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Deceased: Batman #428 (1988)
A few months after Dick Grayson stopped using the Robin costume, Batman visited Crime Alley, the place where his parents were killed. While he was there, a boy called Jason Todd stole the Batmobile's wheels, but Batman discovered him. Jason was living in a abandoned flat alone with Catherine Todd, (Jason believed she was his mother). Catherine was so ill that she soon died. As his father was supposed to be in jail, Bruce decided to adopt him, Bruce revealed to Jason his secret identity and trained him to become the second Robin.
Batman investigated Jason's father, and he finally realized that he was not in jail but he was killed by his ex-boss Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face. Jason finally discovered the truth in the Bat-Computer, so Batman had to help Jason to arrest Dent.
The new Robin was Batman's partner during several years. He even had worked with the New Titans sometimes. But Jason was becoming more and more unmanageable day by day: he started to expose himself to danger in an irrational way when he wore the Robin costume. Batman was near to forbidding Jason to continue being Robin.
One day Jason discovered Catherine Todd was not his genetic mother, so he decided to find his mother (Dr. Sheila Haywood), who was living in Ethiopia. Jason realized she was being blackmailed by the Joker. Jason revealed his secret identity to Sheila and he offered help to her but she betrayed him (she was afraid to be jailed for some embezzlements she had done). The Joker brutally beat Jason, and locked Jason and Sheila in a warehouse with a bomb. Jason tried to save his mother, but the bomb exploded and killed both.
Real Name: Timothy (Tim) Drake
Tim Drake was born into a prominent family. His father is the owner of "Drake Industries", one of Gotham's most important industries. It used to be a typical family.
One day he went to the Haly Circus with his parents. It was the first time Tim visited the circus. Jack Drake asked a family of trapeze artists (John, Mary and... Dick Grayson) to pose for a photograph. Dick put Tim on his knee while the photo was taken. During the show Tim didn't pay attention to all the other performances: he was excited, waiting for Dick's one. Finally, the Flying Graysons appeared. Tim was all the time seeing all the acrobatics Dick was doing. Dick ended his perfomance with an incredible quadruple hop in the air. Afterwards, while Dick was going down by one rope, his parents continued the show in the trapeze. Suddenly the trapeze ropes broke, and Dick saw his parents falling to their deaths. Tim saw them, too. Then Tim saw a dark figure landing near Dick: it was Batman, who investigated all that had happened.
Jack and Janet Drake sent the photo taken before the show to Dick (who became Bruce Wayne's ward) and never reminded Tim about it. But Tim had lots of nightmares at nights: in these nightmares Tim saw Dick doing his quadruple hop, and then, John and Mary Grayson falling down and down.
When Tim was nine he saw on TV how Robin saved Batman by means of a perfect quadruple hop in the air, so he realized Robin was Dick Grayson!!! "...Dick is Bruce Wayne's ward, so Bruce Wayne might be Batman!!!..." he thought too. Since then he collected all the news about Batman and Robin to prove his thesis.
When Dick stopped using his Robin costume to become Nightwing, Tim realized there was no Robin. When Bruce Wayne adopted Jason Todd, there was a Robin again. Finally, when Jason Todd died, there was no Robin, so Tim was sure his thesis was true. Tim realized Batman had changed: Batman become more violent and cruel, and sent criminals to the hospital for no reason. Tim thought Batman needed a new Robin to control his actions, so he went to New York looking for Nightwing. Dick refused to become Robin again, but he aided Tim to become the new Robin. Tim, Alfred Pennyworth (Bruce Wayne's butler) and Nightwing helped Batman to return to the right way. Then Tim convinced Bruce Wayne that Robin was necessary, so finally Bruce agreed to start training Tim.
While Bruce was training Tim, Jack and Janet Drake were kidnapped in a charter flight over Haiti by a voodoo magician named Lord Obeah. 10 million dolars were asked for them to Drake Industries. Batman tried to rescue Jack and Janet Drake, but both drank poisoned water that killed Janet and make Jack paralytic. Batman sent Lord Obeah to prison.
Now Tim wears a new Robin costume (Batman decided to design a brand new costume for Tim), that has plenty of weapons and micro-instruments. This costume is capable of protecting Tim from bullets. Batman even designed a vehicle named Redbird, that has as much equipment as his own Batmobile has. Tim not only uses all this equipment but also uses all the detective methods Batman and Nightwing have taught him.
"Robin" and all related images TM and © DC Comics 1998. These references are not for profit and are for entertainment purposes only.
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