I'm sad to see the partnership of Beechen/Williams end this year, so I'm putting off reading 'The Big Leagues'. ^_- I think these two men make a great team. Beechen's strength is his ability to write fluid scenes [likely due to his turn as an animation writer]; and Williams depiction Robin is excellent.

In this graphic novel, collecting Robins 155-162, we get a glimpse at Robin's high school life--which he desperately tries to balance with his crime-fighting career. It's not easy--with thugs walking around pumped on a drug that gives them meta-human powers [metahuman is what superheroes with powers are called in the DCU]; and an overzealous young man named Dodge [he desperately wants to be Robin's sidekick] getting in the way...it's no wonder Cassandra Cain [in her evil form here] had to rid Robin of the bad guy at the end of this one.

Many readers despise Beechen's take on Batgirl--but don't let it keep you from catching his turn as Robin's writer. It's getting only 4 stars from me, because illustrated by Frazer Irving story bogged the GN down overall, and just didn't fit.