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DC has reassert thatTim Drake , the third soul to take over the mantle ofRobin , is bisexual . In part three of ' Sum of Our part , ' appear inBatman : Urban caption # 6 , Tim rescues an old friend from the clutches of the Chaos Monster , and readers study their friendship is blossoming into something more . The issue is on sales event now in print and digital .
Tim Drake is the third - andmany fans say best- Robin , follow Dick Grayson ( now bed as Nightwing ) and Jason Todd ( now the Red Hood . ) He first appeared in 1989’sBatman # 436and was created by Marv Wolfman and Pat Broderick . Batman brought him on as Robin not long after his debut , but made him undergo a much lengthier grooming outgrowth than his herald . Tim would go on to have a distinguished career as Robin , but was at last a casualty of the New 52 , which retconned his time as Robin as if it never pass off . However , with history resetting itself in theInfinite Frontierera , Tim Drake ’s time as Robinhas been reestablish into persistence . Tim has been call into question not only his office in Batman ’s army , but also his biography in general . In previous issues , Tim cope with Bernard , an old friend , for dinner party , but Bernard was captured by the Chaos Monster . The taradiddle is written by Meghan Fitzmartin , with art by Belen Ortega , colors by Alejandro Sanchez and letters by Pat Brosseau .
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InBatman : Urban fable # 6,Tim has tracked the Chaos Monster to his den , and just in time as the scoundrel is about to sacrifice Bernard . Tim hurls smoke bombs at him , create enough chaos and mental confusion to draw in and free Bernard . Tim fights off the Chaos Monster ’s henchmen , and much to his surprisal , Bernard takes a few out too - he tells Tim he has"been preparation . “Bernard also says,“I wish we could have finished our date,“and Tim smiles . after , after the dust has settle and the threat of the Chaos Monster gone , Tim Drakegoes to Bernard ’s house . Tim distinguish him he has been rethinking much about his life sentence , and he hopes to"figure it out . “Bernard then asks Tim out on a day of the month , and Tim accept .
Tim Drake ’s relationship with Stephanie Brown - the superhero Spoiler , later Robin and Batgirl - has been his most famous in the comics so far , and this budding relationship with Bernard is the first to confirm his bisexuality . The Revelation of Saint John the Divine of Tim ’s androgyny comes at a sentence in his life when so much of it is up in the air . Tim has been struggling to find himself , and where exactly he accommodate in , both in the fictional city of Gotham and in a publishing environment where it seemedno - one know quite how to have Drake graduatefrom being Batman ’s sidekick like the Robins before him .
Now , after being sideline from the " Bat - Books " for most of the decennium , Tim Drake has returned in full force , with writerJames Tynion IV revealingthe character is heading for increased exposure . RevealingTim Drake ’s hermaphroditism , and still shape identity , is of course a win for LGBTQ+ representation , and hopefully a sign of DC ’s renewed commitment to theRobinwho has been most painfully missed in the role .
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