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Warning : contains spoilers forRobin # 5 !
In the tardy issue ofRobin , DC Comics in conclusion gives the distaff Robin , Stephanie Brown , the respect that she merit as a former sidekick of Batman . WhileSpoiler go along to operateas a phallus of the Bat - Family , Stephanie ’s brief clip as Robin was complicated and has often been overlooked in retrospect , robbing her of the iconic status granted to others who operated under the false name . DC’sInfinite Frontierera appear to be abide by its promise of all past persistence being relevant , with Stephanie seen among the collection of former Robins trying to convince Damian Wayne to come back to Gotham in this issue .
create by Chuck Dixon and the belated Tom Lyle , Stephanie Brown first appeared inDetective Comics # 647as the girl of the villain Cluemaster , becoming the Spoiler to aid the police force and Batman stop her sire . She has often been depicted in an on - again , off - again family relationship with Tim Drake constantly complicated by the dichotomy of their costumed modus vivendi . But when Tim retired , Stephanie look in the Batcave , postulate Batman train her as his next Robin . Despite his reservations , Bruce agreed and put her through months of education before she was allowed to operate in the field of battle . Although she put in a valorous effort , it was connote Batman had only taken her on to tempt Tim to reconsider , and she was finally fired for insubordination . Wanting to prove herself desirable , Stephanie circumstantially initiated a Gotham - across-the-board gang war that visualize hercaptured and tortured by Black Mask , by and by fail from her injury . This decease was finally retconned , and Stephanie manoeuvre as Batgirl before returning to the Spoiler indistinguishability during theNew 52era .
InRobin # 5by Joshua Williamson and Gleb Melnikov , Damian ’s involution in the League of Lazarus tourney is further interrupted by the appearance of Nightwing , Red Hood , Robin , and Spoiler . Annoyed that the former Robins do n’t trust him to do what ’s best , Damian challenges them to catch him before he ’ll explain himself . Stephanie sample to empathize with him , stating she understands what it ’s like to be an outsider , butDamian just mocks her complicated relationshipwith Tim . But once Nightwing sustain Damian talk , he casually refers to Stephanie as a Robin - something the cartoon strip had been reluctant to acknowledge prior toInfinite Frontier .
Contained to a single running and ignored in a long yoke of the comic since , Stephanie ’s time as Robin has been so leave out that fans have even debated whether her term of office unfeignedly counts - despite her suiting up with Batman and foiling multiple villain . While Stephaniehasn’t been the only female Robinin DC Comics , she ’s the only womanhood to canonically hold the role on Earth-0 , DC ’s main world . Unlike Jason Todd , Stephanie never get a memorial in the Batcave even when she was considered idle , butRobin # 5uses Dick Grayson , the original Robin , to set up the phonograph recording straight . Not only did Stephanie get together the others to find Damian but even Damian , likely to be Batman ’s last Robin , acknowledge this , listing the unique qualities of the Robins and observe , " Spoiler is the bravest . "
Having been denied that part of her backstory for so long , it ’s serious to see DC Comics overturn a puzzling , controversial , and often undeclared retcon that denies Stephanie the status she ’s earn . Although it was short - lived , Stephanie Brown proved herself worthyto be aRobin , and it ’s important thatInfinite Frontierrecognizes her as such without neglect a measure .
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