Warning: Contains potential spoilers for Batman and Robin #11!Batman is officially home, thanks to his and Robin Adventure to the one place on Earth where even the Dark Knight finds himself ill-equipped to deal – Dinosaur Island. While everyone knows that Bruce Wayne’s heart belongs to Gotham, hearing Batman admit that he misses his home is a rare moment that highlights just how much he truly despises the prehistoric island.
Bruce said, “I miss Gotham“, highlighting his preference for dealing with criminally insane thugs and crime-ridden streets throughout Dinosaur Island.
Joshua Williamson and Juan Ferreyra’s Batman and Robin #11 kicks off a new story arc that takes Bruce and Damian to the mythical Dinosaur Island on a quest to bring Bone to justice for murdering Alfred Pennyworth.
It’s been five years since the Gotham Rogue killed off the fan-favorite Bat-family member, making this confrontation a long time coming. however, Before Batman and Robin can face Bone, they must first navigate the treacherous desert of Dinosaur Island. and survive the prehistoric creatures that inhabit it – a task that the Dark Knight finds exceptionally difficult.
Dinosaur Island: The One Place Even Batman Can’t Fully Prepare For
After some run-ins with dinosaurs, Batman, Robin and Maya”Nobody“Ducard, Damien’s long-time friend, comes upon poachers loading various dinosaurs for experimentation and profit. Maya tells them to stop, and soon the reason becomes clear. Ban enters the scene, using non-lethal force to dispatch the trespassers. On what he climbs is his island while Batman and Maya are engaged in watching Bane’s unusual behavior. Robin seizes the moment. He sneaks away, mounts a dinosaur and charges towards the Gotham Rogue with undetermined intent.
Batman and Maya immediately try to follow Robin, hoping to prevent the boy from killing Bones in a fit of revenge. However, they are soon intercepted by a herd of dinosaurs, shifting their priority from stopping Damian to surviving the prehistoric creatures. During this chaotic meeting, Bruce said, “I miss Gotham“, highlighting his preference for dealing with criminally insane thugs and crime-ridden streets throughout Dinosaur Island. The fact that Batman doesn’t pull out any unique gadgets, like anti-dinosaur repellent (see: Batman’s anti-shark repellent), underscores that even the Dark Knight is out of his depth when it comes to handling dinosaurs.
The story of Dinosaur Island: Are the dinosaurs real or animatronic? (We have the answer)
Dinosaur Island has a complicated history about whether its inhabitants are real dinosaurs or animatronics. In one of the earliest appearances, Bill Finger and Bob Kane Batman #35 (1946) depicted the island as an amusement park filled with animatronic dinosaurs, including one that became a permanent fixture in the Batcave. Another early interpretation, Robert Kanigher’s Star-Spangled War Stories #90 (May 1960), depicted the island as inhabited by creatures otherwise extinct in the normal world, including actual dinosaurs. Batman And Robin #11 seems to draw from Kanigher’s lore, turning their adventure into a true Jurassic Park experience.
Batman and Robin #11 Available now from DC Comics!
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