The conclusion of the Batman-centric story arc “Robin Conflict” hit comedian outlets this week, and all the things modified for certainly one of Batman’s allies. In Robin Conflict #2, written by Tom King, that includes artwork by Khary Randolph and a slew of different artists, former and present heroes who went underneath the guise of “Robin” are taking up the Courtroom of Owls, a secret society that runs Gotham and makes use of assassins referred to as Talons to implement their reign. This huge “Talons vs Robins” battle has spilled over into quite a few sequence starring each DC heroes new and previous.

Partially six of this crossover occasion, Damian Wayne, the present Robin and son of Bruce Wayne, has declared he’s not Robin and now works for the Courtroom of Owls.

Damian’s greatest struggle throughout this story is with Duke Thomas, the chief of the We Are Robin motion, which follows within the footsteps of different heroic vigilantes with a purpose to clear up the streets of Gotham.

Nonetheless, Damian additionally finds himself taking up heroes who as soon as thought of him to be a good friend, like Tim Drake. Damian proves that whereas he stands out as the youngest in battle, he can maintain his personal.

Damian has joined the Courtroom of Owls as a result of he sees no different. Nonetheless, Dick Grayson, the primary Robin, has his personal battle with the Courtroom of Owls with Lincoln March, who additionally occurs to be Bruce Wayne’s youthful brother. March has a backup plan and an explosive in Damian Wayne’s masks, in case Damian would not go together with the Courtroom’s plans.

After the Courtroom is seamlessly defeated, Duke Thomas persuades Damian to develop into Robin once more. The whole lot looks as if it has gone again to regular till it’s revealed that normality comes with an enormous worth and that worth is Dick Grayson’s allegiance to the Parliment of Owls.

What does this imply for Dick Grayson? In 2013, Grayson, underneath the identify Nightwing, was “killed off” within the “Perpetually Evil” occasion, solely to return as a spy for the group Spyral. It has been just a little over a 12 months since Grayson stepped into that function and now he is working with one of the vital notorious teams within the DC Universe.

In earlier problems with Batman, it was revealed that the Courtroom of Owls initially wished Grayson to be certainly one of their assassins, underneath the Talon identify, however the loss of life of his dad and mom and his adoption put a wrench into that plan. Nonetheless, the Courtroom of Owls has at all times wished Grayson underneath their wing and now, they lastly have him.

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