| Pencils: | Ernie Chan (signed as EC) various |
| Inks: | Ernie Chan (signed as EC) various |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | typeset |
Main cover image by Ernie Chan from Batman Family #3, lower part of cover has various floating Robin heads.
Collects Robin stories from:
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #192, #202, #213, #227, #229-231, #234-236, #239-242, #244-245, #248-250, #252, #254, #259, #333, #337-339 and #341-343
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #390-391, #394-395, #398-403, #445, #447, #450-451 and #481-495
Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #1, #3-9 and 11-20
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #200
DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #31 and #58.
Does not include covers for issues where Robin was not featured on the cover.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Diamond halted distribution of new releases from April 1 thru May 13, 2020. However, book stores and websites such as Amazon that get their books through other distributors were not affected by the Diamond shutdown. As a result, this book was available for sale at Amazon and other book sellers first. Amazon officially lists a release date of 03/31/2020, however it appears that the book may not have been available until a week or so later. Retailers who used Diamond did not have this issue available for sale until May 20, 2020.
Inside front dust jacket flap with text describing the contents of this collection, with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Front end pages with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Title Page with the title logo of the book, with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Illustration from Batman #229.
2nd title Page with the title logo of the book, with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Indicia and publisher information, with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Table of contents, with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Foreword by James Tynion IV, dated January 2020. Includes illustration from Batman Family #9, with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Bruce Wayne does not appear in the Batman costume.
A newly-created origin of Robin with new details added.
Story continues in Detective Comics #391.
Story continues from Detective Comics #390.
Story continues in Detective Comics #395.
Story continues from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #394.
Story continues in Detective Comics #399.
Story continues from Detective Comics #398.
Team-up between Batgirl and Robin; story continues in Detective Comics #401. Caricatures of Julie Schwartz and Gil Kane appear on page 5.
Story continues from Detective Comics #400.
After this story, the Robin feature continued in the Batman book.
Story continues in Batman #229.
Story continues from Batman #227.
When an editor offers Robin a job taking photos of his cases, he says the editor should look up a guy named Peter Parker.
Story occurs immediately after the story in World's Finest Comics #200.
Story continues in Batman #235.
Story continued from Batman #234, story continues in Batman #236.
Story continues from Batman #235.
Story continues in Batman #240.
Bernie Wrightson, Alan Weiss, Gerry Conway appear in this story after their appearance in "Night of the Reaper" in Batman #237.
Story continued from Batman #239.
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| Pencils: | Rich Buckler (signed) |
| Inks: | Rich Buckler (signed) |
| Colors: | ? |
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Story continues in Batman #242.
Story continued from Batman #241.
Editor Starly Evan's last name given in Batman #249.
Flashback to the death of Robin's parents.
Davy King character modeled after Danny Kaye, and this story is dedicated to him.
| Script: | Elliot Maggin (credited) |
| Pencils: | Dick Dillin (credited) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (credited) |
| Colors: | ? |
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New costumes for Robin drawn by readers of the strip: Carol A. Strickland; Brian Madigan; Steven Diaz; Carl Peppers; David Talarico and Jim Ricklef.
Julius Schwartz's editorial records provided to GCD by DC Comics credit Continuity Studios with the pencils and inks.
When asked about this, Bob Rozakis said: "[Martinez and Mazzaroli] were South American artists that Neal Adams convinced Julie Schwartz to give a try. You might notice that some of the character heads look like Neal did them rather than Martinez and Mazzaroli."
Story continues in Detective Comics #451.
Story continued from Detective Comics #450.
Batman figure is a modified version of the Superman figure from the cover of Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #1.
| Pencils: | Ernie Chan (signed as EC [ ≡C ] ) |
| Inks: | Ernie Chan (signed as EC [ ≡C ] ) |
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| Letters: | ? typeset |
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| Pencils: | José Luis GarcÃa-López (credited as J. L. Garcia Lopez) |
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| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | ? |
Batgirl and Robin reveal that they know each other's secret identities, with no explanation of how they learned each other's secret.
| Pencils: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
| Inks: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
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| Letters: | ? typeset |
The story title was apparently supposed to be "Robin's (Very) White Christmas!" which is how it appears in the reprint in The Best of DC #22 and in the digital version of Batman Family #4. It is reprinted here with the original (mis)placement of the word "Very".
Bruce Wayne does not appear in the Batman costume in this story.
Clark Kent appears as a reporter and not in the Superman identity.
| Pencils: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
| Inks: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
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| Letters: | ? |
Has "DC Comics Salutes the Bicentennial 5" banner at top.
| Pencils: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
| Inks: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
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This story features the introduction of the Earth One Huntress and Sportsmaster.
Bruce Wayne does not appear in the Batman identity.
| Pencils: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
| Inks: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
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| Letters: | ? |
Bruce Wayne does not appear in his Batman identity in this story.
| Pencils: | Ernie Chan (signed) |
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| Pencils: | Don Newton (pp 1-8; 17-30) Marshall Rogers (pp 9-16) |
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Story told in multiple chapters:
Chapter 1 Death Derby at Dawn.
Chapter 2 Twilight of the Sunset Gang.
Chapter 3 Explosive End of the Dynamite Duo!
Chapter 4 Inside -- Outside -- Melting Down the Town!
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story presented in 2 parts.
Part 1: Mothridden Murder.
Part 2: Cavalier Con Game.
The Five-In-One Foe has the following identities: Lumberjack, Galloping Ghost, Johnny G.I., Laser Razer, and his true unnamed identity.
| Pencils: | Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta ) |
| Inks: | Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta ) |
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| Letters: | ? |
First meeting of Earth-One Batman and Earth-Two Huntress.
| Pencils: | Jim Starlin (signed) |
| Inks: | Jim Starlin (signed) |
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| Letters: | ? |
| Pencils: | Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta ) |
| Inks: | Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as MW Kaluta ) |
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| Letters: | ? |
| Pencils: | Jim Starlin (signed) |
| Inks: | Jim Starlin (signed) |
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Wraparound cover from the original issue shown across two pages.
Robin costume designs sent in by readers Joe Montgomery, Paul Decker and George T. Johnston.
Origin recap, revealed that Mr. Haly (owner of Haly's Circus) knows Robin's secret id.
| Pencils: | José Luis GarcÃa-López (signed as Garcia Lopez ) |
| Inks: | José Luis GarcÃa-López (signed as Garcia Lopez ) |
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Page of various floating Robin heads.
| Pencils: | Ross Andru (signed) |
| Inks: | Dick Giordano (signed) |
| Colors: | |
| Letters: | typeset |
Page of various floating Robin heads.
The man in black is identified as Mr. Myers in Detective Comics #493.
Page of various floating Robin heads.
| Pencils: | Ross Andru (signed) |
| Inks: | Dick Giordano (signed) |
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The man in black is identified as Mr. Myers in Detective Comics #493.
The man in black is identified as Mr. Myers in Detective Comics #493.
Story ties into The Lazarus Affair; story continues in Batman #334.
| Pencils: | Ross Andru (signed as Andru) |
| Inks: | Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano ) |
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| Letters: | ? |
| Script: | Gerry Conway (plot) Roy Thomas (script, uncredited) |
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The table of contents for this collection only credits Gerry Conway with the script. The Roy Thomas dialogue credit is from the GCD index of the original issue, per Thomas in Alter Ego #100.
Waldo the clown returns as a supporting character in Robin's own series starting in Batman #337, but there his last name is Flynn not Simpson.
Robin feature continues from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #495 (October 1980).
Story continues in Batman #338.
Cleveland Brand is Deadman's brother. Lorna Hill is misspelled here as Lourna Hill.
Waldo the clown previously appeared in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #31, but there his last name is given as Simpson, not Flynn.
Page of various floating Robin heads.
Story continues from Batman #337.
Credits illegibly muddy on the tentpole on the splash page in this printing, but legible in reprint in Batman Taschenbuch reprint.
Lorna Hill is misspelled here as Lourna Hill.
Cleveland Brand is Deadman's brother.
Story continues in Batman #342.
Story continues from Batman #341.
Page of various floating Robin heads.
Biographies of Bob Rozakis, Mike Friedrich, Elliot S! Maggin, Jack C. Harris, Gerry Conway, Frank Robbins, Irv Novick, Gil Kane, and Kurt Schaffenberger, with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Back end pages with a background of various floating Robin heads.
Rear inside dust jacket listing of other Bronze Age Omnibuses. Includes Teen Titans: The Bronze Age Omnibus, Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 & 2, and Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Omnibus.