Robin & Batman #3 is a masterful coming-of-age story about the Boy Wonder coming into his own as a hero. It's perfect in what it does, and Nguyen's art accentuates every nuance expertly. Read Full Review

If you'd missed out on those series now's the time to grab the set for one of the best DC mini-series in a long time. Read Full Review

It's one of the best Bat-stories in a long time. Read Full Review

The final part of Lemire and Nguyen's rounds out the story with an emotional, gut punch conclusion. Nguyen's sensational artwork once again perfectly compliments Lemire's powerful words. Read Full Review

Nguyen delivers some great visuals throughout the issue. The style works really well and it delivers both visually and emotionally with the characters. Read Full Review

This nice little story ends on a strong moment of character-defining action. The creative team wraps everything up neatly and underlines why the character matters and how they are unique. That's always a joy. Read Full Review

At the end of the day, Robin & Batman is one of the finest takes on Robin's origin story in any medium. Read Full Review

If this happens, and the team goes on to tell stories that respect and honor the unsurpassed and legendary Nightwing origin given to us by my heroes, George Perez and Marv Wolfman, then count me in. I love comics, and series like this one are the reason why. Read Full Review

At last, the true dynamic duo is born, as the characters must come to grip with their own traumas and their own personalities and how they differ and how they help one another. There is a lot to like about this mini-series that re-explores the early days of Robin and Batman, through a different lens, while there are other aspects that might be hard to see for such beloved characters. Read Full Review

If anything, this mini-series could have gone even further in exploring Robin's early days, but is definitely a series that I cannot recommend enough. Read Full Review

Robin & Batman #3 ends this series. It did what was almost the unexpected. Lemire and Nguyen have created a definitive Batman and Robin story, by making a Robin and Batman story. Dark vs Light. Light always prevails. Read Full Review

ROBIN & BATMAN #3 was a tremendously refreshing tale about navigating through the darkness of life. Read Full Review

The ending this series deserves, I suppose, even if it's never clear what the story is trying to say. If it's that Robin will become just like Batman, the ending contradicts that. If it's that Robin's presence gives Batman a new outlook on life, that's not evident at all, save for a single line. As I said regarding the second issue, this is not in any way a bad series, but a disappointing one. I wanted to love it. I should have loved it. When all is said and done with Robin & Batman, I didn't enjoy it, and only just appreciate it for its visual excellence. Read Full Review

This was a good little short story. I almost wish this was 6 or 12 issues long though, there's some really good emotional beats here that I feel like Lemire would've really done a great job with if he'd been able to flesh them out into a longer story, but for what it was, I really enjoyed it, and Dustin Nguyen's art was stellar throughout.

On the issue, it was not the strongest in some ways, but it delivered a very satisfying end to this incredible tale. The premise was spot-on, but the execution was masterfully done. Both the story and the art displayed on this series were at its peak. Lemire/Nguyen were a perfect fit for this. I mean, the relationship of Alfred-Bruce-Dick is just truly defined here. A true and well established vision for these characters. For me, an instant classic.

I understand some of the pacing problems in this issue may turn some people off, but I think the emotional heft of the story superseded all of that.

My biggest complaint about this series is that it wasn't long enough to fully flesh out all of the ideas stuffed into it. Lemire had a really good grasp on Dick Grayson's voice, and I think this was a really strong portrayal of the character. The first person narration was fitting for the story and it allowed Lemire to display the qualities that really make this Robin shine. Dick's ability to be fearless, to make friends, and to lead were all on display in these 3 issues. The strong water colors from Nguyen are always a welcome sight too, and provide a nice variety in artistic style on my pull list.

Not as strong as the previous issues, but a solid conclusion nevertheless.

a solid series overall that any Batman would enjoy

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Joresti - Jan 12, 2022

Would a superman enjoy it too?

daspidaboy - Jan 12, 2022

Well it doesnt have superman in it but I think superman fans would enjoy it too.

Joresti - Jan 15, 2022

I was joking playing off the fact you said any batman and not any batman fan. Kinda dumb joke sorry. Book is fantastic tho

daspidaboy - Jan 16, 2022

Lol my bad for not getting the joke

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Not quite as great as the first two parts but still a good ending to an enjoyable comic.

I immensely enjoyed the introspections of the last two parts as well as their slow pace and the punches they carried. This Issue had to deal with more - at least it felt that way - and as a result came across as less focused. The themes Lemire introduced were tied up, just not as neatly as I hoped they'd be - especially in regards to Dick's and Bruce's dynamic.

Nguyen's watercolors were gorgeous as always but it does invite a lack of consistency that's very noticeable when looking at Dick's face from panel to panel.

overall i'm glad for this story coming out. not sure if i'll actually double dip and buy the collected edition once it comes out or not? i more than likely will out of pure boredom with the piss-poor state of current comics.

while this story was definitely entertaining, there were quite a number of things that i wish could have been done better.

as decent as this story was, ROBIN: YEAR ONE did it a LOT better!! and many years earlier.

yeah fuck you croc

Decent story, good coming of age story for Robin., was interesting how they linked croc to Robin and showed him as a dark reflection of dick. Not a fan of the art. Watercolor doesn’t belong in a big two book

Once again, we have Lemire shitting on Batman just for the hell of it. I really don't see Bruce telling Dick to skip school for the mission, he always used to not let the Robins get in the field until their homework was done and stuff like that. Here, Lemire out of misguided dislike of the character, I'm sure, decides Bruce needs to be shitty so Alfred can shine instead. Given his hate of a beloved DC character, I can say I'm glad he is sticking to Image and Substack for the next years, DC and Marvel need to stop giving jobs to writers who hate our beloved heroes. But regarding the issue, the whole irony of it all is that even though Alfred is in the right that he should go to school, he's actually the one putting him in danger after all, given that Croc stalks the school, talk about unintended consequences.

Another issue I had here is that again, the circus is shown to be some dark thing, something I've noticed in the past with comic writers. In the 50s when these characters were created the circus was something light, these last years writers are giving it much darker vibes. Also, Croc comes off extremely petty here, it's not like Dick had any power to help him, he was just a little kid.

Overall this was a pretty weak conclusion after a very good first issue and a decent second one. It's not bad, it's just that: a)we've seen this story before, Dick confronting the darkness of his past and moving on from it and we've seen it told better than this and b)Lemire shits on Batman gratuitously and I'm frankly tired of that trope. more

Gorgeous as the art is, the story brings nothing new to the table. Dixon's Robin: Year One was much better. Read that instead.