A harrowing sequence underwater sees the young hero’s color drained away from him as he comes perilously close to giving up. The circus grounds look appropriately like a graveyard, with only a few brightly-colored segments standing as ominous monuments to the life Dick had taken away from him. Nguyen pulls out all the stops for the big showdown.

With this finale, Lemire and Nguyen show us a Dick Grayson who makes a strong case for becoming the Dark Knight - but finds reasons to become something better.īefore then, though, Dick is in for the fight of his life. He’s so close to becoming stunted like Bruce or hateful like Croc. He’s letting his innocence slip away, no longer taking any joy in anything. What he doesn’t realize - and what Nguyen brilliantly communicates by showing us a blank-faced Grayson who stands in stark contrast to his smiling and exuberant classmates - is that he’s losing more than his pain. This is the story of a young Dick Grayson, newly orphaned, struggling to find his way in a strange, difficult, dark new world.This is the story of Robin and Batman.In the early goings, Robin finds comfort in his vengeance he’s able to slip away and lose himself in the fight. The legendary story of Batman and Robin has reached nearly mythic proportions: the crime-fighting Dynamic Duo, always one step ahead of the criminals they pursue and never meeting a case too big. The Eisner-winning superstar team of writer Jeff Lemire ( Sweet Tooth ) and artist Dustin Nguyen ( Batman ) unite for a three-issue limited-series exploring the beginning of Dick Grayson's crime-fighting career. Robin is just starting out at the side of Batman, struggling to find his own path from personal tragedy to being a Superhero. The legendary story of Batman and Robin has reached nearly mythic proportions: the crime-fighting Dynamic Duo, always one step ahead of the criminals they pursue and never meeting a case.

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