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In 1987, comic book creators Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli — who had previously collaborated on a critically acclaimed, best-selling run of Marvel’s Daredevil comic book series — re-teamed to create Batman: Year One, a new version of the origins of DC’s Dark Knight that would go on to set the bar for superhero origin stories for years to come. It’s 2024, and comic book creators Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, who had previously collaborated on a critically acclaimed, best-selling run of Marvel’s Daredevil comic book series, are re-teaming for a new miniseries at DC. Guess what they’re working on?

Batman and Robin: Year One.

The 12-issue series, launching in October, will focus on the beginnings of the relationship between Batman and his plucky sidekick, but as Waid puts it in a statement, it’s really more interested in another relationship altogether.

“While Batman and Robin are the stars of this tale and get most of the panel time, at its heart, this isn’t a Batman/Robin story, it’s a Bruce/Dick story,” says the writer, who’s been working on Batman (and Robin) for years in the ongoing Batman/Superman: World’s Finest series. “It takes place only a month or two after Bruce adopted Dick, and it’s sinking in for Bruce that he has no idea how to be a father to a kid that age. He has no role model—his own father was long dead by the time he was Dick’s age. Nothing he’s ever done has prepared him for this, and Alfred—wise as he is—doesn’t have much experience here either.”

Samnee, who’s also worked for Waid on Marvel’s Black Widow and Captain America, added, Dick is everything Bruce is not—impetuous, flamboyant, reckless. But he’s also precise; he can stick a landing. He’ll take orders when they make sense to him, but he’s keen to improvise, testing his role within the Dynamic Duo. The first pages you’ll see will showcase how they’ll be acting, and reacting, as they adventure out into Gotham City on patrol together. We’re so excited for this story to finally be told.”

The first issue of the series — by Waid, Samnee, color artist Matheus Lopes and letterer Clayton Cowles, will feature covers from Samnee, Mikel Janin, Matteo Scalera, Karl Kerschl, and Lee Weeks. The series will launch October 16, 2024.

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