Tim Drake

Timothy "Tim" Drake is a DC Comics superhero who, as Robin, is Batman's sidekick but also a young hero on his own right. Tim is the third person to bear the Robin mantle.

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DC Comics was left uncertain about readers' decision to kill Jason Todd, wondering if they felt Batman should be a lone vigilante, disliked Todd specifically, or just wanted to see if DC would actually kill the character. In addition, the 1989 Batman film did not feature Robin, giving DC a reason to keep him out of the comic book series for marketing purposes. Regardless, Batman editor Denny O'Neil introduced a new Robin.

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Tim, who was to become the third Robin, first appeared in a flashback in Batman #436 (1989). Drake was a young boy who had followed the adventures of Batman and Robin ever since witnessing the murder of the Flying Graysons. This served to connect Drake to Dick Grayson, the first Robin, establishing a link that DC hoped would help readers accept this new Robin. Drake surmised their secret identities with his amateur but instinctive detective skills and followed their careers closely.

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Years later, Drake noted that the Batman's grief and rage over Todd's death was causing him to use increasingly brutal and clumsy methods. Drake revealed himself to Grayson and Batman's butler, Alfred Pennyworth. They frantically convinced Batman to train Drake as the third Robin.

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While Dick Grayson was primarily an acrobat and Jason Todd a fighter, Tim Drake is chiefly a detective and has been a more cerebral sidekick while still being quite physically adept. To prepare his newest Robin for duty, Batman sent him abroad to learn fighting skills from master martial artists, most notably the world class assassin Lady Shiva.

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Drake's costume is slightly different from that of Grayson and Todd as supplied by Batman to give him a measure of increased protection. The current Robin wears an armored tunic, a cape that is black on the outside though still yellow on the inside, and green leggings. Other details include an armored gorget, better footwear than either of the previous Robins, "R" shuriken in place of the more traditional batarangs and generally more strongly "Robin"-flavored equipment.

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In addition to accompanying Batman on his missions, Drake is also the first Robin to star in an eponymous monthly series without Batman. This series, launched in 1991, has created a mythos independent of that of the main Batman story. Robin was given an archenemy, the bumbling but cruel Cluemaster and a romantic interest, Stephanie Brown, the Cluemaster's daughter, who rejected her father's lifestyle and adopted the superhero identity, The Spoiler.

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For much of his career, Drake was also further differentiated from the previous Robins in that his father was alive and did not know of Drake's secret identity. His mother was murdered before Drake officially became Robin.

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He was also one of the founding members of Young Justice, and was the group's leader for the first half of its existence, before briefly quitting in the aftermath of the Imperiex War, during which the group was tortured on Apokolips. While he rejoined, he lost the election for leadership, which Wonder Girl won.

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In 2004, Drake's father discovered his secret life and convinced his son to retire. Batman then began training the Spoiler as the fourth Robin. However, soon after Brown's death, Drake resumed the role of Robin. Drake's father was later killed by Captain Boomerang in Identity Crisis.

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Drake is currently a member of the newly reformed Teen Titans.

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In the "Titans of Tomorrow" storyline, Tim Drake encountered his future self in the identity of Batman after his mentor died in a Crisis.

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