Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Leo Dorfman (Author), Pete Costanza (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 9, 2008

Over 500 pages of classic adventures are included in this value-priced volume! Batmans teen ally goes solo in these tales fromthe 1960s and 70s, solving mysteries and facing conflicts on college campuses and in the streets of Gotham City.This volume features guest-appearances by Superman, Batman, Batgirl and Jimmy Olsen.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up–Robin is easy to like because he is fallible and immature. This volume includes a good portion of the late '60s/early '70s comics featuring The Boy Wonder. As a college student, he has to face the dominant issues of the day, namely civil unrest and campus radicalism. Comic art from this period is entirely black and white, with heavy lines and lots of background and shading. It can be a daunting visual and takes some time to get used to. While some cultural issues may fly over readers' heads, for the most part the book has plenty of action, strong characters, and the ever-present sarcastic asides that make comics such fun to read.–John Leighton, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (January 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401216765
• ISBN-13: 978-1401216764
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.1 x 10.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Check, Batman! You're in the Haneyverse., May 29, 2008

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P. J. Doree - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Ok, bone weary of people bleating about how these books are in black & white.
Newsflash for the few comic fans who still don't know: Showcase Presents & Marvel Essentials are in black & white, ok? Get over it. It's still exceptional value for money.
As for B & B 2, well, it's clearly a VAST improvement on vol 1. Sure there is some great Neal Adams stuff in the previous volume, but there's a lot
of old tat as well.
Herein, you get Adams, Nick Cardy and THE Brave & Bold artist, ( Also the best Batman artist ever. Discuss. ) Jim Aparo, along with stories from the
insane genius of Bob Haney.
Haney was the kind of writer who never let realism, continuity or even simple logic get in the way of a good story. And his B & B stories are always mad flights of fun. Remember when comics were FUN?
( For instance, in vol. 1, witness the Bats / Sgt. Rock tale, where he gets around the tricky problem of having two characters from different times meet, by having Bats simply say " Back when I was in WW2, I met Sgt. Rock ", when we all know this is impossible. You have to admire that kind of chutzpah. )
Similarly, when teamed with Aparo, Haney seems let off the leash, and promptly puts Bats through: Being possessed by the ghost of a wooden legged sailor / Selling his soul to the Devil / Foretelling the exact date of his own death and, in the best story, being paralyzed in a wheelchair.
( Which stops him chasing the bad guy not one iota. )
This is brilliant, brilliant stuff, and well worth your money.
Don't let anyone tell you different.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Great 70's Batman Team-Up Action, January 29, 2008

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This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

This is another great Showcase book by DC. The stories are self contained in one issue and don't drag out for months in a prolonged manner just to sell a tpb. Batman is fairly close to the Dark Knight we all know and love but is a little bit less despondant in his personality. Great art and fun stories featuring most of the DC 2nd division heroes of the early 70s. I guess this title was used by DC to keep some characters active by throwing them in with Batman so they would not be forgotten.It's definitely worth buying for 12 bucks or so.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adams and Aparo in the Haneyverse!, November 15, 2011

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Hwy61Joe (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

When I read volume one of Batman's Brave and the Bold Team-Ups I wrote that the stories were nearly unreadable until Neal Adams came along to save the day with his incredible artistic abilities. Things are better off this time around! I'm still not sure I'm sold on Haney's writing. Many of the stories seem to try too hard for "relevancy" and end up seeming quite dated. Batman teams up with a very nice, diverse collection of heroes but the most important team-ups are probably the artists that join Haney to tell the tales. There is some more Neal Adams in this volume but by the end the star of the book is Jim Aparo! There's even a story where the first half is drawn by Adams and the second by Aparo and I almost can't distinguish between the two!