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A review by adamcagey
All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder by Frank Miller
2.0
This is my least favorite read in several years by a wide margin. I should admit up front that I’m not much of a superhero fan, but I had high hopes since Miller has written some of my favorite superhero comics. Those hopes weren’t met.
Miller is writing in the same staccato style that he used to such feat effect in Batman: Year One and the early years of Sin City, but it reads almost like parody. In fact, viewing this book as parody is the only way it makes sense to me. Parody of Miller’s early style, and parody of superhero comics for adults. The main stylistic element at play here is to make every character the least likable version you can imagine, and have Batman say “goddamn” every other word.
Over nine issues, Miller introduces half the DC cast of characters, and a number of plots, and resolves none of them. I know that the story continues, but, goddamn, I have no stomach to read more.
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Miller is writing in the same staccato style that he used to such feat effect in Batman: Year One and the early years of Sin City, but it reads almost like parody. In fact, viewing this book as parody is the only way it makes sense to me. Parody of Miller’s early style, and parody of superhero comics for adults. The main stylistic element at play here is to make every character the least likable version you can imagine, and have Batman say “goddamn” every other word.
Over nine issues, Miller introduces half the DC cast of characters, and a number of plots, and resolves none of them. I know that the story continues, but, goddamn, I have no stomach to read more.
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