After more than a year of guest stars in
Batman and Robin, the title will finally return to its namesake. Following the current story arc, "The Hunt For Robin", Peter Tomasi promises to place a Boy Wonder by Batman's side in this the year of his 75th Anniversary. On July 16, a one-shot titled
Robin Rises: Omega by Peter Tomasi with art by Andy Kubert will ship. It will see the current struggle between Batman and Ra's al Ghul go to a much greater scale as Darkseid's world, Apokolips, enters the fray.
The story will continue a week later in
Batman and Robin #33. Batman will be at odds with the Justice League as he pursues the Chaos Shard to Apokolips. The LA Times was rather vague about the Chaos Shard, so I will include a few quotes from their interview with Mr. Tomasi.
On the return of a Robin:
Let’s just say that we are most definitely bringing back a Robin for Batman’s 75th anniversary. Batman needs a Robin and Robin needs a Batman, so what more needs to be said except that “Robin Rises: Omega,” drawn by the stupendous Andy Kubert, starts and ends with a bang and everything that occurs in this epic story all has seeds that Pat Gleason and I planted back during our first arc in “Batman and Robin: Born To Kill.”
There’s no gimmicks. We’re telling a character-centric action-adventure story that new readers can easily jump on board due to the way we constructed the opening pages of “Robin Rises: Omega” No. 1 that gives readers the ability to emotionally plug in and get up to speed without having read the series from the start of the New 52.
Concerning the Chaos Shard:
Hate to continue to be so cryptic, but since we’re a few months out from the first issue of “Robin Rises” hitting in July, all I can really say is that Bruce and the Justice League won’t be exactly seeing eye to eye on several important issues which may or may not lead to some rather strong emotional conflicts being put on display. And when it comes to something as powerful as the Chaos Shard, who knows what possibilities may present themselves.
Robin Rises: Omega
Batman and Robin #33