For those that don't know my history with comic books, which is
everyone since I've never mentioned it before, I started out reading a magazine
called Batman Legends that collected 2-3 issues of Batman related material into a single volume. A
few issues into this magazine a comic was printed called All Star Batman and
Robin #5. And I hated it, sure I kept buying the magazine for the other issues
(I wasn't even aware of my local comic store, and the appearances of trades in
book shops was fairly new) issues 5-9 were printed in the magazine with issues
1-4 printed prior to me picking up the book.
All Star Batman and Robin is written by Frank Miller, known for
fantastic works of Batman such as The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One,
and sh*t works of Batman such as The Dark Knight Strikes Again. The art is done
by veteran Jim Lee, who produces some fantastic art, but he's not particularly
quick and the series was plagued with delays. Issue #10 ended on a
cliff-hanger, with a new series Dark Knight: Boy Wonder supposedly to be
released to finish the story. This has yet to come out, and the blame lies, by
his own admission, entirely with Jim Lee. Jim Lee was beginning working on
projects with decent writers like Geoff Johns and Scott Snyder. (Although you could argue DC editorial decided it was too sh*t to send out)
If you're wondering why I'm not reviewing back-issues of this comic.
It's quite simple, Linkara has already covered them. And while I'm certain he'll do a much more thorough and much funnier review of this issue than I do, I have nothing else to say that he hasn't already. Besides so little happens in 8 issues it's barely worth me going back.
