This week's release of Batman and Robin #1, by the All-Star Superman creative team of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, was superb comics reading.Morrison is a true comic-book genius, and has long been one of my favourite writers. His latest twist of the Batman mythos (putting Dick Grayson into the bat-cowl and making Damien Al Ghul his new 'Robin-with-attitude') has breathed new life into the concept, and renewed my enthusiasm for the series.
Quitely's art is sensational... not photo-realistic; not cartoony, but a cartoonishly realistic in-between look, that makes Batman and Robin appear larger-than-life, without being outlandish. His style is beautifully-suited to Morrison's writing. Great new concepts include a new group of villains (with a typically Morrison cool name: 'The Circus of Strange'), and the amazing flying Batmobile! The 'year ahead' teaser page at the end made me even more eager to read the next, and subsequent, issues.
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