The 75th Anniversary of Robin is on and the party kicked off at San Diego Comic-Con with two huge announcements:
The ROBIN WAR crossover and BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL, the new big weekly series.
DC Entertainment will celebrate the Boy Wonder with five new and returning comics commemorating multiple incarnations of the iconic sidekick.
BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL, the sequel to the blockbuster weekly series BATMAN ETERNAL, will begin on October 7 with weekly installments over the course of six months.
Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV will return as “showrunners” for the new series with Tynion as lead writer. Supporting Tynion will be Snyder, Tim Seeley, Genevieve Valentine, Steve Orlando, Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly and Ed Brisson, all scripting key issues of the weekly series.Artists on the series will include Tony S. Daniel, Paul Pelletier and Scot Eaton.
A major crossover hits December with “Robin War” in GOTHAM ACADEMY, ROBIN: SON OF BATMAN and WE ARE ROBIN. The five week crossover will be bookended by two one-shot specials written by Tom King and story by King, Lee Bermejo and Pat Gleason , with art by Khary Randolph and more.
In order to commemorate the various Robins, a brand new infographic was unveiled at Comic-Con International: San Diego. The most famous is Dick Grayson, but Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne, and Carrie Kelley have all carried the moniker. The newest iteration of Robin in The New DC Universe now is the WE ARE ROBIN team, a group of teens who all embody the idea of Robin and bravely save the streets of Gotham City.
As seen on the preview art, Harper Rowe aka Bluebird, will return for the new weekly series. Scott Snyder tweeted that Cass Cain (former Batgirl in the pre-New 52 era) will be part of the story.
It sure looks like Damian Wayne vs. the teens of We Are Robin including Duke Thomas.
Some of DC’s top creators including Batman and Robin Eternal showrunners helped unveil the new promo art for the big projects announced today:
By Editor