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Reviewer Peter Sanderson of IGN Comics, while acknowledging that the series is " widely reviled ", and opining that DC Comics ' publicity for the series was " misleading ", suggested that Batman's treatment of Grayson was comparable to a drill sergeant's treatment of a new recruit, but questioned whether this would merely traumatize Grayson further.

He nonetheless claimed to be " fascinated " with how this behavior reveals Batman's personality, likening his rough treatment of Grayson to the psychologically frightening experience to which V subjected Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta.

Sanderson also pointed out that Miller's view of All Star Batman and Robin as prequels to his graphic novels Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again suggests that the darker, grittier take on Batman and his more dysfunctional relationship with Robin make sense when taken in context, and that Batman's rough treatment of Dick Grayson reveals a lot about the inner workings of Batman's personality.