One of my favourite panels is about halfway through, after Dick and Damian have gone head to head in a series of challenges to see who is better. Damian is always in black, and at least one element of Dick’s clothing is red, making them bold figures on the page. The colouring sticks to the purples and greens of the previous books, with the occasional addition of red and black. It doesn’t matter that in the core series, Dick is already Nightwing and Timothy Drake is Robin because the Dick and Damian relationship is true. As in the core series, Dick’s only concern is being Damian’s loving, supportive older brother, recognising much of himself in the angry youth. After all, why would Bruce Wayne adopt all these kids when he had Damian? Damian has a lot of baggage, and Robin unpicks some of it using Dick Grayson as a representative for all the Robins who have gone before.Īnd while Damian is reclusive and sarcastic, Dick is the cinnamon roll we all know and love. His is a troubled story, trained as an assassin, left with a father who didn’t know he existed and surrounded by young people who Damian feels Bruce loves more than him. If you know your Batman, then you’ll know there have been several Robins, and Damian, the son Batman never knew he had with Talia al Ghul, is the latest.
As the name suggests, it focuses on that staple of DC characters, Robin. Robin picks up straight after Beast Boy loves Raven, with the group escaping Slade’s clutches after Gar and Rachel (Beast Boy and Rachel) were tortured to understand what they are capable of. Can Damian see beyond his personal feelings for Dick to the benefits his adoptive brother brings to the fight? Damian might not like Dick, but the group need his experience of crime fighting with Batman to develop further.
Dick Grayson, Batman’s original Robin, has tracked Damian down after he left Wayne Manor without a word. They are not without support, though Max’s mother has her own gifts she’s honed over time, and she has the experience the group need to become their true selves. But now they are in the wind with powers they don’t understand and nowhere to hide. Raven and Beast Boy have escaped from HIVE’s research facility with the help of Raven’s adoptive sister, Max, and Damian Wayne, a young man trained by the League of Shadows as an assassin and Batman’s son. Teen Titans: Robin by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo
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