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Tim Drake is often see as the bland middle - child of the Batman Family , and it ’s true that he ’s the formerRobinwith the least determine legacy . Dick Grayson is one of the comfortably - like submarine in the DC Universe , Jason Todd is the black - sheep vigilance man , andDamian Wayne just quit being Robinin favor of pursuing his lethal heritage . In that crowd , it ’s perceivable that Tim Drake can get command , yet he ’s still probably the smartest Robin DC Comics have ever seen , and potentially the most dangerous to Gotham ’s futurity .
First introduced inBatman # 436 , Tim is an intuitive police detective and the first Robin to actively try out Batman and pursue a function as his sidekick . Though retcons and DC ’s realness - altering Crises have played havoc with Tim Drake ’s backstory , Brian Michael Bendis’Young Justice # 5confirmed that Drake ’s extensive term of office as Robin is still canon ( as well as that of Stephanie Brown , who fought crime more extensively as both Spoiler and Batgirl . )
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So what reach Drake so saucy ? While premature Robins have had backcloth in acrobatics , street criminal offense , and assassination , 2011’sBatman # 0shows Drake solving crime even before meeting Batman , give him a mind go on his career as a vigilance man . He ’s also a technical whiz , andDetective Comics # 934shows that Batman ’s resources have only increase his ambitions , debuting a ' Mud Room ' preparation facility in the style ofthe X - Men ’s Danger Room , a ' Belfry ' base associate to the communicating and railing lines of Gotham City , and a pending Genius Grant from Ivy University .
In the same exit , Batman state that , " Tim Drake has the in force tactical creative thinker of any cooperator I ’ve worked with , " and this is n’t much of a surprisal . Not only did Tim benefit from all-encompassing training before fit up as Robin - a process that no former Robin had gone through - but during DC’s52event , he and Batman took a year ’s sabbatical to revivify some ofthe Dark Knight ’s most punishing preparation .
Though all this preparation might suggest him as Batman ’s successor , Drake has state many prison term that he simply wish to help the current Batman and has no interest group in wearing the cowling . Despite this , teenaged Titans#17 - 19depicts a potential future in which Tim Drake becomes the murderous , gun - wield Batman of Tomorrow - a cruel but effective despot who has bent many of the existence ’s most powerful superhumans to his will . Though this future version of the character was set on a unexampled path after the outcome ofSuperman # 38 , he still serves to exemplify that Tim Drake’sRobinhas the potency to be aworld - shaping presence in the DC Comics universe . Whether it ’s for effective or evil is yet to be adjudicate .
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