Status
Available
Call number
Publication
DC Comics (2020), Edition: Illustrated, 208 pages
ISBN
1401291023 / 9781401291020
Description
Before Batman trained him to be Robin, Dick Grayson was star of his family of trapeze artists, but when an enchanting new attraction opens nearby and threatens to lure away their remaining customers, Dick is among those drawn to its magical glow and may be too mesmerized to recognize the dangers ahead.
Pages
208
User reviews
LibraryThing member villemezbrown
Dull, messy, and stupid. A young Dick Grayson is all sulky and whiny because he wants to leave the circus in which his parents have raised him. And he wants to take along the cute, magical girl from the mysterious carnival across the way. But there are complications as hard feelings rise up between
Dick is unpleasant and the story is boring with its contrived and shoehorned action sequences and predictable villain. Yawn.
Teenage Dick seems a bit old to become Batman's first Robin, but other than that this could possibly fit in continuity with the main DCU.
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the two traveling shows and the battle takes a supernatural turn.Dick is unpleasant and the story is boring with its contrived and shoehorned action sequences and predictable villain. Yawn.
Teenage Dick seems a bit old to become Batman's first Robin, but other than that this could possibly fit in continuity with the main DCU.
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LibraryThing member DarthDeverell
Michael Moreci’s The Lost Carnival: A Dick Grayson Graphic Novel features illustrations by Sas Milledge with Phil Hester, colors by David Calderon, and letters by Steve Wands. The story focuses on Dick Grayson at Haley’s Circus with his parents. Unlike in the traditional Batman canon, Dick is
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an older teen and his parents are alive and well. One night, a rival circus turns up in the same town and they have grander shows and – apparently – real magic. Dick befriends and falls for Luciana, the daughter of the Lost Circus’s magician. Meanwhile, his best friend Willow begins looking into the Lost Circus. Her uncle, Lodz, is desperate to learn the secret of their magic. The two circuses find themselves drawn into conflict while Dick struggles to keep the peace even as he feels less connected to circus life after spending his whole life growing up in it. Dick and Luciana’s relationship forms a star-crossed Romeo and Juliet romance against the backdrop of internal and external conflicts. Moreci, Milledge, and Hester’s original story honors the legacy of Dick Grayson while also showing how it may be reinvented for new readers. Show Less
Awards
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2020
Physical description
208 p.; 8.9 inches