FIRST LOOK! The BATMAN AND ROBIN: YEAR ONE Trade Dress and Color Pages

So glad the bullet is back…

Can’t wait for Mark Waid and Chris Samnee’s Batman and Robin: Year One? Me neither!

So, it’s great to be able to give another update on the 12-issue series that launches in October.

Dig this FIRST LOOK at the first seven (unlettered) pages in color — and the series’ groovy trade dress:

Main cover by Chris Samnee

Mikel Janin variant

Karl Kerschl variant

Matteo Scalera variant

A few thoughts:

— I dig the logo. It has hints of the old — the Bronze Age Batman font condensed a la Batman: Year One, and the tweaked classic Robin wordmark — with a sleek, modern sheen. Perfect way to capture the concept of the series: the early days of the Dynamic Duo chronicled in a contemporary fashion. (And it’s great to see the DC Bullet.)

— Matheus Lopes’ colors are outstanding. You knew the color would be flat and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

— Lee Weeks’ variant still hasn’t been revealed.

Issue #1 is due in comics shops Oct. 16.

MORE

— Samnee’s BATMAN AND ROBIN: YEAR ONE #1 Cover is a Grand Homage to BATMAN ’66. Click here.

— 13 THINGS We Want to See in BATMAN AND ROBIN: YEAR ONE — RANKED. Click here.

Author: Dan Greenfield

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  1. Yayyyyy!!!! The Bullet is Back, Bayyy-Beeee!!!

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  2. These look good. I’ve a feelin’ I’ll be trying these out and not necessarily waiting on the TBK edition either.

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  3. Some of that art (like the splash page) looks fantastic! I wasn’t sure whether I’d like it, as I’d read most of the Waid/Samnee issues of Daredevil and wasn’t too fussed; in fact, some of those were a bit weird. But I’ll definitely give this a try.

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