There’s a scene in Batman: Endgame where Batman saves a kid from a Joker zombie mob - who knew THAT was the impetus behind this We Are Robin series?! Unsurprisingly, the flimsiest of premises makes for a pretty crap book. Some teenagers decide to call themselves Robin and run around the city doing vigilante stuff. There’s a Talon (from the Court of Owls storyline) with a giant sickle who’s created this underground group of homeless worshippers… for reasons… and that’s it. Rubbish! Who are these

There's terrible comics. When the dialog is so awful you can't read it. There's stupid comics. Where the plot is so dumb there's no questioning it. Then there's this...a pointless comic with a pointless plot with a pointless cast of characters doing pointless things. So to sum it up it's very much pointless. Too bad to because was interested in the concept. What I liked: The idea of it. What I didn't like: Everything else. Art was okay at best. The characters all sounded the same and none were l...

The idea of a social movement of Robin-vigilantes is intriguing ... but Bermejo never really takes advantage of it. The idea that there are other Robins than our core six is only addressed once, and it's more confusing than anything, because it's not clear if they're part of the story or not. And the whole social movement ... doesn't really move.Beyond that the story is about characterization, and it unfortunately falls short here. I dunno if it's muddy artwork, muddy storytelling, or both, but

This review was previously published as part of Saturday Scribblings over at If These Books Could TalkI suppose, when there’s no Batman, there’s no Robin right? Wrong. Teens across Gotham are donning the red, green and giant ‘R’ to collectively right the wrongs of the city. Even though they have the best of intentions, things soon start to go horribly wrong for them when the death of a team member not only shakes them, but makes them question why they are fighting. With no real leader, apart fro...

Didn’t love this and considering it actually took me over a year to finish it I probably should rate it lower, but I didn’t hate it. The art was all over the place, sometimes good, sometimes unbearably “artistic.” I don’t like all the extra Robins and don’t know what should happen to them to restore balance to the Batfamily. I only need one Robin, but I can accept the three that came after him as well. I can’t really remember the first half of the book since it’s been so long, but the characters...

A good miniseries integrating with slash leading up to the nine-part 2015 Robin War event.Very modern storytelling. A movement across Gotham by talented teens inspired by Batman's sidekick, We Are Robin is getting secret backing from someone -- and dire attention from a particular criminal element.

Batman is gone. Gotham City is reeling from yet another insane Joker attack. The youths of the city are tired of sitting back. Now, they're taking back the streets. Don't call they sidekicks though - they are Robin!This book tries to do a lot all at once, and doesn't really manage to do any of it particularly well. There's a whole cast to introduce, most of whom are brand new (aside from Duke Thomas, who was still mostly a blank slate at this point). Then there's the mystery of The Nest, a bombi...

A mess of a book in writing, logic and character work.World: The art has style and personality, but it also lacks detail, especially when you have 6 main characters and others. The art was messy. The world building was choppy and just like the writing inconsistent and full of logic holes. It's a mess.Story: The story was choppy, paced wrong and framed weirdly. The idea is interesting but there was not enough time to develop the point of the series and the characters were not developed enough so

You can find my review on our blog by clicking here.Lee Bermejo? You might be wondering who on earth that is, right? He’s the man who wrote, illustrated and inked the famous Batman: Noël. He’s the one who did the artwork for the notable piece, Joker by Brian Azzarello. He’s also the guy behind the art of Before Watchmen: Rorschach. When I first saw posters for this new series, I actually had no clue what it was about or who was writing it. I grabbed the 1st issue out of pure instinct and thought...

Better than expected. It was nice to see the youth of Gotham City take up the Robin mantle when needed. Some of the characters were a bit cliched, but overall they were distinct enough to be interesting. Solid art and colors.

2.5 starsYou know what's been missing in DC comics?Robins.I mean, there just haven't been enough over the years!Let's see...Dick, Jason, Tim, & Damian. Oh, and then Stephanie Brown for about 3 seconds. Plus, Miller's Carrie Kelley, and the Earth 2's Helena Wayne. Am I missing anyone, guys?So, yeah. We needed more Robins.And that's exactly what Lee Bermejo gives us in Volume One.I've honestly read worse stuff, but this isn't something that I'm going to go out of my way to ever grab again. And if

Considering no familiar characters are here except for one, whom I won't give away, this was pretty fun. My only complaint would be all the texting or whatever you call it, messages, between all the Robins, which is how they communicate. I mean, I text and email, I'm not that old. But the proliferation on every page sort of hits you over the head with the idea that this is extremely modern. And the text speak, ack, really gets to me. So if you can live with some OMGs and LOLs and borderline anno...

We Are Robin is a apart of The DCYou imprint. While I didn't love this, It wasn't bad. They definitely went for a younger audience with this, and a more diverse audience as well. I sound like an old man but the tweet dialogue was a bit overused.. But that's more of just a small thing. Solid storytelling, the artwork at times was chaotic, but mostly well done. I received an advanced copy of this from NetGalley.com and the publisher. .

This was a pretty good series. It's only 2 volumes and volume 2 looks really interesting.

In this first graphic novel, all the characters have attempted to overcome adversity in some way. There's also surrealism.

Gotham City, that crime-ridden cesspool of a town, is already the vigilante capital of the DC universe, what with Batman and the Bats family and friends running around trying to corral super-villains, and wannabe psychopathic, homicidal losers.So whose idea was it to start a kiddie crime unit based on Robin and call themselves the, uh, Robins?A member of the Bats family and friends, that’s who.So, if teens from all walks of life, no matter what their sex, race, social status, creed, religion, na...

Bullet Review:So you cannot NOT blame this book for lacking in diversity (well maybe LGBT, but it's still early on and, like you would expect for a book like this, people aren't gabbing about their sex lives). Out of the team of 6 5 there are 2 women, 1 Asian, 1 Puerto Rican, 1 black, and 1 Italian-American.I'm rounding up to 3 stars because it's way more interesting than the book I am listening to on audio. Nonetheless, I must be (as per usual) missing about 8 billion other issues and backstory...

I liked this more than some of the other reviewers. It seems this series might be laying the ground work ( or borrowing the premise ) from Frank Miller's Robin from the Dark Knight.

This was pretty enjoyable! I liked it the most during Duke and Riko's stories. I really like Duke's narrative - he sounds like a real teenager and he's got such a realistic personality. My first introduction to him was in All Star Batman and I've been attached to him ever since. It's a pretty unique way to start his story as one of the Batfam. Riko is a character I don't think shows up a lot outside of this story and Robin War? and that's a bummer because I like her style. Anyway, I didn't care

I'm not a huge DC/Marvel comic book fan (despite loving the shows/movies) so I never go into these types of things with incredibly high hopes. However, I did find myself enjoying this first volume in the series. It's nice to see a young and diverse group of teens working together; plus I absolutely loved all the different Robin outfits. If I was still a teenager I'd probably have given this 4stars, but as an adult, it's nice to read something that would have motivated me when I was younger.