Warning! Spoilers ahead forBatman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1!Batman’s son has a new partner this holiday season, asRobinis working with the one and only Santa Claus. A new threat has come and taken out nearly the entire Justice League and the Boy Wonder’s only hope of saving them in time for the holidays is teaming up with everyone’s favorite gift-giving icon.
InBatman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1by Jeff Parker and Lukas Hetner, Robin comes to Zatanna’s apartment and brings her up to speed on a mysterious threat in Egypt that managed to trap the Justice League. Robin makes a wish for assistance, and it’s immediately grantedas Santa Claus comesdown through the chimney.
Damian shows Zatanna and Klaus the symbol he encountered in Egypt and Santa confirms it belongs to a powerful threat released the previous year by Krampus. Suddenly, chaos breaks out in Gotham andSanta and Robin team up to bring peace to the city.
Robin is Teaming Up with Santa Claus to Save the Day
The Boy Wonder is Working with Batmans’s Coolest Mentor
The DC Universe’s heroes finally met Kris Kringle in his first canon crossover with the Justice League in last year’sBatman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight. The world was under attack by Krampus, who unleashed an army of monsters known as the Draug, intent on getting revenge on Klaus and his holiday. Everyone wasshocked to see that Santa wasn’t just real, he could fight monsters as well as any Justice League member.But no one was more taken with Santa than Robin, who capped off the adventure by going on a bona fide sleigh ride with Saint Nicholas.
The prospect of Santa protecting Gotham might seem ludicrous. But one thing people need to rememberis that Batman confirmedthat when he was traveling the world, one of his trainers was Klaus, who taught Bruce a thing or two about stealth and fighting. Not to mention, he took on vampires and giants during last year’s holiday season, so he’s going to be just fine fighting the Riddlers and Two-Faces of Gotham. Plus, Damian’s arguably the most well-trained Robin,so this new Dynamic Duo almost certainly has things handled in Batman’s absence.
Robin and Santa Claus Are Going to Save the Justice League (And Christmas, Too)
Santa Claus Brings Out the Best in Robin
Damian might have a reputation as being difficult, but he’s always good in the field when he’s working with someone he respects. And aside from Batman and Nightwing, Santa is probably the person Robin respects most (but what kid doesn’t love Father Christmas?). With Klaus' magic and past as a monster hunter and Damian’s skills, these two aren’t just going to save Gotham from its usual chaos.Robinand Santa Claus are going to save the Justice League from whatever mess they’ve found themselves in and verify everyone is home for the holidays.
Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1is available now from DC Comics.
