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by: Chuck Dixon
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781563898051
ISBN: 1563898055
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: May 01, 2002
Publisher: DC Comics
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: May 01, 2002
Sales Rank: 97041
Studio: DC Comics
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Too short for the police or the FBI? Yet all you want is to help people. What's to be done? Commissioner Gordon's hot-headed daughter Barbara has her own cunning plan: a mask, a cape, a utility belt. If you can't join the professionals, become a gifted amateur, a crusader in the making.
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Rating:  - A competent Robin
I just loved this book. Robin here is depicted as a competent crime-fighter instead of the bumbling child he is so often relegated to.
I don't know how I missed this one, I suppose it's a "sleeper hit". Rather than explaining and over explaining his origin story the book starts with Robin new at, but in the thick of his partnership with Batman. Most of the story is narrated by Alfred who's character achieves a deepness here I don't think I've read anywhere else. It is almost the story of ... Read More
Rating:  - Good... but not the best.
Well, I appreciate the fact that it's a book all about Robin the Boy Wonder (My TOTALLY FAVORITE character in Gotham city) and that it's featuring the original and ONLY REAL Teenaged Thunderbolt- Dick Grayson (By the way, this is the only Robin that I like.) The storyline is well done, featuring several good and unexpected twists; and the art is done great.
BUT............
I regret to say that as far as Batman and Robin actually being FRIENDS- well, ... Read More
Rating: - The real iconic version of the Boy Wonder
This story recounts some of Dick Grayson's earliest adventures as the Boy Wonder, his first (of many) falling out with Batman, and his first meeting with Barbara Gordon (who later has her own first year chronicled in Batgirl: Year One- by the same creative team.) The Robin featured in this trade is not the pun-slinger seen on the 1960's TV show, he's intelligent, well-written and intriguing. Having recently witnessed his parents fall to their deaths and then spending a year under Batman's shadow, ... Read More
Rating: - Why it's the Dynamic "Duo"
In his crusade against crime, Bruce Wayne (Batman) meets a young man whose parents are murdered. Moved to deep compassion, Bruce adopts the boy and trains him as a crimefighter. Dick Grayson shows great potential and promise.
However, many have doubts. Alfred fears that another boy has had his childhood stolen, and Commissioner Gordon heartily disapproves; what if the child is hurt? Alfred, as the narrator of the story (great choice) relives the difficulties of raising Bruce. ... Read More
Rating: - A good story for the Boy Wonder
Robin is one of the more popular, from a Pop culture commentary at least, comic book characters in in history. The early days of the character, his motivation and the reason's behind Batman's choice for acquiring a protégé is an interesting subject and worthy of exploration. This book unfortunately only covers these matters on a very surface level, and this is the one thing lacking in this book.
The story presented in "Robin: Year One" is very well organized and told in a direct manner ... Read More
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