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Title: All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder: Volume 1

Publisher: DC Comics

Writer: Frank Miller

Artist: Jim Lee

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Review by: Bill Jones

It’s hard to imagine with this being the first series published under DC Comics’ All-Star banner that the imprint lasted long enough for Grant Morrison to produce the fantastic All-Star Superman. All-Star allows the writers and artists to tell stories with key DC characters outside the general continuity of the DC Universe (or any other continuity DC has going, for that matter). And with creators of the likes of 300, Sin City and Batman: Hush, one would think this would be met with promising results. Jim Lee’s art gets the job done, for sure, but it’s hard to believe Volume 1 of All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder was written by the same Frank Miller who produced The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One. (more…)

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Title: Batman: Under the Red Hood

Format: Blu-Ray

MPAA: PG-13

Director: Brandon Vietti

Writer: Judd Winick

Producer: Warner Bros., Premiere

Film Rating: Rating: ★★★★½

Blu-Ray Rating: Rating: ★★★★☆

Review by: Archie Easter

The Film

Based on Judd Winick’s original six-issue Batman story arc Under the Hood, Under the Red Hood streamlines and slightly modifies the original without compromising the writing or integrity of the story in the process. The end result is one of DC’s best animated films to date, and an absolute must-see for fans and newcomers alike. (more…)