Grayson, however, gave up the name to forge a new career as the hero nightwing. The first 100 issues of the robin series were written by chuck dixon, which was acclaimed at the time for a highprofile teen pregnancy arc involving tims girlfriend, stephanie brown spoiler. But as dick grew older, playing second fiddle to the sternest hero in the. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. In 1998, wizard magazine ranked the series as the best ongoing comic book of the year. Jokers wild comic book series pitted tim drake against his predecessors jason todds murderer, the joker. This incarnation was named dick grayson and is by far the most famous. Top rated lists for robin 100 items my comic book collection. Robin is the antiheroic main protagonist of the teen titans go. Robin is the latest dc character to celebrate 80 years o publication, following in the footsteps of superman, batman, and wonder woman. Robin is the leader of the teen titans and tries his best to keep his teammates focused on their duties. Robin is a childrens hero in other countries, as shown by patiences series of childrens books. Robin the boy wonder killed in dc batman comic book. This is the first time in dc comics history, that any variation of the robin character has been spotlighted in his own title.
As the first robin, dick grayson was the most famous sidekick in comic book history. The storyline was published from october, 1990 to may, 1991 in the comic book series batman and the miniseries robin after being deemed worthy by batman to become the new robin, tim drake sets off for france to study specialized fighting techniques under. Check out which comic book heroe made it to number 1. After this things quietened down, but robin still makes the occasional comic book appearance and dc comics green arrow who appeared way back in 1941, continues to this day. Robin or sometimes robyn is also a common given name for all genders. Tv edit robin hinton is an inhuman who appears in the tv series agents of. Starting in 1947, the solo adventures of robin were published in the pages of star spangled comics. His uniform is closer to batmans in design than any previous robin uniform. Robin is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Comicnewbies the first stop for newbies in the comic book universe. Conceived as a vehicle to attract young readership, robin garnered. Becoming batmans protege, robin is an expert fighter and astounding acrobatwith the toughest example in the world to live up to. Previous versions of the character include, dick grayson and jason todd.
But the boy wonders true strength may lie in not being batmanand providing a beacon of hope and. Red x was originally a villainous cover identity robin had conceived for an attempt to get closer to slade. Conceived as a way to attract young readership, robin garnered overwhelmingly positive critical reception, doubling the sales of the batman titles. He even altered the r logo into a sharp yellow emblem that could be thrown as a shuriken. The character of robin hood was made popular by howard pyles 19th century novel the merry adventures of robin hood. Robin batman action figure comic book hero action figures.
Dc comics to celebrate robin with 80th anniversary special. He is voiced by scott menville, who also voiced robin. Robin redesign superhero design, super hero costumes. The sidekicks surprising history as a solo comic book hero. The character is an even more liberally adapted version of the character nightwing, from previous robin animated show, teen titans. The character was originally created by bob kane, bill finger, and jerry robinson, to serve as a junior counterpart to the superhero batman. Heroes that appear in comic books and graphic novels. The digital public library of america brings together the riches of americas libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. Robin has long been a fixture in the batman comic books as batmans partner. The tim drake robinred robin costume history tim drake was the third person to assume the mantle of robin and serve as batmans sidekick, and has also been the third person to assume the mantle of red robin. Abc comics edit in the comic book series top 10, robyn slynger is a heroine cop known as toybox. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. The psychology behind superhero origin stories arts.
As robin tim wore an armored red vest and green leggings, and replaced the pixie boots of the original robin with black combat boots and lined the outside of the yellow cape with black for additional stealth. As he ventured forth on his own, he formed the teen titans and became their leader. They just have such a great brotherly relationship. Dc unveils jim lees 80th anniversary robin cover cbr. Announced in december 2019, the robin anniversary oneshot will highlight the boy wonders history over 80 years in the dc universe. In the late 1940s, comic books were seen as a direct cause of juvenile crime.
Since the 1930s, comic fans across the globe have read in awe as weve watched these men and women clad in tights battle the evil that we couldnt. Comic book facts 33 interesting facts about comic books. Chuck dixon is really great with these comingofage stories. The team of batman and robin is commonly referred to as the dynamic duo or the caped crusaders. Robin volume 2 robin volume 1 was a fiveissue limited series published from january until may of 1991. The story was written by john byrne and illustrated by jim aparo and mike decarlo. So, in the debut issue of his own ongoing series, robin fired up his sleek sports car named redbird and embarked on a solo career, with the help of writer chuck dixon and artist tom grummett, not. Although he never appeared in the mainstream dcu, he was robins rival and archenemy in the teen titans tv series, and made reappearances in the titans go. Red robin is a name that has been used by several fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Superman trailer, and the publicity still of a shirtless joker above. Dick grayson robin made it all the way to number 11 on igns top 100 comic book heroes. I also have always liked it when nightwing and robin get together. Tim has worn a quite a few costumes as a teenaged vigilante.
Robin hood is a fictional character, a comic book outlaw published by dc comics. Robin matured in front of comic book fans eyes as he transitioned into a selfless hero alongside his partnerfather, batman. This is a fan page for the third robin now red robin tim drake. The joker escapes from arkham asylum and finds his gang being led by mister freeze, as robin follows a lead in order to get to the clown prince of crime in the funniest thing happened. A hero reborn is the story of one young mans journey to become a hero. The character is based on the legendary archer robin hood whose earliest recorded literary appearance was in william langlands 14th century narrative poem, piers plowman. He held the mantle of robin all the way until the 1980s when he crafted his own superhero identity, nightwing. The identity was first used in the future timeline of the 1996 miniseries kingdom come, where a middleaged dick grayson reclaims the robin mantle and becomes red robin.
Robin went out later and was caught by a local sheriff. The series focused on tim drake, the third character to canonically assume the identity of robin. Red x is an antihero and a former villain identity employed by robin. Robin volume 2 began publication in november, 1993 and was the first ongoing comic book series to spotlight the boy wonder. The theorys evidence comes from the shot of robins costume in the batman v.
Superhero characters comic book characters comic character comic books art batman art superman robin drawing batman redesign arte dc comics robin and flash futures end by rfyle119 on deviantart duke thomas and futures end kid flash i love their costumes and i decided to draw them. Since then, the mantle has been passed several times, although other media usually use dick grayson in the role dick grayson had his own solo feature in starspangled comics from 1947 to. Richard john grayson is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, commonly in association with batman. In fact, batmans back story wasnt published until the comics seventh installment. Quality also got in on the act with tales of robin hood. Marvel comics edit robin braxton was the name of a superheroine who called herself gladiatrix. When his circus acrobat family was brutally murdered, dick grayson was taken in by billionaire and batfriendly super hero bruce wayne. Batman and robin may be the dynamic duo, but the robins frequently find themselves flying solo in their own adventures. Every kid wants to be batman, but do you have a lifetime of training. Children were forced to burn their comics in schoolyards and a senate hearing was held which led to the comics code authority and later the canadian ban of all comic books. So ok, maybe you cant be batman but that doesnt mean you cant be adopted by him. Charlton comics then stepped in and retitled danger and adventure to robin hood and his merry men. Comic book writers could have chosen not to endow their characters with origin stories. Mego robin comic book hero action figures, jim lee signed, jim lee sketch, batman plastic batman comic book hero action figures, comic book lot silver age batman comics, kenner robin comic book hero action figures, batman cgc comic book collections, batman batman original opened comic book hero action figures.