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In a new prevue for DC’sRobin # 5,Batman ’s son seems to be reform the ' Robin ' title he ’s been rejecting in recent comedian . Instead of working with his father , Damian Wayne has been walk his own path , leading him to become a contender in the secret tourney held by the League of Lazarus , a inscrutable sect that used to go to Ra ’s Al Ghul ’s League of Assassins . However , theBat - Family has regain Damianin this new trailer , assay to bring him home to Gotham .
Previously , when Damian was still Robin and leading the Teen Titans , the young vigilante was seriously struggling with the death of the Bat - Family ’s tardy butler Alfred , who was just as much a parent to Damian as Bruce was as his biological father . However , Batman flung himself into his study as the Dark Knight to serve his sorrow over the loss of Alfred , leaving Damian alone in Wayne Manor . see as howBane killed Alfred right in front of Damian , it was incredibly shock . In the absence seizure of precaution from Bruce , Damian went down a dark path , choose to leave the mantle of Robin behind and forge his own individuality .
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Now , the preview forRobin#5from Joshua Williamson and Gleb Melnikovsees Damian in the nation of Corto Maltese after having spend some timetraining with his grandfather Ra ’s Al Ghul . While he is investigate the League of Lazarus before the official tourney begins , Nightwing , Red Hood , Tim Drake , and Spoiler get to institute Damian home , and it ’s here that Batman ’s Logos has on the face of it decided to recover the Robin name . But does Damian sincerely destine to honor that heroic form of address now that the deadly tourney has in conclusion begun ? Enjoy the synopsis and preview pages for the upcoming issue :
What create this so interesting is that when Damian first started on his own in this novel serial publication , it seemed as though he had every intention of retort his mother and grandpa in the League of Assassins as the Heir to the Demon . However , it seem he ’s had a change of heart as the serial has pass on , investigating the League of Lazarus like his father would and now tame the Robin title here with the otherformer Robins of the DC Universe .
It ’s go to be interesting to see whereRobingoes from here . While it ’s quite likely that Damian will be returning to fight in the Lazarus Tournament , will he be forced to fight his home first , who seem determined to bring him home to Gotham ? Damian ’s rejection of the ' Robin ' title was originally a rejection of his father , so his willingness to employ the title around the rest of the Bat - Family could be either a reformation of this identity as his own or else a further mocking rejection of it . It ’s unclouded the Dark Knight intendsnever to take on another Robin , so while Tim Drake is still using the moniker , it will be enthralling to see how Damian really catch the name now that he ’s prove he ’s no longerBatman ’s minor pal , whenRobin # 5releases on August 24 .
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