Batman Reborn by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely & Philip Tan.
(DC, HB £18.99, out now)
Batman & Robin. Together again. For the first time Dick Grayson has taken up the cape & cowl of his former mentor & partner, and together with Damian Wayne, this new Dynamic Duo must overcome their differences to fight a new tide of villainous savagery engulfing Gotham City. Professor Pyg is one of the creepiest psychos to grace comic pages, and Quitely’s amazing artwork really amps up the horror of this demented creature, and his false-faced dollotrons. We’ve seen Grayson as Batman before (post Knightfall in “Prodigal Son”), but he didn’t have to deal with such an uppity little bootboy as Robin. Part 2 of this collection sees a refugee from part 1 adopted by the Red Hood (how many Robins, current & former, can be squeezed into the one story?). Morrison’s writing on Batman has really shaken things up over the last few years, updating the whole Gotham infrastructure, keeping it fresh and scary. The villains here are truly amoral nutjobs, and all the scarier for it.
Keith Cooper, Assistant Manager, Waterstone’s Edinburgh Ocean Terminal
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