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Although Batman is famous for his contingency plans against the Justice League, the original Robin Dick Grayson defeated his mentor’s teammates under more impressive circumstances. Mark Waid, Howard Porter, and Steve Scott’s Jla: Tower of Babel storyline changed readers’ perceptions of Batman by revealing that he planned to potentially exploit the weaknesses of his Justice League teammates if they ever went rogue. Unfortunately, these contingencies fell into the hands of Ra’s al Ghul, nearly destroying the Justice League. While Batman’s contingencies proved effective, the often-underrated Robin managed to take out the Justice League in a way that Batman could not.

In 2008's Teen Titans: Year One #3, by Amy Wolfram and Karl Kerschl, five of the Justice League’s heavy-hitters are brainwashed by the Antithesis, leaving their respective sidekicks to oppose them. The five sidekicks appear out of their depth at first, but Robin quickly takes a leadership role.

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I’ve written elsewhere that I seem to have reviewed a whole lot of these over-sized DC Special’s of late. Not a complaint, mind you, far from it. DC could have quite easily stuck out a load of old reprints and hastily cobbled together inventory stuff and put it out and a lot of people would probably have picked it up anyway. They went the other way though, and have curated a lot of nicely done tales, by a mixture of legendary creators and more recent fan favourites. The recent Flash 80 pager I reviewed was especially good. Scanning down the creator list on this Robin book, straight away names like Marv Wolfman, Devin Grayson, Tom Grummett, Dan Jurgens, and Chuck Dixon jump out. I like the fact DC try to get creators particularly associated with the different incarnations of Robin to recreate their magic.

Teenage super heroes never looked so good as Warner Archive Collection brings another favorite from the Warner Bros. Animation canon to Blu-ray with the January 23, 2018 release of Teen Titans: The Complete First Season. Pre-orders are now available via wbshop.com and your favorite online retailers.

With awesome super skills and powers galore, these crime-fighting partners kick butt and squash evil like nobody’s business! But as roommates in Titans Tower, it’s every hero for him/herself when it comes to living in peace. Not even super heroes can settle fights over who’s in control of the TV remote.

In these 13 action-packed adventures, the Titans face all your favorite villains – Mad Mod, The Puppet King, Killer Moth and, of course, their arch-nemesis Slade – in one power-packing showdown after another. Some battles even pit the Titans against each other. Featuring bold animation, funky music and fun characters, this complete Season...

Once again, a look into the future, with some very interesting looks at the past, including the reprinting of a comic that was never released in America in the first place, the infamous Elseworlds 80 Page Giant that was pulped because of concerns about Superman’s babysitter.

And of course, a whole lot of #3 issues, which is traditionally the issue where Spider-Man guest stars.

Shall we? Surely!

As usual, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.

Justice League #3

Written by Geoff Johns

Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams

1:25 Variant cover by Greg Capullo

1:200 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee

On sale November 16 • 40 pg, Fc, $3.99 Us • Rated T

Combo pack edition: $4.99 Us

Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for more information.

The superstar team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee continue to make history as they unleash the amazing Amazon,...

DC Comics has announced a Christmas special that will feature a host of comic creators and characters. DC Holiday Special #1 was unveiled on DC's official blog The Source. Scott Kolins, Sterling Gates, Amy Wolfram, Fred Van Lente, Jay Faerber, Beau Smith, David Tischman and Jay Torres have already been confirmed to contribute to the comic, with more to be announced. The issue will contain a series (more)...