DC has announced a new 12-issue comic book series chronicling Batman and Robin’s early adventures. From storytellers Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, Batman & Robin: Year One will debut this October.

DC has given fans a first look at the new series that includes cover art and interior pages for the debut issue. In Batman and Robin: Year One, Bruce Wayne finds himself adjusting to a new life after adopting the orphan Dick Grayson. Their early adventures together see the rise of a mysterious new crime boss called the General, who has come to Gotham to claim the city by “disrupting and destroying” its other mobs. Batman and Robin will work to put an end to the General while also uncovering his connection to Two-Face in a story that explores both sides of their relationship, from father and son to a dynamic crime-fighting duo.

BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #1

Written by MARK WAID Art by CHRIS SAMNEE Colors by MATHEUS LOPES Letters by CLAYTON COWLES Cover Art by CHRIS SAMNEE Variant Cover Art by MIKEL JANIN, MATTEO SCALERA 1:25 Variant Cover Art by KARL KERSCHL 1:50 Variant Cover Art by LEE WEEKS On sale Oct. 16

DC’s black and white previews of Samnee’s interior art for the first issue show Batman and Robin going for a ride in the Batmobile. The two later meet up with Commissioner Gordon by the Bat Symbol, with Dick Grayson showing off his acrobatic skills. Batman & Robin: Year One #1 hits comic stores on Oct. 16.

In DC’s press release for the new series, Mark Waid and Chris Samnee discussed creating the new Batman & Robin: Year One series and the dynamics between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. “While Batman and Robin are the stars of this tale and get most of the panel time, at its heart, this isn’t a Batman/Robin story, it’s a Bruce/Dick story,” Waid said. “It takes place only a month or two after Bruce adopted Dick, and it’s sinking in for Bruce that he has no idea how to be a father to a kid that age. He had no role model — his own father was long dead by the time he was Dick’s age. Nothing he’s ever done has prepared him for this, and Alfred — wise as he is — doesn’t have much experience here either.”

“Dick is everything Bruce is not — impetuous, flamboyant, reckless,” Samnee added. “But he’s also precise; he can stick a landing. He’ll take orders when they make sense to him, but he’s keen to improvise, testing his role within the Dynamic Duo. The first pages you’ll see will showcase how they’ll be acting, and reacting, as they adventure out into Gotham City on patrol together. We’re so excited for this story to finally be told.”

Batman & Robin: Year One #1 goes on sale Oct. 16 from DC Comics.

Source: DC