All Start Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder

I went to my not so local store (45 minutes away on a Saturday afternoon) to get a copy of Diamond Previews so I can make my first order, yikes! and I picked up All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #3 and 4 that I some how missed ordering. While his art is very nice, I am a little tired of Jim Lee’s obsession with the splash page. It is apparent that he has not come far from his Image roots.

Case in point: #3 22 pages of story, 11 splash pages, including 2 double page spreads. OK, it introduced the Black Canary, kind of, but that was it as far as story.

#4 22 pages of story. Only 8 splash pages, but also has 3 pages with two large images. And 6 of the splash pages were joined together to show the Batcave. Cool effect, but over 1/4th of the book was one image.

I can’t imagine what Jim Shooter (of the 9 panels per page rule) thinks of this.

All that being said, I am enjoying the story. We just don’t have much of one yet for our 12 bucks.