The following article contains spoilers from Jurassic League #1, on sale now.
In the short time since the Jurassic League has debuted, it has already given fans so many things to watch out for. In particular, Jurassic League #1 (by Juan Gedeon, Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer, Ferran Delgado) shone the spotlight on Batwalker specifically, not only detailing his origins and how they relate to Jokerzard, but in the process creating the origin story of another famous hero. The issue seemed to end with Batwalker taking on his own Robin.
Batwalker had tracked Jokerzard to a cave, where he discovered the remains of all the humans Jokerzard had killed. The only survivor was a lone human boy who would not leave Batwalker, no matter how much the reptilian hero demanded otherwise. Batwalker eventually had no choice but to take the boy with him, setting up a Jurassic duo, but his new ward may also be the key to Batwalker joining the Jurassic League.
The world they live in is dangerous, awesome, and at times a bit ridiculous (in the best way possible), yet it does have rules to abide by. Humans do exists alongside dinosaurs in this universe, and it seems that communication is possible between the two different species. Supersaur is proof of this based on his interactions with the Jurassic Metropolis. However, Batwalker has displayed no such skill in communicating with humans. It might even be why the human child he took in did not respond to his demands to leave. No matter how loudly Batwalker demanded him to leave, the boy just couldn’t understand him.
This language barrier is something the two will have to overcome if Batwalker wants any chance at trying to raise and protect the boy. He won’t be able to teach the human boy how to speak dinosaur, but the child could teach him human language. This in turn would enable Batwalker to speak with the other members of the future Jurassic League, all of whom have demonstrated the power of human speech. Or at least, it hasn’t been disproved that they can speak English.
If so, then Jurassic Robin is not merely a way to develop Batwalker’s emotional character, but also a major plot point to enable a critical member of the Jurassic League to fight alongside his new companions. Robin may even be part of what opens Batwalker up to the idea of partners. He was vehemently opposed to bringing the child with him, but when left with no alternative, he acquiesced. This could be a similar case with the Jurassic League.
There is a dark side to this though. Whatever else this world may be, it is extremely dangerous. The first issue alone opened with the mass murder of several humans, and an assault on a village not too long after. If Batwalker does train his own Robin, then he’s bringing this child into an even more violent world than is typical in the main DC Universe. Robins have a bad track record of survival anyway, and this is a human child being brought in to fight alongside dinosaurs. Can he even survive long in a world like this?
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