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InBatmanlore , the characterRobinis often ridiculed by pop finish ; his bright courting contrast humorously to Batman ’s dark costume and he ’s most often compared to Burt Ward ’s lighthearted incarnation in the 60sBatmanTV series . But Robin is a title that many charactershave possessed since Dick Graysonin 1941 . InRobins # 1,all the previous Robins sports meeting … and one of them redefines the role in a newfangled and exciting way .
Batman has had multiple Robins since the first , who would after go on to become his own Cuban sandwich Nightwing ; Dick Grayson ’s successor was the ill-famed Jason Todd , an unpopular Robin in the eighty andthus the only Robin to snuff it in the line of dutyat the hands of the Joker ( though like many comic book heroes , he eventually made a full recovery ) . Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown would continue to take on the name until Damian Wayne bring home the bacon them both . As the biological Word of Bruce Wayne , Damian has certain attitudes about his father and the clientele of being a Robin in general .
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InRobins # 1,all the Robins put together to discuss their panorama on the purpose . Dick Grayson does n’t even think back if Robin was his idea or Batman’s . Tim Drake was easily the most excitedto become Robin . Stephanie Brown was the only Robin to be evoke from the character ( temporarily ) . But Damian has another view : unlike the other Robins , he understands that" … Robin is simply a rich preparation ground . To survive it is to be first in bank line to become Batman when my father dies . "
Damian Wayne is perhaps more ambition and dedicated than any other Robin before him , owe to his fosterage and grooming . But he is n’t exactly wrong : when Bruce Wayne " died " inFinal Crisis(he got well quickly ) , Dick Grayson engage up the mantle . As the first Robin , Grayson had known Batman as a champion better than anyone else at that detail in DC history , demonstrate Damian ’s pointedness : whoever hold the drape of Robin is in the best possible spot to be trained by Batman , or simply determine through osmosis while fighting alongside Batman .
Damian Wayne wants nothing more than tosucceed as Robin so he can move on to be Batman . He hasalwaysseen Robin as just a stepping stone to the next horizontal surface . Damian Wayne has n’t yet get over over to coarse cognition when it come toBatman , but his view ofRobinmirrors what many already think of the office : an intermediate point before becoming one ’s own paladin .
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