The Boy Wonder doesn’t get a lot of respect, which is sad because there have been several times in recent history when Robin has not only deserved, but earned, his place in the spotlight.
In the 90s, following the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd, another young man named Tim Drake volunteered to succeed him, deducing the secret identities of Batman and his original protégée Nightwing, and making an appeal to the Dark Knight that he needs a Robin for support and balance.
Impressing Dick Grayson and then Alfred with his skill and passion, Tim eventually makes his case to Batman himself and becomes the third Robin. For the purposes of a Robin movie, we can imagine a Gotham City where Batman is MIA, and his teenage sidekick has to balance school, social life and keeping the city’s colourful menagerie of villains of Gotham City occupied. Sound impossible? Check out the first arc of the Robin ongoing series by Chuck Dixon and Tom Grummett and tell me that you can’t believe a Robin can fly solo.
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Published: Jun 22, 2013 08:33 pm