All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #1

In "null," Batman drags a disoriented Dick Grayson from a collapsing building, leaving behind a trail of chaos and confusion. As the Batmobile roars through Gotham’s streets, the two navigate a tense, electric bond forged in adrenaline and mystery—Dick struggling to keep up, Batman pushing him harder, until the line between mentor and protege begins to blur.

In "null," Black Canary—working as a bartender at her namesake bar—reaches her breaking point after a night of harassment, unleashing a shocking burst of power that leaves the entire bar unconscious. When her boss tries to take advantage, she quits on her own terms, steals a motorcycle, and vanishes into the night. Meanwhile, Batman and Dick Grayson are still in the Batmobile, now submerged as a submarine, while Clark Kent, reading the news on a milk carton, reacts with fury to Dick’s disappearance—crumpling the paper and transforming into Superman.

In "null," Batman and Dick Grayson return to the Batcave to find Alfred bearing grim news: Vicki Vale is dying in the hospital. With Superman summoned to bring Dr. Ekhart from Paris, Batman leaves Dick alone in the cave, triggering a painful memory of his parents' murder. When Dick wakes, he finds a bacon cheeseburger and fries waiting—Alfred’s quiet gesture that sets off a quiet but charged confrontation between Batman and his loyal but defiant butler.

In a Gotham shrouded in shadow, Batman moves like a force of vengeance—brutal, relentless, and utterly alone. As Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, and Plastic Man debate whether to stop him, the man in the cowl walks a line between justice and madness, while memories of a boy’s past haunt the halls of Wayne Manor.

In "null," Barbara Gordon takes her first leap as Batgirl, swinging from a Gotham window while her father remains distracted on the phone. Jimmy Olsen, a young reporter for the Gotham Gazette, delivers news about the Flying Graysons to Vicki Vale in the hospital, sparking her decision to leave. Meanwhile, Black Canary makes her move, robbing a gang and drawing Batman’s attention—just as a shootout erupts, pulling him into a confrontation with Jocko-Boy Vanzetti and a new wave of danger.

In "null," Batman’s brutal efficiency in stopping a gang of thieves leads to a shocking twist when he realizes their stolen bleach can be combined with Thermite to create a devastating firebomb—just as Black Canary watches, visibly stirred by his ruthless precision. Back in the Batcave, Dick Grayson, restless and raw with grief, faces a harrowing choice: judge Jocko-Boy Vanzetti, the man who killed his parents, after the killer reveals he was hired by the Joker.

In a chilling opener to *All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder*, the Joker’s brutal murder of attorney Donna Gugina sets a dark tone. As Batman grapples with the chaos, a young Dick Grayson—already drawn to the idea of justice—discovers a bow and arrows, sparking a vision of Robin Hood that leads him to don a makeshift costume. Batman, observing from the shadows, doesn’t just reject the look—he redefines it, transforming Dick’s heroic fantasy into the legacy of Robin.

In "null," Batman and Green Lantern clash over a mystery that’s as much about trust as it is about power—Green Lantern accuses Batman of turning Robin into a weapon, unaware that the boy’s yellow-drenched world is a puzzle of its own. When the Green Lantern’s ring vanishes and Robin’s actions grow increasingly unpredictable, Batman is forced to confront the weight of his choices, leading them to a graveyard where a single, quiet mission begins: to find the past that shaped the boy.