Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (The Batman Adventures) [Paperback]

Hilary Bader (Author), Bo Hampton (Author), Terry Beatty (Illustrator)

Book Description

Spanning the gap between the animated series The Batman and Robin Adventures and the current Batman: Gotham Adventures, these stories detail many changes as Dick Grayson quits being Robin to take on the new heroic guise of Nightwing, young Tim Drake becomes the new Robin, and Batgirl becomes a frequent guest in the Batcave. Also featuring the Joker and Two-Face!

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics; 1st edition (February 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563894831
• ISBN-13: 978-1563894831
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,001,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I see you're keeping your guard up now when you go left.", April 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (The Batman Adventures) (Paperback)

This masterpiece solves the mystery of how Nightwing and the new Robin came to be, how Batgirl got access to the Batcave and became better friends with Batman. It consists of 5 issues--the first one depicting the affair between Dick and Barbara and the friendship between Batman and Batgirl. The second one revolves around Robin quitting the Bat-team...the third tells about Dick Grayson's worldwide journeys, and the fourth tells about the new Robin, Timothy Drake, and the fifth... you'll have to find out yourself.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Fans of the Series, A Must Have, May 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (The Batman Adventures) (Paperback)

Three years after the final five episodes of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF BATMAN AND ROBIN aired, a new Batman series came about as part of the NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES, but a lot was missing from the story of the new animated series which is told in THE LOST YEARS. The reason for the disolving of Batman and the original Robin's (Dick Grayson) partnership is given, as well as the formation of the partnership between Batman and Batgirl. This book prints the story of the years that Dick Grayson spent away from Gothom City, and how he found his identity as Nightwing. This also retells the orgin of the new Robin (Tim Drake). Villans such as the Joker, Two-Face, and Ra's Ahl Guhl make appearences. There is additional material to the parts that are adapted from animation and most of the material of THE LOST YEARS is new and should be enjoyed by fans of the KID'S WB cartoon.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great concise retelling of Batman mythos, November 7, 2000

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Yakov Hadash (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Batman Adventures: The Lost Years (The Batman Adventures) (Paperback)

THE BATMAN ADVENTURES: THE LOST YEARS collects the full five-issue THE BAMTAN ADVENTURES: THE LOST YEARS comic magazine miniseries.

This story bridges the five-year gap between the end of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (Fox) and the start of THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES (Kids' WB!). Some of these plot points were told or alluded to in episodes of THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES or BATMAN BEYOND but they didn't go in depth as much as this book does.

THE LOST YEARS tells how Batgirl became an official part of Batman's team; Dick Grayson dropped his Robin persona, left Batman, and became Nightwing; and how Tim Drake became Robin. In the "real" comic book continuity, these events were sloppily spread out over dozens of years and creators, with filler all over the place. Here, Hilary Bader and the animated team tell the story in a much more satisfying, concise, and kid-friendly fashion, in 128 pages.

Forget your preconceptions of Hilary Bader -- here, she is gold. Hampton and Beatty are at the top of their form, and, of course, Ty Templeton's covers are always welcome.

My only problem is with the physical book: the paper is cheap and the cover's pretty wobbly. But this shouldn't be a problem for any kid or adult who reads this superb story.

Enjoy! // koby c.

P.S. If you like the animated style: Also reprinting the animated comic books are THE BATMAN ADVENTURES, BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT ADVENTURES, and BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES, and the Harvey and Eisner award-winning BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE. You can pick up BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES monthly at your neighborhood comic shop. The animated cartoons I mentioned above are now on CARTOON NETWORK, except for BATMAN BEYOND, which is still on Kids' WB! Saturday mornings and in production as of this writing.