He encounters a young boy named Bruce Wayne (child star David Mazouz of Touch), living with his butler, Alfred (Sean Pertwee, left) after his parents were murdered. Man and boy form an unwilling alliance.
Of course, Bruce will grow up to become Batman, and James into Commissioner Gordon.
As a prototypical Batman and Robin, they run afoul of many of the future villains of Gotham City, such as the Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) and the Riddler (Cory Michael Smith) in their pre-costume days.
Don't expect retro camp; this is the grim, noirish Dark Knight Batman.
Or gay characters, although the villains will probably be standard feminine/sophisticated/gay-vague.
But you might expect some gay subtexts. The Batman franchise has been deliberately minimizing gay content by getting rid of the teen sidekick, or making him a preteen. But Ben McKenzie played a gay cop in Southland, so maybe he'll add some glimmers of homoerotic interest to his relationship with coworkers.
And the young Bruce Wayne might have an occasional male friend.
See also: Batman and the Boy Wonder.
See also: Batman and the Boy Wonder.
Originally Dick was 8. Mind, he murders the guys who killed his parents and frames their boss at 8, but he was 8. Post-Crisis (Nice multiverse you got there...), the story was similar, minus the killing (ironic for an age marked by heroic amorality), but now he was 10. (He actually describes his origin to his new boyfriend.) After Zero Hour (Okay, what the hell was the last four years?), back to 8.
ReplyDeleteLater Robins were all older: Jason began at 14, Tim at 13; Tim's origin story (He saw the Grayson family perform, knew their fate, and analyzed Robin's jumps and compared them to Dick's acrobatic style. From there, identifying Batman and the new Robin was easy. After certain events involving a crowbar, Tim tries to force Dick to be Robin again; failing that, he volunteers for the gig.) requires him to be that age, bare minimum. However, Damian is Bruce's biological son; only Dick actually cares about him, though.