Overview
- DC’s Absolute Batman #19, released Wednesday, introduces a reimagined Scarecrow and a public crisis that turns Gotham against the Dark Knight.
- Mayor Hamilton Hill uses the fallout to debut the Robin Program as an official city initiative positioned as Gotham’s new protectorate.
- Jack Grimm V, the Absolute Joker, bankrolls the task force, with training led by Slade Wilson, also known as Deathstroke, under captain Dick Grayson.
- The five Robins are Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Duke Thomas, with interior art linking them to giant mech suits previewed on the Absolute Batman #20 cover.
- The storyline now points to a Batman-versus-Robins clash in issue #20 on May 13, with cover and solicitation teases framing the next escalation in this reimagined universe.