


Partnered with bratty, impatient 10-year-old Damian (son of the original Wayne), he wants to modernize Batmans equipment but maintain his high principles. In this largely self-contained episode, Morrison expertly retools DC's old superhero machinery. Dick Grayson, the original Robin, has established a separate crime-fighting identity as Nightwing, but now has donned the iconic cape and mask of Batman. Morrison's scripts use this dark material effectively, and the art-first by Quitely, then by a team of three-is dazzling. Damian returns to the role of Robin after this, though he finds himself. Unfortunately, the Red Hood's violent tactics bring reprisals in the form of the Flamingo, an incredibly vicious South American assassin who enjoys skinning and eating the faces of beautiful young women. In issue 37, published in December 2014, Batman revives Damian using a Chaos Shard. Dick's successor as Robin, Jason Todd, now calls himself the Red Hood and believes that the way to reduce crime is to kill criminals as dramatically as possible. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, the creative team of ALL STAR SUPERMAN, reunite to tell the adventures of the all-new Batman & Robin. Partnered with bratty, impatient 10-year-old Damian (son of the original Wayne), he wants to modernize Batman's equipment but maintain his high principles. Dick Grayson, the original Robin, has established a separate crime-fighting identity as Nightwing, but now has donned the iconic cape and mask of Batman. Following Bruce Wayne's reported demise, this Grand Guignol miniseries shows the competition to fill his role.
