Back in 2022, writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen teamed for Robin & Batman, a three-issue miniseries that dove dip into Dick Grayson’s earliest days as the boy wonder. Today DC announced that the creative team will reunite for a sequel miniseries about the dark knight’s second partner. Robin & Batman: Jason Todd will spotlight Jason’s time as Robin as he and Batman take on a new villain in Gotham. The first issue of the three-issue series will arrive in June.
Here’s how DC describes Robin & Batman: Jason Todd:
Batman has a new Robin, Jason Todd. Jason is a rash, impulsive and reckless kid with a troubled past, who Batman was certain could be molded into Gotham’s next protector. But can the Dark Knight save Jason Todd from the darkness within himself? And when a mysterious new villain, shrouded in white cloth and mystery, sets his sights on Jason, Batman realizes that even he has what it takes to train the anger and torment out of his new young ward.
Introduced in 1983 as a virtual carbon copy of Dick Grayson, Jason Todd’s time as Robin was brief but impactful. In 1987, following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jason was given a new origin, that of an orphaned kid living on the streets who meets Batman after boosting the tires off of the Batmobile. Fans didn’t take to either version of the character, and in 1988 he was infamously killed via fan decree during the A Death in the Family storyline. (For a far more in-depth look at Jason’s time as Robin, check out our oral history of the character from creation to death.) There are fewer than two-dozen stories featuring the post-Crisis Jason, so the era of the character is rich for exploration.
Check out variant covers for the first issue from Lemire, John McCrea, and Rafael Albuquerque below. Look for Robin & Batman: Jason Todd #1 (of 3) to arrive in stores and digitally on Wednesday, June 11th.
