Robin Year One Graphic Novel Review (Canon Read Through #15)

[Deffinition]

I've had a bit of time away but i'm ready to jump back into the rest of the run (though knightfall will probably take a while as it's massive) but he is the first year of Robin's adventure.

You can check out my full thoughts on the graphic novel below.

Robin Year One Review

Cheers

[Enigma]

I'm curious what reading order you are using?

[JBatmanFan05]

FUN FACT: Dent's plan with the judge in Robin Year One is a retcon of flashback scenes in Robin #0 (which is part 0 of Batman Prodigal) and is thus Dixon connecting his two stories (Robin Year One and Prodigal).

Thus the "double gallows" incident becomes a big part of Dick's long feud with and fear of Two-Face, which he mostly cures later in life in Prodigal.

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[Deffinition]

This is the timeline I'm using, unfortunately some of them are really hard to get in print so I'm going to have to work through the 60ish books that I do have and go back and fill in the blanks.


Batman: Year One
Catwoman: Her Sister’s Keeper
Batman: Shaman (see note)
Batman And The Monster Men
Batman And The Mad Monk
Batman: Prey
Batman: Dark Legends
Batman: The Man Who Laughs
Batman: Dead To Rights
Batman: Gothic
Batman: Venom
Batman: Going Sane
Batman: Four Of A Kind
Batman: Collected Legends
Batman: Other Realms
Batman: Snow
Batman: Year Two
Batman: Long Halloween
Catwoman: When In Rome (takes place during Batman: Dark Victory)
Batman: Dark Victory
Robin: Year One
Robin: The Gauntlet
Batgirl: Year One
Batman: Faces
Batman: Terror
Batman: Monsters
Batman: Rules Of Engagement
Batman: Full Circle
Batman: Fortunate Son
Batman: Night Cries
Batman: Cat & The Bat
Batman: King Tut’s Tomb
Batman: Tales Of The Demon
Batman: Strange Apparitions
Nightwing: Year One (see note)
--> Post-Crisis (?) version of how and why Dick stopped being Robin - conflicts with Batman #408-409...Help needed!
Batman: Dark Detective
Batman: The Wrath
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman #408-409: Did Robin Die Tonight/Just Another Kid On Crime Alley
Batman: Ten Nights o/t Beast
Batman: The Cult
Batman: A Death In The Family
Batman: Blind Justice
Batman: The Many Deaths…
Batman: Year Three
Batman: Lonely Place Of Dying
Batman: Bride Of The Demon
Robin: Tragedy & Triumph
Robin: A Hero Reborn
Batman: The Last Arkham
Batman: Birth Of The Demon
Batman: Sword Of Azrael
Robin: Cry Of The Huntress
Batman: Vengeance Of Bane
Batman: Knightfall
Batman: Prodigal
Batman: Troika
Nightwing: Ties That Bind
Robin: Flying Solo
Nightwing: A Knight In Blüdhaven
ZERO HOUR/ZERO MONTH: The Beginning Of Tomorrow
Batman: Anarky
Batman: The Chalice
Batman: Contagion
Nightwing: Rough Justice
Batman: Legacy (Incl. Batman: Bane Of The Demon & Batman: Bane)
Batman: Cataclysm
Nightwing: Love & Bullets
Batman: Aftershock
Batman: Road To No Man's Land
Batman: No Man's Land
Nightwing: A Darker Shade Of Justice (see note)
Batman: Harley Quinn (see note)
--> Between Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 3 and 4 - OLD EDITIONS or between Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 2 and 3 - NEW EDITIONS.
Nightwing: The Hunt For Oracle
Batman: Evolution
Nightwing: Big Guns
Nightwing: On The Razor’s Edge
Batman: Officer Down
Batman: False Faces
Batman: Bruce Wayne: Murderer?
Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive?
Batman: Hush
Batman: Death And The Maidens
Batman: Broken City
Batman: As The Crow Flies
Robin: Unmasked
Batman: War Drums
Batman: War Games
Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood
IDENTITY CRISIS
Batman: Hush Returns
Batman: City Of Crime
Nightwing: Mobbed Up
Robin: To Kill A Bird
Batman: Under The Hood
Red Hood: The Lost Days
Batman: War Crimes
Robin: Days Of Fire & Madness
Nightwing: Renegade
INFINITE CRISIS (see note)
--> Runs concurrently with the concluding chapters of Batman: Under The Hood.
52
Batman: Face The Face
Nightwing: Brothers In Blood
Robin: Wanted
Batman: Detective
Nightwing: Love & War
Robin: Teenage Wasteland
Batman: Death And The City
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS
Robin: The Big Leagues
Batman: Cacophony
Batman: Gotham Underground
Batman: Batman & Son (see note)
--> Batman: Son Of The Demon was never intended to be in continuity at the time of publication. When Grant Morrison wrote Batman & Son there was much talk that he was bringing it into continuity, but he made several changes to the conception of the baby that made it impossible. Morrison stated numerous times that he wasn't bringing it into continuity, but rather using the concept for his own means. He has clarified this in a way that will take a little explaining because it crosses three totally seperate continuities.
1986-2011: Damian is introduced and his origin is referenced numerous times but never explicitly shown.
2011-Present: Batman Incorporated Vol 2 #2 clearly shows Damian to have been conceived at the very end of...
1939-1986: ...Batman #244.
Batman: Resurrection Of Ra's Al Ghul
Batman: & The Black Glove
Batman: Private Casebook
Batman: Heart Of Hush
Nightwing: Freefall
Robin: Violent Tendencies
Batman: The Black Casebook
Batman: R.I.P. (Incl. Last Rites)
FINAL CRISIS
Nightwing: The Great Leap
Robin: Scattered Pieces
Robin: Search For A Hero
Batman: Whatever...Caped Crusader?
Batman: Battle For The Cowl + Companion
Batman: Long Shadows
Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn
Batman: Streets Of Gotham: Hush Money
Batman: Streets Of Gotham: Leviathan
Batman: Streets of Gotham: House Of Hush
Batman & Robin: Batman vs Robin
Batman: Life After Death
Batman: Arkham Reborn
Batman: Time & The Batman
Batman: The Return Of Bruce Wayne
Batman: Bruce Wayne: The Road Home
Batman & Robin: Batman Must Die
Batman: The Return
Batman: Eye Of The Beholder
Batman: The Black Mirror
Batman: The Dark Knight: Golden Dawn
Batman & Robin: Dark Knight vs White Knight
Batman: Gotham Shall Be Judged
Batman: Gates Of Gotham
Batman Incorporated
Batman Inc.: Leviathan Strikes
FLASHPOINT
WORLD OF FLASHPOINT FEAT. BATMAN

[Aahz]

Batman: Fortunate Son

I think that is a book you can kick from the list, I doubt that it is canon and it is probaly one of the worst Batman stories ever.

--> Post-Crisis (?) version of how and why Dick stopped being Robin - conflicts with Batman #408-409...Help needed!

What help do you need?
The problem is in general that in within the post crisis canon some stories exist in different versions. There are for at least 4 different versions of Dick becoming origin in this continuity, two for Two-face origin and Catwomas origin is anyway a complete mess (especially if you want to bring When in Rome into it). And who canonic retroactive stories like that are is allways debatable.

[Hawkgirl_70]

Question? Is World of Flashpoint Feat Batman the last Batman story to read before the reboot of New52?
Is this the ending or last book?

[Enigma]

That seems to be pretty much the order that I am trying to read in, and likewise I am having issues obtaining books :P

[JBatmanFan05]

I think most everyone puts The Gauntlet after Dark Victory and before Robin Year One. It features Dick's final test to becoming Robin.

[masahikotahara]

This is the timeline I'm using, unfortunately some of them are really hard to get in print so I'm going to have to work through the 60ish books that I do have and go back and fill in the blanks.


Batman: Year One
Catwoman: Her Sister’s Keeper
Batman: Shaman (see note)
Batman And The Monster Men
Batman And The Mad Monk
Batman: Prey
Batman: Dark Legends
Batman: The Man Who Laughs
Batman: Dead To Rights
Batman: Gothic
Batman: Venom
Batman: Going Sane
Batman: Four Of A Kind
Batman: Collected Legends
Batman: Other Realms
Batman: Snow
Batman: Year Two
Batman: Long Halloween
Catwoman: When In Rome (takes place during Batman: Dark Victory)
Batman: Dark Victory
Robin: Year One
Robin: The Gauntlet
Batgirl: Year One
Batman: Faces
Batman: Terror
Batman: Monsters
Batman: Rules Of Engagement
Batman: Full Circle
Batman: Fortunate Son
Batman: Night Cries
Batman: Cat & The Bat
Batman: King Tut’s Tomb
Batman: Tales Of The Demon
Batman: Strange Apparitions
Nightwing: Year One (see note)
--> Post-Crisis (?) version of how and why Dick stopped being Robin - conflicts with Batman #408-409...Help needed!
Batman: Dark Detective
Batman: The Wrath
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman #408-409: Did Robin Die Tonight/Just Another Kid On Crime Alley
Batman: Ten Nights o/t Beast
Batman: The Cult
Batman: A Death In The Family
Batman: Blind Justice
Batman: The Many Deaths…
Batman: Year Three
Batman: Lonely Place Of Dying
Batman: Bride Of The Demon
Robin: Tragedy & Triumph
Robin: A Hero Reborn
Batman: The Last Arkham
Batman: Birth Of The Demon
Batman: Sword Of Azrael
Robin: Cry Of The Huntress
Batman: Vengeance Of Bane
Batman: Knightfall
Batman: Prodigal
Batman: Troika
Nightwing: Ties That Bind
Robin: Flying Solo
Nightwing: A Knight In Blüdhaven
ZERO HOUR/ZERO MONTH: The Beginning Of Tomorrow
Batman: Anarky
Batman: The Chalice
Batman: Contagion
Nightwing: Rough Justice
Batman: Legacy (Incl. Batman: Bane Of The Demon & Batman: Bane)
Batman: Cataclysm
Nightwing: Love & Bullets
Batman: Aftershock
Batman: Road To No Man's Land
Batman: No Man's Land
Nightwing: A Darker Shade Of Justice (see note)
Batman: Harley Quinn (see note)
--> Between Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 3 and 4 - OLD EDITIONS or between Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 2 and 3 - NEW EDITIONS.
Nightwing: The Hunt For Oracle
Batman: Evolution
Nightwing: Big Guns
Nightwing: On The Razor’s Edge
Batman: Officer Down
Batman: False Faces
Batman: Bruce Wayne: Murderer?
Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive?
Batman: Hush
Batman: Death And The Maidens
Batman: Broken City
Batman: As The Crow Flies
Robin: Unmasked
Batman: War Drums
Batman: War Games
Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood
IDENTITY CRISIS
Batman: Hush Returns
Batman: City Of Crime
Nightwing: Mobbed Up
Robin: To Kill A Bird
Batman: Under The Hood
Red Hood: The Lost Days
Batman: War Crimes
Robin: Days Of Fire & Madness
Nightwing: Renegade
INFINITE CRISIS (see note)
--> Runs concurrently with the concluding chapters of Batman: Under The Hood.
52
Batman: Face The Face
Nightwing: Brothers In Blood
Robin: Wanted
Batman: Detective
Nightwing: Love & War
Robin: Teenage Wasteland
Batman: Death And The City
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS
Robin: The Big Leagues
Batman: Cacophony
Batman: Gotham Underground
Batman: Batman & Son (see note)
--> Batman: Son Of The Demon was never intended to be in continuity at the time of publication. When Grant Morrison wrote Batman & Son there was much talk that he was bringing it into continuity, but he made several changes to the conception of the baby that made it impossible. Morrison stated numerous times that he wasn't bringing it into continuity, but rather using the concept for his own means. He has clarified this in a way that will take a little explaining because it crosses three totally seperate continuities.
1986-2011: Damian is introduced and his origin is referenced numerous times but never explicitly shown.
2011-Present: Batman Incorporated Vol 2 #2 clearly shows Damian to have been conceived at the very end of...
1939-1986: ...Batman #244.
Batman: Resurrection Of Ra's Al Ghul
Batman: & The Black Glove
Batman: Private Casebook
Batman: Heart Of Hush
Nightwing: Freefall
Robin: Violent Tendencies
Batman: The Black Casebook
Batman: R.I.P. (Incl. Last Rites)
FINAL CRISIS
Nightwing: The Great Leap
Robin: Scattered Pieces
Robin: Search For A Hero
Batman: Whatever...Caped Crusader?
Batman: Battle For The Cowl + Companion
Batman: Long Shadows
Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn
Batman: Streets Of Gotham: Hush Money
Batman: Streets Of Gotham: Leviathan
Batman: Streets of Gotham: House Of Hush
Batman & Robin: Batman vs Robin
Batman: Life After Death
Batman: Arkham Reborn
Batman: Time & The Batman
Batman: The Return Of Bruce Wayne
Batman: Bruce Wayne: The Road Home
Batman & Robin: Batman Must Die
Batman: The Return
Batman: Eye Of The Beholder
Batman: The Black Mirror
Batman: The Dark Knight: Golden Dawn
Batman & Robin: Dark Knight vs White Knight
Batman: Gotham Shall Be Judged
Batman: Gates Of Gotham
Batman Incorporated
Batman Inc.: Leviathan Strikes
FLASHPOINT
WORLD OF FLASHPOINT FEAT. BATMAN

The order may have been changed here and there. I really should take some time to walk through the timeline on the website. I hope to have some more time on my hands by next spring.

[Hawkgirl_70]

The order may have been changed here and there. I really should take some time to walk through the timeline on the website. I hope to have some more time on my hands by next spring.

Visit my website: http://ultimatebatmancomicswebsite.weebly.com for a timeline of Batman comics from Batman: Year One to Flashpoint and The New 52!

Masahikotahara-

Wow!!! What an awesome Batman site just full of info. I've seen in different searches online the Batman TPB collection list from Year One and it seems most have pulled off of yours.

WELL DONE!!! I've Permanently bookmarked and this will help me continue to fill in the holes I have in my TPB collecting even those the prices on many of the OOP books are very pricey!