Batman and Robin #25
“The Quiet Man, Part One” · Cover C Fico Ossio Card Stock Variant · original first printing · first appearance of the Quiet Man
10 September 2025
Original-release Cover C of Batman and Robin #25, the opening chapter of “The Quiet Man” arc and a creative transition point for the 2023 series. DC promoted the issue as the start of a new arc, a new art team, a new Robin costume and the first appearance of a brand-new villain, the Quiet Man; Grand Comics Database identifies the character as Cy.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #25
- Publisher
- DC Comics · DC All In
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab · ungraded
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance within Collect Forever Soft Slab — ungraded.
- Completeness
- Appears complete as encapsulated under the standing TMR accession rule. Front and rear are visible through the Collect Forever Soft Slab; the interior has not been physically collated or inspected. No separate premium or supplement has been established for this Cover C edition.
- Rarity
- Not assessed
Catalogue note
Original-release Cover C of Batman and Robin #25, the opening chapter of “The Quiet Man” arc and a creative transition point for the 2023 series. DC promoted the issue as the start of a new arc, a new art team, a new Robin costume and the first appearance of a brand-new villain, the Quiet Man; Grand Comics Database identifies the character as Cy. The Fico Ossio cover is especially coherent because Ossio also provides the issue's sequential art, giving this variant a direct visual relationship to the story rather than functioning only as a guest-cover collectible.
Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Artist: Fico Ossio · Marcelo Maiolo (interior colours) · Steve Wands (letters)
Cover: Fico Ossio · Ulises Arreola (cover colours)
Edition: Cover C · Fico Ossio Card Stock Variant · original first printing · UPC 76194138050602531 · Lunar 0725DC146 · Collect Forever designation #25C
Why this object matters
Ossio’s cover is directly connected to his sequential art at this creative transition and Quiet Man introduction. That coherence supports meaningful 7.8 importance; a newly introduced villain and costume do not yet establish an outstanding historical issue.
Evidence limits: Appears complete as encapsulated under the standing TMR accession rule. Front and rear are visible through the Collect Forever Soft Slab; the interior has not been physically collated or inspected. No separate premium or supplement has been established for this Cover C edition.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 7.8 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- Phillip Kennedy JohnsonWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Phillip Kennedy Johnson Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Fico Ossio · Marcelo Maiolo (interior colours) · Steve Wands (letters) Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Fico Ossio · Ulises Arreola (cover colours) Original catalogue credit
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