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Warning ! hold in spoilers for Wonder Woman # 8!The mantle ofBatman ’s sidekickRobinhas been worn by several unlike boy and girls over the decades but they ’ve all eventually moved on from the position in one mode or another . But the go back idea of Batman possess a robotic Robin continually pops up , and it could just solve most of Bruce ’s issues .
In the story " Trinity : World ’s all right part 5 " by Tom King and Belén Ortega fromWonder Woman#8,Wonder Woman ’s daughter Lizzieis being babysat by Damian Wayne and Jon Kent . When Lizzie has to hit the books for a history essay on Samurai , instead of Damian helping her with her reputation , he simply allow her to travel back in prison term to meet a real Samurai . by nature , this make all kinds of havoc with the time stream .
Thanks to Lizzie ’s clock time - locomotion shenanigan , Jon and Damian undergo a number of changes . The boy are interchange from apes to women , to Starro - possessed versions of themselves . There are tons of different timelines that readers see , butone that stands out is RoboJon and RoboDamian , robotic variant of themselves , which seems to be a recurring theme in DC .
Damian and Tim have magnificently had a rocky relationship , and now DC is thrust the two to team up up for a major mission that they ca n’t afford to go bad .
Batman Always Needs A Robin - Human Or Otherwise
For the first few years of his life history , Batman acted exclusively as a solo character . Robin was one of the first endure characters he got , appearing even before classical characters like the Joker or Alfred Pennyworth . Dick Grayson was one of the first Robins and entirely switch who Batman was as a reference . While Bruce always had a darkness in him , Robin was meant to be the light that would offset that shadow . It ’s a theme that has been explored time and time again , withTim Drake actively try out Batman to become Robin , for awe thatBatman would be fall back in darkness without one .
Robin has always been good at keep Batman from going too far .
Because of his need for Robin , Batman has continually recruited more and more over the years , with him evennaming the newest official Robin recently . Robin has always been estimable at keep Batman from fail too far , but since Robins are ordinarily nestling , they often mature up and move on to other thing . Dick was the first and great Robin , but finally he grew out of the persona for one reason or another and became Nightwing . Another unfortunate cause that Robin may bequeath the role is death , as was the casing with Jason Todd .
A Robotic Robin Could Solve Batman’s Biggest Issues
demise is a unvarying looming terror in Batman ’s line of workplace , and this is especially dead on target for Robin , who does n’t have nearly the same amount of experience or just the pure brawniness quite a little that Batman has . All the Robins have been put in life - or - death office more time than anyone can number , and a few Robins , such as Damian Wayne and Jason Todd , have in reality ended up give-up the ghost . But a automatonlike Robin would completely solve this matter , which other versions of Batman have learned . In one remote future , Batman programme aRobotic Robin call in the Toy Wonderspecifically to act as his conscience to make certain he never goes too far in his war on crime .
The Toy Wonder can be seen inYoung Justice#1000000by Peter David , Todd Nauck , Angel Unzueta , Craig Rousseau , Roberto Flores , Lary Stucker , Norm Rapmund , Sean Parsons , Wayne Faucher , Jason Wright , and Ken Lopez !
A machinelike Robin would eliminate two of Batman ’s big issues with Robin . Batman would no longer have to worry about Robin growing out of the role and leaving him , as golem do n’t age , and he ’d never have to vex about Robin being killed in the line of duty , since he can simply be rebuilt . It ’s not like Batman has n’t created automatic chum before either , ashe infamously created the artificial satellite Brother Eye to spy on the superhero community .
While there ’s no denying that Batman would lose out on the fondness of actual human companionship , it ’s not precisely out of graphic symbol for Batman to eschew those things . He has famously fight his family away at different times and has often gotten into physical conflicts with the former Robins due to the darker side of his personality . It would be significantly harder to push away a non - human Robin , specially one that could househis very own conscience , as the Toy Wonder from the hereafter does .
It ’s always a big consequence when a new Robin appears on the scene , and now Batman has confirm that he view one unexampled submarine sandwich to be a lawful Robin .
Robotic Robins Have Been Used By Many Different Batmen
The Batman Of China Also Had His Own Robotic Robin
There have been several automatonlike Robins throughout Batman ’s history . InBatman : Last Knight on Earthby Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo , the Joker amazingly becomes a Robin house in a robotic body . The Batman of China has the Robinbot as well . bear a robotic Robin would also benefit the current Robins in a major way , in that it would finally allow them grow up . Currently , there arethreecharacters all using the Robin curtain , simply because DC is n’t ready to let them move out of the role yet .
Tim Drake , Damian Wayne , and Maps Mizoguchi are all currently Robin in variousBatmancomics . While there are plenty of instances of more than one reference portion out the same mantle — for deterrent example , Batman and Dick were both Batmanat the same fourth dimension once — it ’s a spot absurd to have three separate people operating under the name " Robin " all at the same clock time . If Batman created his own machinelike Robin , then Tim and Damian wouldfinallybe able to move on from the drapery , stick their own identities . In fact , Tim has try out a duo of different monikers , including " Red Robin " and " Drake , " but always seems to revert back to regular old " Robin . "
All The Robins Will Eventually Grow Up, But Batman Always Needs A Sidekick
In Batman ’s chronicle , there have currently been six characters in the main continuity that have claimed the mantle of Robin . All of these characters will eventually acquire up and likely move onto different mantles . Readers already know thatMaps Mizoguchi will eventually become Meridianinstead of Robin . This puts Batman in the uncanny position of simply having a never - terminate roll of Robins who will stay coming and going , and one of the solutions to this would be simply lettingBatmanhave his own roboticRobinas DC go on make for up the thought over and over .
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