Batman’s had lots of Robins, and now he is lastly admitted he hasn’t all the time handled them properly, even going as far as to say he is outright failed them!
Spoilers for Batman vs Robin #3!In the case of the sprawling hero group often called the Bat-Household, Batman has all the time had some model of Robin to assist him alongside throughout his nightly escapades throughout Gotham Metropolis. And now, when pitted towards his newest Boy Wonder and organic son, Damian Wayne, Batman lastly admits how he failed every of his Robins, and if this story is of any indication, Bats positively made some errors alongside the best way.
An iconic legacy position handed down from hero to hero over the a long time, Batman has taken extra Robins below his wing than followers can shake a batarang at. From the unique Robin, Dick Grayson, to the second “violent” one, Jason Todd, to the fan-favorite, Tim Drake, to the short-lived Stephanie Brown, all the best way as much as the present Robin, Damian Wayne, Batman has by no means had a scarcity of sidekicks to name his personal, with this Batman vs Robin occasion sequence bringing all of them into the highlight in an eye-opening manner.
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Written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski, Batman vs Robin #3 sees Batman on the defensive towards a demon-possessed Damian Wayne who desires to see his father fall, particularly after Damian ascends to a preliminary model of his future bat-self dubbed Batman 666. Reaching Lazarus Island, residence of the Satan Nezha, aka the demon pulling everybody’s strings, Batman continues his journey to save lots of his son from himself and is quickly met by 4 Bat-Members of the family which have additionally been corrupted by Nezha’s affect, bringing to mild the failures of The Dark Knight by way of how he is handled his Robins through the years.
Batman Has Failed All of His Robins
First attacked by a Nezha-tainted Tim Drake, Batman shortly realizes that because of Nezha’s energy, every of his Robins might be difficult him in battle bodily in addition to mentally as they touch upon their deepest points with their father determine and mentor. Speaking about how Batman failed Tim by changing him with Damian regardless of Tim’s loyalty to him through the years, Batman subsequent faces Stephanie Brown and shortly factors out that she was a Robin he failed by by no means taking her critically nor having the endurance to take action. Batman is subsequent met by Jason Todd, who instantly dredges up Batman’s failure to save lots of his life by the hands of Joker and extra chopping, when Jason wanted assist upon his return, Batman ignored him since he was appearing like a legal, one thing that might have been prevented if Batman was there for Jason at his darkest hour.
Lastly, the OG Robin, Dick Grayson, arrives on the scene and tells Batman he failed him by primarily forcing him right into a life that took away who Dick was as an individual — as a showman within the Flying Graysons — to turn into Robin as a substitute, destroying any sense of an identification his younger self may have developed on his personal, within the course of. Couple these failures with the concept that Batman has clearly not realized from these errors by pushing Damian away and never respecting his position within the larger Bat-Household, and Batman admitting how he failed his Robins should not solely unhappy information to return to phrases with for this DC Comics hero, however correct ones as properly.
Batman vs Robin #3 is now obtainable from DC Comics.