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Though there had been announcements confirming upcoming spin-offs like the now-canceled GCPD series, it appears that gears have shifted to villain-centric titles and the potential to expand The Batman into a trilogy. As always, there's a fairly large audience that hopes to see an expansion of sorts for the extended Bat-family characters in the stories to[...]

This is Bernard Dowd, Tim Drake's boyfriend, a young man who is handy enough with his fists to stand alongside Robin, even if he occasionally gets kidnapped. And occasionally plays dumb, for the cameras, and for Tim Drake. Belen Ortega, who drew the Batman: Urban Legends story last year that made headlines around the world, featuring Robin[...]

Damian Wayne confronts his granddaddy, Ra's Al Ghul, in this preview of Robin #11, in stores Tuesday from DC Comics, and it looks he's ready to get those issues under control But can Ra's face his own Mommy Issues as well? Check out the preview below. ROBIN #11 DC Comics 1221DC114 1221DC115 – ROBIN #11 CVR B FRANCIS MANAPUL[...]

Fans will take note that Teen Titans Go! is the longest-running animated series in DC history, season eight will also mark the series reaching the 400 th episode milestone. Image: Cartoon Network Fans can expect the return of the voice acting talents that have breathed life into the heroic quintet since The Teen Titans originally hit the[...]

While the rest of the Robins hunt down Anarky in this preview of Robins #4, Tim Drake is held captive in the bondage dungeon of a woman claiming to be the first Robin Will the other Robins restore law and order in time to rescue Tim? What does any of this have to do with[...]

Know that going in, though we may start with some minor ones before moving to more major breaches of etiquette. In Task Force Z #4 we have Jason Todd, former Robin and now the Red Hood confronts Harvey Dent, in a fashion that suggests Harvey Dent – or Two-Face – knows more about Red Hood's Robin[...]

Welcome to Saturday Night Previews, where we attach snarky headlines to previews of next week's comics and call it "journalism." Jon Kent and Damian Wayne are reunited in Superman & Robin Special #1, but now they're all grown up Well… kinda Check out the preview below. SUPERMAN & ROBIN SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT) DC Comics 1121DC026 1121DC027 – SUPERMAN[...]

Welcome to Friday Night Previews, where we attach snarky headlines to previews of next week's comics and call it "journalism." In Robin #10, in stores Tuesday from DC Comics, Damian Wayne must fight his own great grandmother! Check out the preview below. ROBIN #10 DC Comics 1121DC081 1121DC082 – ROBIN #10 CVR B FRANCIS MANAPUL CARD STOCK VAR –[...]

The titular Robins take on Junior Supercriminals pretending to be their villanous idols in this preview of Robins #3, in stores Tuesday Check out the preview below. ROBINS #3 (OF 6) DC Comics 1121DC084 1121DC085 – ROBINS #3 (OF 6) CVR B MARCUS TO WORKOUT CARD STOCK VAR – $4.99 (W) Tim Seeley (A/CA) Baldemar Rivas The Robins run face-first into[...]

This ruthless Robin is packed with color, detail, 22 points of articulation, and he comes with his trusty sword McFarlane Toys also will be releasing a McFarlaneToysStore exclusive version of Robin with an Unmasked Variant Damian Wayne and Robin fans will not want to miss out on this figure with double joints, a nice upgraded[...]

Another Robin, son of Bruce Wayne, and with a very different history Which might appeal to a different group of readers, those longing for more tales of the Super-Sons denied them by Brian Bendis and his time-travelling shenanigans, and by Dan DiDio's DC Timeline. Superman: Son Of Kal-El #6 before and after So what happened? An editorial[...]

Alongside Olive, Kyle, and other students, she formed the Detective Club to explore the mysteries surrounding the archaic Academy, help Olive uncover the mysteries of her past, and get on Damian Wayne's nerves. Gotham Academy An expert at Cartography, hence her nickname, she was also quite adept at throwing a couple of Batarangs, given to her by[...]

While using the milieu of the 1990s but capturing challenges that are just as relevant today, Batman ’89 #4 frames police corruption and systematic

Robin must fight a Lazarus Demon in this preview of Robin #9 And you thought your omicron holidays were a drag! Check out the preview below. ROBIN #9 DC Comics 1021DC129 1021DC130 – ROBIN #9 CVR B FRANCIS MANAPUL CARD STOCK VAR – $4.99 (W) Joshua Williamson (A) Roger Cruz (CA) Simone Di Meo The Lazarus demon rises! The deadly end[...]

Tomorrow sees the release of Robins #2 in print But the comic by Tim Seeley and Baldemar Rivas which appropriately won the DC Round Robin Tournament, was published first on the DC Universe app which is still inexplicable unavailable outside of the USA unless you use a US credit card registered to a US address and a US IP. [...]

In July, Bleeding Cool broke the news that DC Comics was looking to define Tim Drake, the third Robin, as a young bisexual man And in August, that came to pass in Batman: Urban Legends #6, in a story written by Meghan Fitzmartin when Robin came out about his feelings for his longtime schoolfriend Bernard[...]

Just like mom used to make them! Robin deals with school bullies in this preview of Robin & Batman #2, in stores Tuesday from DC Comics Check out the preview below. ROBIN & BATMAN #2 (OF 3) DC Comics 0921DC044 0921DC045 – ROBIN & BATMAN #2 (OF 3) CVR B RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE VAR – $5.99 (W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin[...]

And with the release today of the Robin 2021 Annual and the Batman 2021 Annual, you will be able to judge just how we did… Kid Kawaii is an innocent child's mind trapped in a top-of-the-line ferro fluid assassin's body created by Akumaco Razorline is an occultist with powers from the Book Of Pain, stolen from[...]

And in today's Gotham City Villains Anniversary Special and the Robin Annual, DC Comics confirms it Spoilers ahead. It was teased in an earlier issue of DC Comics' Batman: Urban Legends #6 with Black Canary and Talia Al Ghul written by Josh Williamson Something called the Shadow War And given extra fontage so that everyone noticed. Batman:[...]

RATING: HONORABLE MENTION Nightwing #86 By Tom Taylor, Robbi Rodriguez Nightwing and Babs have fought through the fear-stricken Gotham streets, but now their fight takes them to the skies above Gotham, with the Batgirls and Tim Drake (Robin) in tow! Now aboard the Magistrate's Skybase-01, they have made it their mission to bring the airborne leviathan down, prevent[...]

Everybody wins! Robin is in love in this preview of Robin 2021 Annual #1, and like any lovesick teen, he knows what he has to do: stalk his new girlfriend on social media But if you thought combing through someone's Instagram profile was bad, wait until you see what Damian can do with a Bat-computer![...]

What did you click on, Steve?! What did you do?! Anyway, the show must go on, amirite? Robins #1 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, but if you thought this comic would only be starring Robins you know, then you'd be wrong The self-proclaimed secret first Robin will be after the other titular[...]

Robin finally gets top billing in Robin & Batman #1, in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics In particular, it's young Dick Grayson in this story set in the past and exploring Dick's early days as the Boy Wonder.  Check out the preview below. ROBIN & BATMAN #1 (OF 3) DC Comics 0921DC041 0921DC042 – ROBIN & BATMAN #1[...]

But Tim Drake, Robin, did get in there first – there was just a four-month wait between the promises of Batman: Urban Legends #6 and Batman: Urban Legends #10 Why such a delay? Because DC Comics really didn't plan for there to be all that fuss But Batman: Urban Legends #10, with Tim Drake finally[...]

It's not been a particularly easy life for this Robin And now, leading a team of crack zombies made up of Bane, Mr Bloom, Man-Bat and the like we get to see just how close to the grave Jason Todd has come. Task Force Z #1 So we have a naked Jason Todd in the kind of[...]

The character of Mother Soul, running the League of Lazarus and the Lazarus Tournament in the Robin series has been awfully mysterious, but plenty of people had plenty of bets as to who she was. DC Comics Solicits Reveal Identity Of Mother Soul… Ish The big money was on Melisande, Ra's al Ghul's wife, Talia's mother, and[...]

Robin #7 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and let's get one thing straight We're no experts on the rules of the Lazarus tournament But we have been watching pro wrestling for decades, and we know it's definitely frowned upon to try to remove someone's lucha mask So when Damian tries to unmask[...]

The character of Mother Soul, running the League of Lazarus and the Lazarus Tournament in the Robin series has been awfully mysterious, but plenty of people had plenty of bets as to who she was. DC Comics Solicits Reveal Identity Of Mother Soul… Ish The big money was on Melisande, Ra's al Ghul's wife, Talia's mother, and[...]

Basically, DC already knows that retailers aren't ordering enough copies. But some have also complained that they miss the old tales of Jon Kent, Superboy, and Bruce Wayne's son Damian Wayne, Robin, palling around, as written by Peter J Tomasi Well, your yearnings are to be attended to in January 2022 As DC Comics is to[...]

Equally, a month before that we also broke the news that Tim Drake, a longstanding Robin in the DC Universe since the nineties, was also to be a bisexual young man And the usual types of voices we are sadly used to hearing, saw some kind of conspiracy, that this was all part of some[...]