primary characters. Definitely a recommended title for any Batman/comic fan.

davidblais's review against another edition

4.0
Taken for what it is, it's quite entertaining.

walter_the_wombat's review against another edition

0.5
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
The first three pages are the only reason it even got half a star.

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An edited review of this book will come sooner or later, this last one was pretty bad.

jemcam's review against another edition

2.0
Really liked how he reinvented Batman - made him very dark, very disturbed, his awful relationship with the JLA. But it was too over the top. Plus, the women were pretty awful.

But I'll read the next one just to see where he goes with it.

nerdofdoom's review against another edition

5.0
This was awesome. A superbly dark take on batman and the origins of robin. My only complaint was that the story didn't really have an end. All of these elements that were coming together went nowhere. Maybe there is another one?

soumil_da_vinci's review against another edition

2.25
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I gave 2.25 because I wanted to justify that I didn't waste time. This is not a story but more like a writing prompt. It's incomplete, it's just a build-up and...it's not great. The reason everyone has rated this book so low is because people find hope here in the first few issues that this would be good, awesome even, but it never lives up to that. The story is meandering...but it had hope. If Miller was, I don't know, up to the task, then this could have been another awesome book like Year One...but it's not even close. I loved a lot of things about this book and THAT is the reason I hate this book more. It just sets up so much and does nothing with all that. On top of that,people are randomly kissing each other and there are unnecessary hot chicks running about being nothing but eye candy.
Gods 
Can't believe this was written by the same man who wrote Year One and Daredevil Born Again.
Gods.
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tamnhauser's review

3.0
I've never had so many conflicting opinions about one thing. Recommended to me by a friend, I found myself utterly baffled when reading his copy.

For every moment I found myself tearing out my hair in sheer frustration (while shouting at the pages for Miller's complete yet gradual collapse, I couldn't help but love a little of the insanity. Even if I knew it was bad for me.

Described to me as the 'junk food' of comic books, it really is a condensed piece of work which distills the medium and hopes to deliver it in a package that is total and utter lunacy.