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The mankind has lovedBatmanfor more than eighty years , but fans know he would n’t be half the hero he is without his brother . So it ’s only right that DC’sRobin 80th Anniversary 100 - Page Super Spectacularpays tribute to the many versions of young hero . And in the type of Dick Grayson , how Batman ’s training prepared him for a comic career of his own .
Most comic readers lie with of Grayson ’s ascent from the Batcave to the Teen Titans , a solo career as Nightwing , and evenhis time as Batman ’s refilling . But whenDick Grayson ’s identity was revealedto DC ’s universe in 2012 , the gentleman the creation know had no choice but to die … so he could be born-again asGrayson . Tom King , Tim Seeley , Mikel Janín , and Jeromy Cox gave Dick a young mission as a surreptitious agent of Spyral , and now they ’re back to pay tribute to that chapter as part of theRobin eightieth Anniversary . The special issue arrives in comic book shop on March 18th – and will also be uncommitted digitally viaComixologyandReadDC– but Screen Rant got the luck to verbalise with both Seeley and Janín about returning to theGraysondays , how the serial publication has aged , and what wee-wee thefirstRobin the full ( with a prevue of the story , as well ) .
TheRobin 80th Anniversary 100 - Page Super Spectacularincludes stories from the bully Robin writer , paying testimonial to the part in various guises , including Dick Grayson , Jason Todd , Tim Drake , Stephanie Brown and Damian Wayne . The credits for the issue is stacked with laughable legends , like Marv Wolfman , Tom Grummett , Chuck Dixon , Scott McDaniel , Devin Grayson , Dan Jurgens , Norm Rapmund , Tim Seeley , Tom King and Mikel Janín , James Tynion IV , Peter J. Tomasi , Judd Winick and others .
Screen Rant : WithRobin 80th Anniversary , you two are reunify for a trip back into Dick Grayson ’s days as Agent 37 for " The Lesson Plan . " Some of the big Nightwing lover show a exceptional sort of warmheartedness forGrayson . I ’m rummy if you ’ve also find the special place your piece of work restrain for those devotee , especially since it ’s a storey where Dick is far from ' under Batman ’s extension . '
Tim Seeley : Yeah , perfectly . Which is risible , because when it was announce , Tom and I would get the great unwashed telling us they hated us all the prison term ! But very quickly , fans realize we were n’t study anything away from the character , nor were we ruining him . We were adding something to him , and using the things we loved well about him to gainsay him in a way he ’d never been challenged . For class , the most mutual thing said to me at formula was “ I wanted to detest GRAYSON , but I ended up loving it . " Of course , the fact that we had some amazing ( and sexy ! ) art from Mikel Janín and Jeromy Cox really avail .
Mikel Janín : perfectly . Grayson is the most make love Holy Writ I ’ve ever worked on . We ’ve always felt it ’s special , and of course we have it away it too ! That ’s why when we had this opportunity , I did n’t doubt for a sec that we needed to do this storey .
As you ’ve rejoin to the stage of a role ’s life story that you define , what has that process been like for you ? What was it alike to make a Modern Spyral tarradiddle ? Is there an constituent of nostalgia in retort to Spyral ?
TS : It was tough , if only because the fibre has moved on and he ’s not a undercover agent ( and he ’s not even Dick anymore ) . So , I had to get myself back into my old headspace , to make it an even more fun , crazier , sexier prison term !
MJ : There definitely was some nostalgia , but just like the first time , it was instant fun . So , it was gentle for me to go back to that love position . Also , it was so capital to have Jeromy Cox in colors to round off the throwback . I really loved being part of this .
For you Tim , this story is really build on Dick ’s connection to Bruce . Specifically , how Bruce ’s training persists in Dick ’s own creative thinker as a teacher . I do n’t know if I ’ve heard two Batman fans concord on incisively how Dick catch Bruce , and how he does or does n’t desire to conform to his example . This story feel like you giving your own view ( I ’m thinking of the final Thomas Nelson Page here , particularly ) . How did you contain the lessons Bruce passed onto Dick in this short chronicle ?
TS : The final lesson was Tom King ’s idea , and I think , very much in keep with the spirit of GRAYSON . I primitively did n’t think I could make it make , but I totally came around to the estimate . Here we see this rebellious streak to Robin , which I intend is totally something to lionize if you ’re go to talk about his 80th day of remembrance . Overall though , I recollect Dick and Bruce ’s kinship as mentor and student is believably very much like the movie Rashomon , where it entirely depend on who is tell the account .
For you Mikel , every pageboy of this story feels charged with Dick ’s energy and personality . When you ’re make on an 8 - Sir Frederick Handley Page story , with a plenty of slap-up action , do you go up it other than than if it were a full issue ? Are you look frontwards to go through fan react to the ' breechclout - warrior ' costume you ’ve produce for Dick ?
MJ : It was a pretty true forward process . Layouts come chop-chop to my mind and I ’m happy I did n’t lose the ‘ touch ’ to make it feel 100 % Grayson . The agenda was really fuddled , but I was wholly into it , so fresh mind were coming all the time , include the breechclout - warrior thing . It come course and I opine it was funny and sexy .
Since the readers will exact to recognise , I have to inquire : which Robin do you name as the good ever ?
TS : Dick , for certain . First Robin , best Robin . Where would superhero comics be without him ?
MJ : Dick is the best , no question there .
TheRobin 80th Anniversary 100 - pageboy Super Spectacular # 1is a prestigiousness formatting amusing book retailing for $ 9.99 , available at local risible retailers and digital retail merchant on March 18th , 2020 . the issue is go to be useable digitally viaComixologyandReadDC .
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