Robin 2021 Annual #1

The Robin 2021 Annual leans into a playful tabloid-magazine format, with a skull-covered pink background setting an appropriately over-the-top tone as a jester-costumed figure hangs upside-down reading a comic, surrounded by circular portraits of Damian Wayne, Ravager, and a shirtless Ra's al Ghul. Jorge Corona's cover art sells the tongue-in-cheek premise perfectly, with cheeky headlines promising romance, family drama, and — naturally — Ra's al Ghul's "immortal abs" workout secrets. Writer Joshua Williamson and his creative team deliver this extra-sized "Strike File" package with genuine wit, making it one of the more inventive annuals DC put out in 2022.