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Robin: Year One
Robin: Year One #1
Already entrenched in the Batcave and his official training complete, young Dick Grayson has a world of experience to gain and a ton of new enemies to make--beginning with the truly insane Mad Hatter! The early days of the Boy Wonder begin here!
51 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2000
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Chuck Dixon
3,429 books1,033 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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November 20, 2021
I am a massive fan of Nightwing and…
I liked this comic, this is a good start to get to know Dick’s character and would recommend for beginners. But Alfred’s illegible cursive thoughts, not so much, I couldn’t read them for the life of me. Although, I did enjoy this different side of Batman in this comic, I didn’t expect him to act the way he did, I was quite surprised. But I still liked the comic, nonetheless.
Reread: Yes!
I liked this comic, this is a good start to get to know Dick’s character and would recommend for beginners. But Alfred’s illegible cursive thoughts, not so much, I couldn’t read them for the life of me. Although, I did enjoy this different side of Batman in this comic, I didn’t expect him to act the way he did, I was quite surprised. But I still liked the comic, nonetheless.
Reread: Yes!
January 21, 2025
4/5 Stars
January 21, 2025
Really good book, I love the art the colours have a certain hue that looks really nice, I wish it showed his entire origin but it’s just his first missions as Robin, I liked how it showed Batman’s villains that was really cool especially dr. Freeze, the two face beat up reminded me of Jason and joker especially when he went to get revenge. Really good highly recommend! I love the first few pages of art of Robin. Oh and the intro of Barbara!! So cute!
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February 5, 2025
4 1/2 stars. It was really good. Although I missed more interactions with Robin and Batman. This was a great introduction to Robin being on his own.
July 17, 2025
alfred our goat
December 6, 2025
very cute, dink is a menace
December 18, 2025
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It’s a really good introduction to Dick Grayson and his early vigilante career. I can’t wait to read the second comic! (I have to find it somewhere though T~T)
It’s a really good introduction to Dick Grayson and his early vigilante career. I can’t wait to read the second comic! (I have to find it somewhere though T~T)
August 7, 2025
Welcome Dick 😋
July 24, 2022
It’s nice to see both Dick and Bruce have a somewhat healthy relationship 😩
October 12, 2024
I love this story! Batman's a softie. Alfred's so concerned. Robin is so determined!
What bumped my score to 5 stars was the ART!
I LOVE THE ART.
What bumped my score to 5 stars was the ART!
I LOVE THE ART.
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August 24, 2025(مراجعة بالعربي )
الكومك هاذي شريتها في بداية المطاف على انها كومك طبقية نمطية تشرح حيات روبن الأول [ dick rason ]
لكن فاجئتني الكومك ان هاذي الكومك تتكلم عن روبن قد خاض تجربة كونه بطل خارق بدون التطرق الا ماضيه الي اغلبنا نعرفه دخل في صلب الموضوع على طول •
(ايجابيات)
الكومك قصير و حتى لو مب فاهم بالعالم بتستمتع فيه•
الشخصيات حية حسيت بخطر و الحزن و مشاعرهم •
علاقة ابوية نفتقدها في الكومك كانت موجودة من قبل بروس و الفريد لروبن•
و كان في لحضات قتلتني ضحك •
( السلبيات )
الأرت ستايل واجهت معه بعض المشاكل بس تفهمت الوضع بسبب ان الكاتب كان يحول استوحاء ستايل ال{ 60s} بشكل عصري لكن من وجهة نضري لم يوفق •
بعض الحوارات كانت مكتوبة بخط مبعثر من قبل شخصية [ hat man ] كان من الصعب علي قرياتها و بعض النصوص الاي تكون من طرف الفريد •
(هاذه نهاية مراجعتي )
بشكل عام الكومك جميل و يستحق القرائه و قد اقراه في اوقات لاحقة •
النهاية
(English review)
> The comic that I always put off because I thought it would typically explain the life of the first Robin, Dick Grayson, in the usual story about his family at the circus, etc., etc. But it explained Robin from his human side and how he is a 12-year-old child trying to balance his life as a superhero and as a child who studies and loves, and so on and so forth, from teenage matters and his relationship with Bruce and his relationship with Alfred was beautiful and I really felt the danger to the characters. I thought we might really lose one of the characters. A beautiful comic and I recommend it. Translate it to English.
>
You've provided a great review of a comic book and asked me to translate it into English. Here is the translated text:
"This is one of the comics I'd always put off reading because I thought it would just be a typical retelling of the first Robin's life—you know, the usual story about Dick Grayson and his family at the circus. But it was so much more. It really explored Robin's human side, showing how a 12-year-old kid tries to balance life as a superhero with normal things like school, crushes, and other teenage issues. His relationship with Bruce and Alfred was beautifully done, and I genuinely felt the danger to the characters. For a moment, I truly thought we might lose someone. It's a beautiful comic, and I highly recommend it."
الكومك هاذي شريتها في بداية المطاف على انها كومك طبقية نمطية تشرح حيات روبن الأول [ dick rason ]
لكن فاجئتني الكومك ان هاذي الكومك تتكلم عن روبن قد خاض تجربة كونه بطل خارق بدون التطرق الا ماضيه الي اغلبنا نعرفه دخل في صلب الموضوع على طول •
(ايجابيات)
الكومك قصير و حتى لو مب فاهم بالعالم بتستمتع فيه•
الشخصيات حية حسيت بخطر و الحزن و مشاعرهم •
علاقة ابوية نفتقدها في الكومك كانت موجودة من قبل بروس و الفريد لروبن•
و كان في لحضات قتلتني ضحك •
( السلبيات )
الأرت ستايل واجهت معه بعض المشاكل بس تفهمت الوضع بسبب ان الكاتب كان يحول استوحاء ستايل ال{ 60s} بشكل عصري لكن من وجهة نضري لم يوفق •
بعض الحوارات كانت مكتوبة بخط مبعثر من قبل شخصية [ hat man ] كان من الصعب علي قرياتها و بعض النصوص الاي تكون من طرف الفريد •
(هاذه نهاية مراجعتي )
بشكل عام الكومك جميل و يستحق القرائه و قد اقراه في اوقات لاحقة •
النهاية
(English review)
> The comic that I always put off because I thought it would typically explain the life of the first Robin, Dick Grayson, in the usual story about his family at the circus, etc., etc. But it explained Robin from his human side and how he is a 12-year-old child trying to balance his life as a superhero and as a child who studies and loves, and so on and so forth, from teenage matters and his relationship with Bruce and his relationship with Alfred was beautiful and I really felt the danger to the characters. I thought we might really lose one of the characters. A beautiful comic and I recommend it. Translate it to English.
>
You've provided a great review of a comic book and asked me to translate it into English. Here is the translated text:
"This is one of the comics I'd always put off reading because I thought it would just be a typical retelling of the first Robin's life—you know, the usual story about Dick Grayson and his family at the circus. But it was so much more. It really explored Robin's human side, showing how a 12-year-old kid tries to balance life as a superhero with normal things like school, crushes, and other teenage issues. His relationship with Bruce and Alfred was beautifully done, and I genuinely felt the danger to the characters. For a moment, I truly thought we might lose someone. It's a beautiful comic, and I highly recommend it."
January 5, 2022
O encadernado compila 2 arcos muito bons envolvendo Batman e Robin enfrentando primeiramente o Chapeleiro Louco e depois o Harvey.
Ambas as histórias são boas envolvendo crimes dos vilões e investigações. O foco aqui é na figura do Robin e como ele reage e se desenvolve durante os empecilhos das missões.
Os desenhos são incríveis, combinando demais com a narrativa e tornando a leitura prazerosa.
Ambas as histórias são boas envolvendo crimes dos vilões e investigações. O foco aqui é na figura do Robin e como ele reage e se desenvolve durante os empecilhos das missões.
Os desenhos são incríveis, combinando demais com a narrativa e tornando a leitura prazerosa.
November 6, 2018
After Dark Victory, this seemed like a good place to go next. The art isn't as good in my opinion. But it was a bit thought-provoking thinking about how Robin does not need to continue fighting crime once his parents' murderer has been taken care of, and yet he continues joining Batman in his crusade because he feels that the detective needs a partner to look after him.
August 20, 2025
I used to read this in school library because that was the only DC comic they have and I know this story very well and after years of not reading it I get again why I loved this story as a kid mostly because of mentioning in this story Alice in wonderland, I just love robin dick Grayson and Batman duo the most
October 24, 2018
A very good start to a 4 vol series
The art was retro Art Deco a very classic style of presentation
enjoyed the nostalgic look and story of a kid thrusted from tragedy into a awkward and dangerous situation and making fun of it all refreshing from modern comic norm bravo Mr Beatty Bravo
The art was retro Art Deco a very classic style of presentation
enjoyed the nostalgic look and story of a kid thrusted from tragedy into a awkward and dangerous situation and making fun of it all refreshing from modern comic norm bravo Mr Beatty Bravo
April 6, 2020
I love Alfred, please stop worrying this man so much! I love the happy family they have found in themselves, it’s lovely to read.
Dick Grayson is one of my favorite comic book characters so I love reading about his origin and how he came up to be Robin.
Dick Grayson is one of my favorite comic book characters so I love reading about his origin and how he came up to be Robin.
August 5, 2025
Finally reading my way through Dick Grayson's lore. Really enjoyed the art. It was a nice refresher after panels of Mad Hatter and Generalissimo Lee being absolute freaks. Loved seeing the dynamic between Bruce & Dick throughout.
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August 21, 2025
“For fear that I am once more watching a child barter his youth in the service of ‘justice’.” oh alfie :( hes so iconic i wanna keep him in my pocket
+ the cursive 😭 how am i supposed to read that clearly i hope these writers stop with the cursive and jst find an alternative
+ the cursive 😭 how am i supposed to read that clearly i hope these writers stop with the cursive and jst find an alternative
October 11, 2018
La vida de Alfred es dura.
December 29, 2021
cute story. alfred has my heart <3
August 23, 2023
idc my comics count as a book
January 21, 2024
Robin mailov
February 27, 2025
COMIC BOOK CRITIC
(Robin: Year 1)
Dialogue: 4
Story: 4
Artwork: 4
Characters: 4
Enjoyment: 4
Average = 4
(Robin: Year 1)
Dialogue: 4
Story: 4
Artwork: 4
Characters: 4
Enjoyment: 4
Average = 4
August 22, 2025
Nightwing got me starting reading comics book
August 31, 2025
Alfred was getting on my nerves
September 6, 2025
dick grayson first batman’s son, he’s 3 apples tall
September 21, 2025
Dick Grayson proves his worth to Bruce Wayne by rescuing multiple kidnapped girls and stopping the Mad Hatter.
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September 21, 2025
4/5
great story. mad hatter is just okay. the art is awesome and feels like classic comics art style
great story. mad hatter is just okay. the art is awesome and feels like classic comics art style
November 26, 2025
am I the only one who really didn't understand any of Alfred's cursive.
December 12, 2025
he is such a little menace.
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