Tag: Batman & Robin: Year One — Dynamic Duos

Can’t Wait for Wednesday | The Dynamic Duo is back in action

Check out comics and graphic novels arriving this week by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Bryan Hill, Nico Leon, Mariko Tamaki, Mike Mignola, Kyle Baker, Marguerite Bennett and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Mark Waid + Chris Samnee return to Gotham for ‘Batman & Robin: Year One — Dynamic Duos’

The acclaimed creative team picks up where their Eisner-nominated run left off, adding Catwoman to the mix in a new 12-issue series launching in August.

DC has announced a follow-up to the highly acclaimed (and pretty awesome) 2024 maxi-series Batman & Robin: Year One by writer Mark Waid and artist Chris Samnee. Batman & Robin: Year One — Dynamic Duos, another new 12-issue series set in the early days of the duo, will kick off in August.

The original series earned Eisner Award nominations for Samnee, colorist Mat Lopes and letterer Clayton Cowles, all of whom are returning for the new series. The series will feature Catwoman and a new character who may become her sidekick.

“One of the great things about talking story with Chris is that we generally end up with way more than we can actually fit in the books—that’s how excited both of us get when we explore Batman and Robin’s early days,” Waid said. “This is Chris’s dream job, and I could write younger Bruce and Dick forever. Hence Dynamic Duos—Bruce and Dick and Catwoman and a brand-new character who may or may not choose to be Selina Kyle’s sidekick.”

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