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       All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder - Frank Miller / Jim
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   DIR By: Chip
       Date: June 24, 2011, 12:40 am
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       [CENTER]All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder (2005)
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       Written by Frank Miller
       Pencils by Jim Lee
       Inks by Scott Williams
       Colors by Alex Sinclair
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       There is a lot of derision when it comes to All Star Batman &
       Robin the Boy Wonder for a couple of reasons. Most people either
       hate this or love it. I tend to fall somewhere in the middle.
       The reason why most hate it is that Frank Miller, for whatever
       reason chose to make Batman nothing short of a Blood thirsty,
       psychopath, hellbent on inflicting as much pain as possible
       against his enemies. But the thing that rubbed most people the
       wrong way is that he seemed to be getting off on all the carnage
       he was dishing out.
       This goes against everything that Batman/Bruce Wayne stands for.
       It's so completely out of character. Now, usually something like
       this where a character starts acting against the norm can be
       attributed to brainwashing, alien infection or any other
       influences brought on by one of many Batman Villains. But here,
       it's him and him alone acting of his own volition.
       The other thing that tends to bring comic book fans to a boil is
       that the book just....ends. There is no resolution to the story.
       After 9 issues, it just stops. Even though it has been announced
       that the book itself will be morphing into another title called
       Dark Knight: Boy Wonder for 6 Issues to wrap up the story, it's
       still a shitty way to treat fans that were following the
       exploits of Batman.
       As for the story itself, it's an origin tale about Dick Greyson,
       the original "Boy-Wonder" who becomes Robin. Although a lot is
       said about how Batman is completely off his rocker here and in
       the way he treats Greyson almost to the point of abuse, I can
       still find some things about it interesting enough to not
       completely throw this one away. I just look at it as one of
       those weird anomalies and chalk it up to a different take on the
       characters that you would never get elsewhere.
       Having said all that, the only saving grace really for the book
       is of course Jim Lee's stunning artwork. The work he put out for
       this one is of the highest standard that meets and at times
       eclipses that of his work on Batman: Hush. Just astonishing to
       look at.
       I can only recommend the book for Jim's art and not much else.
       Rating: 3 Stars out of 5
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