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    <body><![CDATA[Reprints All-Star Batman &amp; Robin, the Boy Wonder #1-9.  Dick Grayson's parents are killed and Batman helps Robin avenge their deaths.  Wow...this is so incredibly bad.  It makes some of Chuck Austen's work look like Shakespeare.  It is sad to see the creator of the Dark Knight Returns (The Dark Knig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48969729">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[All Star Batman and Robin is a retelling of the first days of the &quot;Dynamic Duo&quot; by the celebrated creative team of writer Frank Miller and artist Jim Lee. This retelling set in the modern era (Robin originally made his debut as &quot;The Sensational Character Find of  1940&quot; - a bit da...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46574087">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This one falls under the &quot;so bad it is good&quot; category. This is easily the most hilarious book on the Dark Knight I have ever read- and it is among the more touching ones. SO why the three star rating? Because Frank Miller does what Frank Miller always does to everything since about 1997. H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45957027">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Uh.  Wow.<br/><br/>I could have rated this with 5 stars or 1 star.  I've settled on 3.<br/><br/>This is possibly the dumbest thing I've ever read.  Although I haven't read all that much of Miller, I've kind of gotten the impression that he's slowly been slipping into self-parody.  <em>All-Star Batman &amp; ...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63227757">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[All-Star Batman &amp; Robin the Boy Wonder, Volume 1]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Short review: <br/>Mr. Miller, <br/>Harley Quinn is not a neo-Nazi.<br/>Sincerely, <br/>Chris<br/><br/>Long review:<br/>Batshit insane. That seems valid. In Dark Knight Returns (which I'm not personally a huge fan of, but can respect for what it meant for comics) Frank Miller decided to show ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71372300">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know it makes me sexist or a misogynist to like Frank Miller. But I admit it: sometimes I like a little harder edge to my comics, a little unadulterated manliness. And this version of Batman, or any superhero, gets my fists, and blood, pumping. He's a bastard and a jerk. He's violent and scary. An...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75388933">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The talents responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Sin City) and Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you've never seen them before in this reinvention of these classic characters.  <p>   All hell breaks loose at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy's life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to -- no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest-stars and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo!</p>]]>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Batman is an unhinged radical vigilante who kidnaps a violently-orphaned Dick Grayson.  There's no mystery as to whodunnit, and the whydunnit will presumably have to wait on Vol. 2, but I wouldn't bother.<br/><br/>Despite the editor's standard hype, this is a pretty pedestrian book by Frank Miller...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45915433">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The talents responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Sin City) and Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you've never seen them before in this reinvention of these classic characters.  <p>   All hell breaks loose at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy's life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to -- no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest-stars and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo!</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The &quot;goshdarn&quot; Batman, as he's called ad nauseam throughout the book (and no, Frank Miller...swearing needlessly does NOT make you cool) is not a Batman you can cheer on. He's angry, self-righteous, and more than just a little bit crazy...and the same one dimensional description fits a lot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53054287">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The talents responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Sin City) and Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you've never seen them before in this reinvention of these classic characters. <p>  All hell breaks loose at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy's life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to -- no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest-stars and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo!</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't like Frank Miller. Or, rather, I don't like Frank Miller's interpretation of Batman. This book is a perfect example why: while Batman is certainly not the most sane of people, in this story he's plain crazy. And arrogant. And crazy. And brutal. And he's lacking most of the qualities I like a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50327726">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The talents responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Sin City) and Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you've never seen them before in this reinvention of these classic characters.  <p>   All hell breaks loose at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy's life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to -- no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest-stars and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo!</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[As with any Frank Miller comic, I can only wonder what the man was smoking at the time he was writing it--and, if things are fine by him, could I just reach on over there and take a puff on that as well? You don't mind, do you, Frank Miller? Cool. Thanks, man. <br/><br/>But in the case with All-St...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64326616">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Frank Miller, the creator of Sin City and talent responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, BATMAN: YEAR ONE) teams with superstar artist Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) to bring you the high-octane origin story of Dick Grayson's transformation into Robin, the Boy Wonder. This ultimate tale of the Dynamic Duo features guest appearances by Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Black Canary and Batgirl is available in softcover for the first time.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Doing for the Dark Knight what Morrison and Quitely would do for Superman, writer Frank Miller and artist Jim Lee (both no strangers to telling compelling Batman stories) recount the early days of Robin's apprenticeship from a contemporary viewpoint and modern settings.  The <em>All Star</em> series is desig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77218473">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The talents responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Sin City) and Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you've never seen them before in this reinvention of these classic characters.  <p>   All hell breaks loose at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy's life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to -- no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest-stars and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo!</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Miller's writing and Jim Lee's art don't seem to totally match up some of the time--especially in the first chapters.  Things seem to jump around and are not always explained well, definitely in the first half. &gt;How was Vicki Vale injured exactly?<br/><br/>Although, I like how it seems to tie i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74700585">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my god. Hilariously, horrible writing. #9 had to be the best, though.<br/><br/>All-Star Batman &amp; Robin the Boy Wonder is a parody of everything batman. Batman is essentially, batcrazy. He's a complete brute that just beats people up for the hell of it. But oh, the parodies! Haha! The Justice Le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45829645">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[my husband said i have to read this.....<br/><br/>i regret reading it.  <br/><br/>it was frustrating in so many ways.  it was as if the author had NO respect for anything that came before his own work.  in one hand, an author putting his own spin on such a well developed and many faceted story s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46217806">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I should probably give this three stars just for the artwork, but everything was a little over the top.  By this, I mean that all the characters were dark and brooding and immature, and I found this annoying, rather than interpreting this as some statement about the moral depravity of the human race...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53773147">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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