Timothy "Tim" Jackson Wayne (formerly Timothy Drake) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero from the DC Comics universe. As the third Robin in the Batman comics, he served as Batman's sidekick, and a superhero in his own right. He currently uses the superhero identity of Red Robin.
DC Comics was left uncertain about the readers' decision to kill Jason Todd; DC wondered if readers felt that Batman should be a lone vigilante, disliked Tod...
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Timothy "Tim" Jackson Wayne (formerly Timothy Drake) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero from the DC Comics universe. As the third Robin in the Batman comics, he served as Batman's sidekick, and a superhero in his own right. He currently uses the superhero identity of Red Robin.
DC Comics was left uncertain about the readers' decision to kill Jason Todd; DC wondered if readers felt that 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.
Regardless, Batman editor Denny O'Neil introduced a new Robin. However, mindful of the poor reception Jason received from readers, O'Neil arranged for a more nuanced introduction in which Tim first introduced himself to Dick Grayson and impressed the former Robin with his skills. This led to Grayson and later Alfred Pennyworth to support Tim's request to be Batman's new sidekick. O'Neil hoped that Grayson's...
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