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As Batman ’s thirdRobin , Tim Drake is known for being the smartest of his protege inDC Comics . Having deduce theidentities of Batman and Dick Grayson ’s Robinand designed his own suit that build him unseeable , Tim Drake ’s strengths lie in his ingenuity and position as a squad role player . That order , with a young epoch for Tim already in the works withBatman : Urban Legendsand the fallout from theFuture Stateevent , his reputation as the smart as a whip Robin is about to deepen forever and a day with this week ’s takings ofFuture State : Gotham .
InFuture State : Gotham#7,Jace Fox ’s Batman lam the Magistrate ’s headquartersto quell chaos that has erupt across the metropolis ( written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver , art by Giannis Milogiannis , letters by ALW ’s Troy Peteri ) . With the dispersal of nano - Hattertech corpuscle , all of Gotham ’s citizens , including the Bat - Family , were beat back into a violent frenzy . Armed with Red Hood ’s mask that was programmed to incapacitate the Hattertech ’s frequencies , Batman was able to retrovert Nightwing back to normal before Tim Drake ’s Robin grabbed him in a headlock . Thankfully , Nightwing threw Red Hood ’s mask onto Robin ’s brass , make him to release Batman before any serious legal injury could be done . gather up himself afterwards , Batman remarked that , " Robin ’s unattackable than he looks , " to which Tim Drake responds , " You ’re just lucky my lawsuit was damaged . Otherwise I could have taken your head clean off ! "
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The scene is lurid to see , consider that Tim Drake ’s Robin is n’t known for brutal , forcible violence . That tell , the payoff research the full potential drop ofTim ’s top executive in the wake ofFuture province : Robin Eternalfrom earlier this year , which contribute prominent variety to the character after he was doused with the Lazarus Resin ( write by Meghan Fitzmartin , pencil by Eddy Barrows , inks by Eber Ferreira , colors by Adriano Lucas , letter of the alphabet by Pat Brosseau ) . Drawing its big businessman from the infamous Lazarus Pits , the Lazarus Resin was intend to only be compatible with machines incompetent of emotion . But after Tim came into contact with it , it gave him unprecedented levels of physical strength , which virtually led to Batman ’s death inFuture State : Gotham#7 .
Robin ’s behavior while under the influence of the Hattertech shows how dangerous Tim Drake in reality is , making him even more deadly than Red Hood . His strong-arm potency alone is enough to briefly put out Batman , but as his dialogue suggests , it is Tim ’s ingenuity that makes him truly terrorize in this new form . Tim ’s case inFuture Stateis of his own design , and had it been operate correctly at the time of the fight , he would have been able-bodied to gruesomely kill Batman . So the threat that Tim personate from the Lazarus Resin is n’t just within the realm of physical strength , but rather the combination of his smartsandhis newfound abilities .
Future State : Gothamhas circle back to Tim ’s power from the Lazarus Resin multiple times already , and this demonstration from issue # 7 brings up a motion of where this is all leading to for the character . At times , Tim Drake ’s character has struggled from an editorial standpoint to stand out from the other Robins . And while he hasacknowledged the similarities between him and Jason Todddue to the Lazarus effects on their bodies , Future State : Gothammakes it decipherable that the deadly combination of brains and physical speciality is something thatcould only exist with Tim Drake . And while it remains unclear if the events ofFuture Statewill in fact amount to clear , it is undeniable that Tim Drake has try himself as Batman ’s strongest , and most terrifying , Robin .
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