All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder

    (DC, 2005-2008)
™ and © 2005 DC Comics, Inc.

This issue just has to get the four-star treatment, right? It’s written by the genius responsible for the brilliant Batman: The Dark Knight and “Batman: Year One” and is drawn by Jim “Hush” Lee, one of the best modern Batman artists in the biz. So it’s entirely above reproach, right? Well, not quite. It’s very good, no doubt about it, even great at times, but let’s not be handing out any Eisner Awards just yet.

All Star Batman & Robin #1 is a beautifully drawn, tautly written piece of work that no fan of The Caped Crusader or The Boy Wonder should do without. Lee has apparently dispensed with pencils and other mundane tools of the trade in favor of a magic wand (check out the Robin cover, which virtually flies off the page), while Frank Miller’s film noir-influenced scripting is the literary equivalent of a flurry of punches from a prize fighter.

Traditionalists may find fault, however, with the gratuitous shots of a scantly clad Vicki Vale and with the sinister reworking of Dick Grayson’s origin.

— Brett Weiss
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#1 (Batman cover by Jim Lee)

September, 2005
Cover Price: $2.99
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#1 Variation A

September, 2005
Cover Price: $2.99
15 copies available from $1.50 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#1 Newsstand Edition (Newsstand Edition by Jim Lee)

September, 2005
Cover Price: $2.99
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#2 (Frank Miller cover by Frank Miller)

November, 2005
Cover Price: $2.99
10 copies available from $2.25 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#2 Variation A (Red Cover A by Jim Lee)

November, 2005
Cover Price: $2.99
9 copies available from $2.75 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#3 (Batman and Black Canary cover by Jim Lee)

December, 2005
Cover Price: $2.99
18 copies available from $0.65 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#3 Variation A (Cover A by Frank Miller)

December, 2005
Cover Price: $2.99
18 copies available from $4.75 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#4 (Regular Cover by Jim Lee)

March, 2006
Cover Price: $2.99
14 copies available from $1.00 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#4 Variation A (Frank Miller cover A 1-10 6-page foldout)

March, 2006
Cover Price: $2.99
11 copies available from $3.25 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#4 Variation B (Dynamic Forces signed Cover B by Jim Lee)

March, 2006
Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $15.00 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#5 (Regular Cover by Jim Lee)

July, 2007
Cover Price: $2.99
18 copies available from $2.25 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#5 Variation A (Cover A by Frank Miller)

July, 2007
Cover Price: $2.99
6 copies available from $9.50 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#6 (Regular Cover by Jim Lee)

September, 2007
Cover Price: $2.99
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#6 Variation A (Cover A by Frank Miller)

September, 2007
Cover Price: $2.99
2 copies available from $7.90 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#7 (Regular Cover by Jim Lee)

November, 2007
Cover Price: $2.99
9 copies available from $2.75 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#7 Variation A (Cover A by Frank Miller)

November, 2007
Cover Price: $2.99
6 copies available from $10.00 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#8 (Regular Cover by Jim Lee)

January, 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
6 copies available from $3.50 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#8 Variation A (Cover A by Neal Adams)

January, 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
2 copies available from $18.90 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#9 (Regular Cover by Jim Lee)

February, 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
5 copies available from $2.70 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#9 Variation A (Cover A by Neal Adams)

February, 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
3 copies available from $18.90 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#10 (Regular Cover by Jim Lee)

August, 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
3 copies available from $3.99 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#10 Variation A (Cover A by Frank Quitely)

August, 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
1 copy available for $16.90 		Frank MillerJim Lee
#10 Variation B

March, 2008
Cover Price: $2.99
3 copies available from $40.00 		Frank MillerJim Lee
Book #1


Cover Price: $19.99
1 copy available for $19.99 		Frank MillerJim Lee
Book #1 Hardcover (Hardcover Edition by Jim Lee)

June, 2008
Cover Price: $24.99
3 copies available from $17.00 		Frank MillerJim Lee
Special Edition #1

February, 2006
Cover Price: $3.99
5 copies available from $2.25 		Frank MillerJim Lee