All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #9 [Jim Lee / Scott Williams Cover]

(April 2008)

Episode Nine (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller

Pencils

Jim Lee

Inks

Scott Williams

Colors

Alex Sinclair

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]

Synopsis

Batman and Green Lantern confront each other at one of Batman's safe houses. Batman's had Robin paint everything in it yellow, including themselves, so Green Lantern's ring can't operate on any of it. Green Lantern confronts Batman over the missing Dick Grayson, saying Batman kidnapped him and made him into Robin. Batman notes that Grayson was just "found", and held a news conference the day before. Green Lantern finally gives up on the discussion, and starts to leave, but then is told his ring is missing, and Robin has it. Green Lantern tries to retrieve it, and spars with Robin. Robin toys with him, and finally performs a fatal move on him, crushing his windpipe. Batman sees that, throws Robin out of the way, and performs an emergency tracheotomy on GL to save his life, revealing his identity in the process. They stay until the ambulance arrives. The incident has shaken up both of them. Batman realizes he has rushed things with Robin. He had years to train and perfect himself; Robin has not. He's had years to grieve the loss of his parents; Robin hasn't even had time to start. Batman decides to rectify that, takes him to a graveyard, and tells him to find his parents. Robin does, and they both mourn.

Reprints

• in All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([August] 2008)
• in All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([August] 2009)
• in Batman y Superman: Colección Novelas Gráficas (ECC Ediciones, 2017 series) #3 - All-Star Batman y Robin Parte 2 (Febrero de 2017)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from previous issue and continues in the next issue. "Special thanks to Brian Azzarello".

Special Sneak Preview! (Table of Contents: 2)

DC/Wildstorm Dreamwar / preview (from the publisher) / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Keith Giffen

Pencils

Mike McKone; Lee Garbett

Inks

Mike McKone; Trevor Scott

Colors

Randy Mayor

Letters

Rob Leigh

Editing

Scott Peterson; Kristy Quinn (assistant)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Majestic; Teen Titans [Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Raven; Cyborg; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Changeling]

Indexer Notes

Cover and five pages of DC/WS DreamWar (DC, 2008 series) #1 (June 2008), which came out six weeks after this issue.

#102 [February 27, 2008] (Table of Contents: 3)

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Rachel Gluckstern

Indexer Notes

Rachel previews the new Super Friends book for younger readers. Ads for next issue, Countdown #9, Legion of Super-Heroes #56, and Teen Titans #56. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisement] (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ad for: Wonder Woman: Who is Wonder Woman? hardcover (1/2 page). Appears on page 27 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5)

advertisement / 5.5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 3 one-page, 1 half-page, and 1 two-page ads for: Lost Via Domus (video game, Ubisoft), God of War Chains of Olympus (video game, Sony Entertainment, 2 pages), The Signal (movie, Magnolia Pictures, 1/2 page), New York ComicCon (comic convention, Read Exhibitions), and Lost Odyssey (video game, Mistwalker). Appear in various places in this issue.