Who is your favorite Robin?

~~Leo656~~ · 07-27-2013, 12:41 AM

That's why I didn't like him having a son, and why I don't like how the New 52 DCU implies he's only been Batman (and still had all these Robins) in just a few years. Batman, Superman, and most other comics characters have traditionally been "Eternally 30-ish", according to the unwritten "rules" of Comic Book Time. But it's still kind of believable that if he was, say, 22 or so when he became Batman, 23 when he met Dick, and Dick was about 13, that enough time could have passed to have Dick grow up to be Nightwing, Jason to be Robin for about a year or so in "comics time" before getting killed, and Tim to have been Robin for a couple years, and still have Bruce be 33 or 34. It's a slight stretch, but it's loosely believable. Adding Damien (conceived in secret and artificially aged in a test tube or not) stretches the credibility of it all, and DC's new "He's only been Batman for 5 years and is about 25-26, but still had 4 or 5 Robins" makes it completely impossible.

I too thought Tim should have stayed as Robin a little longer, at least. He was only pushed aside to make room for Damien back when DC let Grant Morrison do whatever he wanted, and because the comics of the time were making lots of references to "Kingdom Come" so they wanted to push the "Red Robin" character and Tim was available. It made sense story-wise, but I didn't find any of it necessary. Between 1992 and 2007 they had established Tim not just as a good character, but a prominent MAIN character of the entire DCU. I found Damien a weak substitute, as there was nothing "wrong" with the status quo. Tim had a great run, but I felt it ended prematurely.

07-27-2013, 12:41 AM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	That's why I didn't like him having a son, and why I don't like how the New 52 DCU implies he's only been Batman (and still had all these Robins) in just a few years. Batman, Superman, and most other comics characters have traditionally been "Eternally 30-ish", according to the unwritten "rules" of Comic Book Time. But it's still kind of believable that if he was, say, 22 or so when he became Batman, 23 when he met Dick, and Dick was about 13, that enough time could have passed to have Dick grow up to be Nightwing, Jason to be Robin for about a year or so in "comics time" before getting killed, and Tim to have been Robin for a couple years, and still have Bruce be 33 or 34. It's a slight stretch, but it's loosely believable. Adding Damien (conceived in secret and artificially aged in a test tube or not) stretches the credibility of it all, and DC's new "He's only been Batman for 5 years and is about 25-26, but still had 4 or 5 Robins" makes it completely impossible. I too thought Tim should have stayed as Robin a little longer, at least. He was only pushed aside to make room for Damien back when DC let Grant Morrison do whatever he wanted, and because the comics of the time were making lots of references to "Kingdom Come" so they wanted to push the "Red Robin" character and Tim was available. It made sense story-wise, but I didn't find any of it necessary. Between 1992 and 2007 they had established Tim not just as a good character, but a prominent MAIN character of the entire DCU. I found Damien a weak substitute, as there was nothing "wrong" with the status quo. Tim had a great run, but I felt it ended prematurely.