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What it's all about...
This follow-up to the best-selling The Long Halloween series finds the inmates of Arkham Asylum set loose in a botched assassination attempt on Batman's tragic opponent Harvey "Two-Face" Dent. With the likes of The Joker, The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze and The Riddler causing all manner of mayhem and Gotham's Mafia threatening to tighten their stranglehold on the city, Batman finds a new and unexpected ally in an orphaned circus boy.

Why you should read it...
Another series concentrating on Batman's early career, this sprawling epic is notable for the ret-conned (retroactive continuity) debut of Robin. Reconfigured as an equal and a partner (rather than a simpering appendage) who keeps Bruce Wayne's humanity in check, The Boy Wonder has never been such a vital part of the Dynamic Duo.