Batman and Robin: Year One #11 – Mark Waid, Writer; Chris Samnee, Artist; Matheus Lopes, Colorist
Ray – 9.5/10
Ray: As this series rockets towards its conclusion, we’re in a place we rarely see – Batman has lost. Unambiguously, and in every way. Grimaldi is dead, and has been replaced by Clayface Matt Hagan. Along with Two-Face, the two villains have replaced one powerful figure after another with clay doubles, and turned all the city against Batman. Even Commissioner Gordon and the GCPD are out for his blood – but it’s Bruce Wayne who has been targeted hardest. He and Alfred were indicted by a corrupt justice department, and were being held without bail until they were released on appeal. Now the two of them are plotting to take the city back. As for Dick, he’s been placed into foster care…with, apparently, a genuinely loving family where he’s taken care of and Bruce is forced to ask the question of whether he’s better off leaving the boy in a place where he can be normal again.
Bruce and Alfred try to talk it over, with Alfred – who was initially skeptical about bringing a boy into the home – trying to convince Alfred that he had something to offer Dick as a father. But there’s no time for debate, as Bruce has to fight his way through an entire city of corrupted dupes. And one by one, it becomes clear that the experiments are deeply unstable and doomed before they even begin fighting. This isn’t a horror comic, but it’s got some very impressive elements of it as the henchmen start to unravel. What Waid and Samnee have done with the villains in this series is really intriguing – creating a new and truly despicable villain, killing him off, and having these impostors take his legacy to an even more twisted level. The ending was a great, stand-up-and-cheer moment, and it sets up a great conclusion for a truly character-defining origin story for comics’ most iconic partnership.
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