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EspañolALTERNATE VERSIONS OF ROBIN
'Robin' is a fictional character published by DC Comics. Robin has long been a fixture in the Batman comic books as Batman's sidekick. Since 1940, several different youths have appeared as Robin. In each incarnation, Robin's brightly colored visual appearance and youthful energy have served as a contrast to Batman's dark look and manner.
This page is a list of the 'alternate versions of Robin' in comic books, including DC Comics, the multiverse, Elseworlds, et cetera.
★ 'Dick Grayson' is the original Robin. Though he stops being Robin in the comics, Grayson is the most commonly portrayed version in other media. Dick Grayson later assumes the name 'Nightwing'.
★ 'Jason Todd' becomes Robin after Grayson, though his superheroic career is ended by his untimely death at the hands of The Joker. Jason Todd is later resurrected and assumes the name 'Red Hood'.
★ 'Tim Drake' assumes the Robin identity after Todd, but quits at the request of his father. After his replacement is killed, he reclaims the mantle and has remained the current Robin.
★ 'Stephanie Brown' was Drake's girlfriend and a superheroine of her own design, but later took on the Robin name in place of Drake. She is killed by Black Mask.
Pre-''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' a number of Robins lived on multiple Earths in the original multiverse which was destroyed during the ''Crisis''. In a Batman story from the 1950s, Bruce Wayne assumes the identity of Robin. Richard Grayson of Earth-Two carried on his Robin mantle long into adulthood - in the new Earth-Two of the new multiverse, Robin still serves in adulthood. Post-''52'', an entirely new finite multiverse was discovered and created, and as such a number of Robins may exist now on other alternate Earths. In one frame of the final issue of 52, a new Earth-2 is depicted, along with a character that resembles the original, adult Earth-2 Robin. Whether it is that character or not remains to be seen, as this Earth-2 is not identical to the one that existed before Crisis on Infinite Earths. In another case, Red Talon, is an analogue of Robin, likely from the new Earth-3, his relationship with Owlman likely mirrors that of Batman and Robin in the mainstream universes. ''Batman'' #666 depicts a future in which Batman's biological son Damian Wayne becomes Batman, having previously served as Robin.
In a story from 1961, Alfred writes a tale about an imaginary future: Bruce Wayne married Kathy Kane and they had a son named Bruce Jr. As Bruce Sr. retires from being Batman, that post is filled by Dick Grayson. Dick's post as Robin is filled by Bruce Jr.
The future dynamic duo wear the same costumes as the present versions, but with a II added on the chest of each. The villains featured in the story are the Joker and his son.
Robin's mantle was also carried on by Bruce Wayne Jr. in the epilogue of the ''Batman/Captain America'' crossover from 1996. Characters similar to the Batman/Dick Grayson and Robin/Bruce Jr./"BJ" also appear in the miniseries Batman/Superman Generations I and II.
In the digitally rendered tale ''Digital Justice'', James Gordon the grandson of his namesake, Commissioner Gordon, takes on the mantle of the Batman. A character named Robert Chang, who is somewhat reminiscent of the post-Crisis Jason Todd, takes on the mantle of Robin.
In ''Kingdom Come'', a middle-aged Dick Grayson reclaims the Robin mantle and becomes Red Robin, not at the side of his former mentor Batman, but rather with Superman's League. His uniform is closer to Batman's in design, rather than any previous Robin uniform. Age has not slowed him down, as he possesses all of his stealth and fighting skills. In this story he has a daughter with Starfire; the beautiful Nightstar. Starfire has apparently died by the time of the story, according to the Elliot S. Maggin novelization, and Nightstar calls Bruce Wayne "Grandpa", despite no blood relation. At the end of the comic and the novel, Bruce and Dick had reconciled.
Red Robin is slated to appear in the DC Countdown event; however, Dan DiDio revealed it will not be Dick Grayson, but rather Jason Todd who will appear under the cape and cowl.[1] He then retracted this statement in March 2007.[2] DiDio recently came clean and clearly stated that Red Robin will be Jason Todd. [3][4]
DC did a version of Robin for Stan Lee's ''Just Imagine...'' line of comics, where a few DC Comics characters were re-imagined by Marvel Comics luminary Stan Lee. Robin was an orphan who had been controlled by Reverend Darkk, the series' main villain, into becoming a thief and a murderer. He met Batman, when Darkk assigned Robin to kill him. Batman survived the attack and in return showed Robin what kind of a man Darkk really was. Robin joined the good side for a time, but in the crisis issue it was revealed that Robin had in fact been working with Darkk the whole time; in the end he was transformed into a Hawkman, before being reborn through Yggdrasil as The Atom.
===DC One Million===
In the 853rd century, the current Batman is aided by the robot called 'Robin The Toy Wonder'. This Batman's parents were guards on the prison planet of Pluto and died in a prison riot that turned into a mass slaughter of the guards. Robin is programmed with the personality of this Batman as a boy and acts as a foil/source of perspective so that he will not become consumed by darkness in his quest for justice. This Robin believes this was the same reason Bruce Wayne brought Dick Grayson into his life.
These stories are set in Frank Miller's Dark Knight Universe, which is not considered canonical. Miller has stated that the Dark Knight Universe consists of: All Star Batman and Robin, the Spawn/Batman crossover, The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again and the upcoming Holy Terror, Batman! [1]
In this version, Batman looks upon his sidekicks as employees rather than proteges, whom he threatens to "fire" from their "jobs" and even does so in the case of one of them.
In Frank Miller's Dark Knight Universe, Grayson's origin differs in various ways to the official DC Comics Universe. As seen in the ''All Star Batman and Robin'' title, he is a twelve-year-old boy who performs in the circus with his two parents, as the Flying Graysons. Bruce Wayne had come to the show many times to watch him perform his stunts. One night, while Wayne watched the show with reporter Vicki Vale, the Graysons performed an amazing feat. The audience began to cheer and clap when suddenly a man arrived and shot Dick Grayson's parents in the head. They fell to the floor and died. Batman took out the gunman while some corrupted Gotham City Police officers took young Dick Grayson into custody, and absconded with him. They took him to a place outside Gotham City, into a deserted stretch of forest where they tortured and/or executed people, but Batman came to the rescue, and attacked the corrupt cops, forcing them into flight. Batman rescued Dick and took him in the Batmobile and asked him to join him in his crusade against crime in Gotham City. Dick agreed to join the crusade. Upon arrival in the Batcave, Batman intended Dick to survive in the cave without any help, however Alfred Pennyworth took pity on Dick and gave him food, and a decent place to sleep. Batman is displeased, as he wants Dick to go through the same things he did, whether Dick likes it or not. The story is still ongoing.
Years later, in the '', it is revealed that after a rocky relationship, Batman fires Grayson for disobedience, replacing him with the much preferred Jason Todd.
After Todd's death caused Batman to retire, Wayne remained inactive as a superhero until a crisis in Gotham forced him to don the cape and cowl once again at the age of 55. After faking his own death to continue to fight crime under ground, Grayson reemerges as a genetically altered and seemingly unkillable supervillain, taking on the persona of the recently deceased Joker. After maiming and killing a number of famous DC characters, he seeks out Carrie Kelley ''(see below)'', the new Robin/Catgirl, intending to kill her in order exact his final revenge on Batman. His plan fails, however, when Batman arrives to save Catgirl and eventually kills Grayson.
In this version Batman shows no sympathy at all for Grayson in spite of his pleas.
The 1986 limited series '' (1986), written and drawn by Frank Miller, introduced '' as the first female Robin in the Batman franchise's history. In that series, which takes place in the non-DC continuity Dark Knight Universe, Kelley was a schoolgirl whom Batman saved from muggers on the night of his sudden return.
She then spent her lunch money on a Robin outfit and set out to attack petty con-men and to find Batman. He accepted her as Robin when she saved his life just as he was on the verge of being killed by an enemy. She then played a crucial part in the final battle with the Joker.
In this series, Todd's death had led to the Dark Knight's retirement, but Batman still accepted Kelley.
Unlike the previous Robins, Kelley was not an orphan, but she appears to have rather neglectful parents who are never actually seen (one of them mutters "Didn't we have a kid?" while their daughter is witnessing the fierce battle between Batman and the Mutants.) It is hinted through their dialogue that they were once activists and possibly yippies during the 1960s, but have since become apathetic stoners.
By the time of the 2001 sequel '', Kelley had taken the identity Catgirl, but was still Batman's able second-in-command.
★ In an interesting scene in ''Teen Titans'' Vol. 3, #18, when the Titans were transported 10 years into the future, we are shown a graveyard full of deceased Batman allies and villains. One tombstone reads "Carrie Kelley".
★ In ''The New Batman Adventures'' episode "Legends of the Dark Knight", a girl named Carrie, who closely resembles Carrie Kelley, is one of three kids telling what they believe the Batman is really like. The story she tells is similar to the scene where Batman drives up in his tank and battles the mutants in Frank Miller's ''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'', and includes herself as Carrie/Robin. She is voiced by Anndi McAfee.
★ In the Alex Ross-illustrated ''Kingdom Come'' graphic novel, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman meet for lunch in a superhero-inspired restaurant. They are served by a waitress dressed as Robin and who may have been modeled on Carrie Kelley. She introduces herself as Robin, and Bruce quips, "Of ''course'' you are."
★ The character has also crossed over to a Marvel comic, ''New Mutants'', as a background character. She can be seen in one of the Mojo stories watching the circus with her best friend.
Alfred is a familiar character in the Batman books as Bruce Wayne's elderly butler. However, in ''Batman: Dark Allegiances'', set in the World War II era, a young Alfred is Robin to that era's Batman.
Set in the 1960s, ''Thrillkiller'' was written and drawn by Howard Chaykin and Dan Brereton and published in 1997-98. It has Bruce Wayne as a detective in the Gotham Police after his family was ruined by the Great Depression. Wayne Manor has been taken over by the rebellious, and a little demented, Barbara Gordon, daughter of police Commissioner James Gordon. Her live-in boyfriend is Richart Graustark, who goes under the name of "Dick Grayson", presumably to cover his German origins (World War II being still fresh in people's minds at the time).
Barbara and Graustark fight crime as Batgirl and Robin, though, in true 1960s anti-establishment style, their main targets are corrupt cops, in particular those led by the Two-Face-like Detective Duell and the Joker-like but very feminine Bianca Steeplechase.
In this version, Grayson's family are still circus acrobats, but their deaths are caused because of his activities as Robin rather than the traditional other way round. He is overcome by grief and rage over their murder and his subsequent recklessness leads to his own.
He is replaced as Barbara's partner by Detective Bruce Wayne, who takes the identity of Batman, but the memory of him drives even Barbara to the point of insanity and she adopts the Robin guise as part of seeking revenge.
The main character in ''JLA: The Riddle of the Beast'', young Robin Drake brings together all the heroes of The World to battle the Beast (Etrigan).
In the French Revolution set ''Batman: Reign of Terror'', Bruce Wayne's sister learns his secret identity, and designs a Robin outfit to aid him.
''Dark Knight Dynasty'' features three generations of Waynes, past, present and future. In the future section, Brenna Wayne is aided by an ape with augmented intelligence.
In the American Civil War set ''The Blue, The Gray and the Bat'', Captain Bruce Wayne is aided by a Native American named Redbird. Redbird's family were killed by white men, and, until he got his revenge, he wore war paint in a design similar to a domino mask.
In the futuristic ''Robin 3000'', Earth is controlled by aliens. Batman (Bruce Wayne the 20th) is killed trying to stop them, but his mission is continued by his nephew, Tom Wayne. This was originally written as ''Tom Swift 3000'', but rewritten as a Robin story when the original plans fell through.
In the ''Robin'' 1996 Elseworlds annual, an unnamed young warrior in 16th century Japan, is raised by the Bat-Samurai, and nicknamed Tengu, after the bird-spirits, by a female Cat-Ninja. Tengu was later revealed to be the rightful heir to the imperial throne, and the usurper (believing he knew this and plotted against him) attempted to kill him. He killed the usurper in self-defense but, since he had already sworn loyalty, was constrained to suicide as a result of this dishonor.
In the ''Detective Comics'' 1996 Elseworlds annual, an orphan on the streets of 17th century Kingston, who became cabin boy to Leatherwing the pirate.
In the ''Robin'' 1998 Legends of The Dead Earth annual humanity is trying to reach other worlds in generation ships. On one of these, a group called the Proctors have seized control and everyone else are slaves who are executed on their 30th birthdays to conserve the ship's resources.
Tris Plover, a 29 year old slave, rebels against the Proctors. She meets another rebel, called the Batman, who gives her the Robin identity. At the cost of their lives, they succeed in defeating the Proctors and Robin sets the ship on a course for the planet New Gotham.
In the ''Detective Comics'' LOTDE annual, three kids on a war-torn planet redesign a soldier-robot to resemble Batman. Two of them then design Robin costumes (the third is told he can be "Alfred Gordon").
This is the name of Batman's partner in the somewhat garbled fables told on another colony world, as featured in the ''Batman'' LOTDE annual. While the name is based on Nightwing, the costume is in Robin's colours.
During the epilogue of an intercompany crossover between DC and Marvel Comics, an adult Dick Grayson has taken over as Batman - Bruce Wayne has retired - and a red-headed Bruce Wayne, Jr. has claimed the Robin mantle. Wayne, Jr. resembles a male Carrie Kelley.[5]
1. http://www.newsarama.com/NYCC/2007/DC/DCU.html NYCC '07: DC NATION PANEL] by Kevin Huxford, Newsarama.com
2. http://comicnewsi.com/article.php?catid=144&itemid=9449
3. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=118774
4.
5. http://thebatman.bravepages.com/comics/books/captain.htm Batman/Captain America #1, Author: John Byrne
This page is a list of the 'alternate versions of Robin' in comic books, including DC Comics, the multiverse, Elseworlds, et cetera.
In mainstream comics continuity
★ 'Dick Grayson' is the original Robin. Though he stops being Robin in the comics, Grayson is the most commonly portrayed version in other media. Dick Grayson later assumes the name 'Nightwing'.
★ 'Jason Todd' becomes Robin after Grayson, though his superheroic career is ended by his untimely death at the hands of The Joker. Jason Todd is later resurrected and assumes the name 'Red Hood'.
★ 'Tim Drake' assumes the Robin identity after Todd, but quits at the request of his father. After his replacement is killed, he reclaims the mantle and has remained the current Robin.
★ 'Stephanie Brown' was Drake's girlfriend and a superheroine of her own design, but later took on the Robin name in place of Drake. She is killed by Black Mask.
Pre-''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' a number of Robins lived on multiple Earths in the original multiverse which was destroyed during the ''Crisis''. In a Batman story from the 1950s, Bruce Wayne assumes the identity of Robin. Richard Grayson of Earth-Two carried on his Robin mantle long into adulthood - in the new Earth-Two of the new multiverse, Robin still serves in adulthood. Post-''52'', an entirely new finite multiverse was discovered and created, and as such a number of Robins may exist now on other alternate Earths. In one frame of the final issue of 52, a new Earth-2 is depicted, along with a character that resembles the original, adult Earth-2 Robin. Whether it is that character or not remains to be seen, as this Earth-2 is not identical to the one that existed before Crisis on Infinite Earths. In another case, Red Talon, is an analogue of Robin, likely from the new Earth-3, his relationship with Owlman likely mirrors that of Batman and Robin in the mainstream universes. ''Batman'' #666 depicts a future in which Batman's biological son Damian Wayne becomes Batman, having previously served as Robin.
Alternate versions
Bruce Wayne Junior
In a story from 1961, Alfred writes a tale about an imaginary future: Bruce Wayne married Kathy Kane and they had a son named Bruce Jr. As Bruce Sr. retires from being Batman, that post is filled by Dick Grayson. Dick's post as Robin is filled by Bruce Jr.
The future dynamic duo wear the same costumes as the present versions, but with a II added on the chest of each. The villains featured in the story are the Joker and his son.
Robin's mantle was also carried on by Bruce Wayne Jr. in the epilogue of the ''Batman/Captain America'' crossover from 1996. Characters similar to the Batman/Dick Grayson and Robin/Bruce Jr./"BJ" also appear in the miniseries Batman/Superman Generations I and II.
Robert Chang
In the digitally rendered tale ''Digital Justice'', James Gordon the grandson of his namesake, Commissioner Gordon, takes on the mantle of the Batman. A character named Robert Chang, who is somewhat reminiscent of the post-Crisis Jason Todd, takes on the mantle of Robin.
Red Robin (''Kingdom Come'')
Red Robin of ''Kingdom Come'' (1996). Art by Alex Ross.
In ''Kingdom Come'', a middle-aged Dick Grayson reclaims the Robin mantle and becomes Red Robin, not at the side of his former mentor Batman, but rather with Superman's League. His uniform is closer to Batman's in design, rather than any previous Robin uniform. Age has not slowed him down, as he possesses all of his stealth and fighting skills. In this story he has a daughter with Starfire; the beautiful Nightstar. Starfire has apparently died by the time of the story, according to the Elliot S. Maggin novelization, and Nightstar calls Bruce Wayne "Grandpa", despite no blood relation. At the end of the comic and the novel, Bruce and Dick had reconciled.
Red Robin is slated to appear in the DC Countdown event; however, Dan DiDio revealed it will not be Dick Grayson, but rather Jason Todd who will appear under the cape and cowl.[1] He then retracted this statement in March 2007.[2] DiDio recently came clean and clearly stated that Red Robin will be Jason Todd. [3][4]
Stan Lee's Robin
DC did a version of Robin for Stan Lee's ''Just Imagine...'' line of comics, where a few DC Comics characters were re-imagined by Marvel Comics luminary Stan Lee. Robin was an orphan who had been controlled by Reverend Darkk, the series' main villain, into becoming a thief and a murderer. He met Batman, when Darkk assigned Robin to kill him. Batman survived the attack and in return showed Robin what kind of a man Darkk really was. Robin joined the good side for a time, but in the crisis issue it was revealed that Robin had in fact been working with Darkk the whole time; in the end he was transformed into a Hawkman, before being reborn through Yggdrasil as The Atom.
===DC One Million===
In the 853rd century, the current Batman is aided by the robot called 'Robin The Toy Wonder'. This Batman's parents were guards on the prison planet of Pluto and died in a prison riot that turned into a mass slaughter of the guards. Robin is programmed with the personality of this Batman as a boy and acts as a foil/source of perspective so that he will not become consumed by darkness in his quest for justice. This Robin believes this was the same reason Bruce Wayne brought Dick Grayson into his life.
The Dark Knight Universe Robins
These stories are set in Frank Miller's Dark Knight Universe, which is not considered canonical. Miller has stated that the Dark Knight Universe consists of: All Star Batman and Robin, the Spawn/Batman crossover, The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again and the upcoming Holy Terror, Batman! [1]
In this version, Batman looks upon his sidekicks as employees rather than proteges, whom he threatens to "fire" from their "jobs" and even does so in the case of one of them.
Richard Grayson
Cover to ''All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder'' #1 (July 2005). Art by Jim Lee.
In Frank Miller's Dark Knight Universe, Grayson's origin differs in various ways to the official DC Comics Universe. As seen in the ''All Star Batman and Robin'' title, he is a twelve-year-old boy who performs in the circus with his two parents, as the Flying Graysons. Bruce Wayne had come to the show many times to watch him perform his stunts. One night, while Wayne watched the show with reporter Vicki Vale, the Graysons performed an amazing feat. The audience began to cheer and clap when suddenly a man arrived and shot Dick Grayson's parents in the head. They fell to the floor and died. Batman took out the gunman while some corrupted Gotham City Police officers took young Dick Grayson into custody, and absconded with him. They took him to a place outside Gotham City, into a deserted stretch of forest where they tortured and/or executed people, but Batman came to the rescue, and attacked the corrupt cops, forcing them into flight. Batman rescued Dick and took him in the Batmobile and asked him to join him in his crusade against crime in Gotham City. Dick agreed to join the crusade. Upon arrival in the Batcave, Batman intended Dick to survive in the cave without any help, however Alfred Pennyworth took pity on Dick and gave him food, and a decent place to sleep. Batman is displeased, as he wants Dick to go through the same things he did, whether Dick likes it or not. The story is still ongoing.
Years later, in the '', it is revealed that after a rocky relationship, Batman fires Grayson for disobedience, replacing him with the much preferred Jason Todd.
After Todd's death caused Batman to retire, Wayne remained inactive as a superhero until a crisis in Gotham forced him to don the cape and cowl once again at the age of 55. After faking his own death to continue to fight crime under ground, Grayson reemerges as a genetically altered and seemingly unkillable supervillain, taking on the persona of the recently deceased Joker. After maiming and killing a number of famous DC characters, he seeks out Carrie Kelley ''(see below)'', the new Robin/Catgirl, intending to kill her in order exact his final revenge on Batman. His plan fails, however, when Batman arrives to save Catgirl and eventually kills Grayson.
In this version Batman shows no sympathy at all for Grayson in spite of his pleas.
Carrie Kelley
The 1986 limited series '' (1986), written and drawn by Frank Miller, introduced '' as the first female Robin in the Batman franchise's history. In that series, which takes place in the non-DC continuity Dark Knight Universe, Kelley was a schoolgirl whom Batman saved from muggers on the night of his sudden return.
She then spent her lunch money on a Robin outfit and set out to attack petty con-men and to find Batman. He accepted her as Robin when she saved his life just as he was on the verge of being killed by an enemy. She then played a crucial part in the final battle with the Joker.
In this series, Todd's death had led to the Dark Knight's retirement, but Batman still accepted Kelley.
Unlike the previous Robins, Kelley was not an orphan, but she appears to have rather neglectful parents who are never actually seen (one of them mutters "Didn't we have a kid?" while their daughter is witnessing the fierce battle between Batman and the Mutants.) It is hinted through their dialogue that they were once activists and possibly yippies during the 1960s, but have since become apathetic stoners.
By the time of the 2001 sequel '', Kelley had taken the identity Catgirl, but was still Batman's able second-in-command.
Other versions of Kelley
★ In an interesting scene in ''Teen Titans'' Vol. 3, #18, when the Titans were transported 10 years into the future, we are shown a graveyard full of deceased Batman allies and villains. One tombstone reads "Carrie Kelley".
★ In ''The New Batman Adventures'' episode "Legends of the Dark Knight", a girl named Carrie, who closely resembles Carrie Kelley, is one of three kids telling what they believe the Batman is really like. The story she tells is similar to the scene where Batman drives up in his tank and battles the mutants in Frank Miller's ''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'', and includes herself as Carrie/Robin. She is voiced by Anndi McAfee.
★ In the Alex Ross-illustrated ''Kingdom Come'' graphic novel, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman meet for lunch in a superhero-inspired restaurant. They are served by a waitress dressed as Robin and who may have been modeled on Carrie Kelley. She introduces herself as Robin, and Bruce quips, "Of ''course'' you are."
★ The character has also crossed over to a Marvel comic, ''New Mutants'', as a background character. She can be seen in one of the Mojo stories watching the circus with her best friend.
Elseworlds
Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred is a familiar character in the Batman books as Bruce Wayne's elderly butler. However, in ''Batman: Dark Allegiances'', set in the World War II era, a young Alfred is Robin to that era's Batman.
Richart Graustark
Set in the 1960s, ''Thrillkiller'' was written and drawn by Howard Chaykin and Dan Brereton and published in 1997-98. It has Bruce Wayne as a detective in the Gotham Police after his family was ruined by the Great Depression. Wayne Manor has been taken over by the rebellious, and a little demented, Barbara Gordon, daughter of police Commissioner James Gordon. Her live-in boyfriend is Richart Graustark, who goes under the name of "Dick Grayson", presumably to cover his German origins (World War II being still fresh in people's minds at the time).
Barbara and Graustark fight crime as Batgirl and Robin, though, in true 1960s anti-establishment style, their main targets are corrupt cops, in particular those led by the Two-Face-like Detective Duell and the Joker-like but very feminine Bianca Steeplechase.
In this version, Grayson's family are still circus acrobats, but their deaths are caused because of his activities as Robin rather than the traditional other way round. He is overcome by grief and rage over their murder and his subsequent recklessness leads to his own.
He is replaced as Barbara's partner by Detective Bruce Wayne, who takes the identity of Batman, but the memory of him drives even Barbara to the point of insanity and she adopts the Robin guise as part of seeking revenge.
Robin Drake
The main character in ''JLA: The Riddle of the Beast'', young Robin Drake brings together all the heroes of The World to battle the Beast (Etrigan).
Rochelle Wayne
In the French Revolution set ''Batman: Reign of Terror'', Bruce Wayne's sister learns his secret identity, and designs a Robin outfit to aid him.
"Rodney"
''Dark Knight Dynasty'' features three generations of Waynes, past, present and future. In the future section, Brenna Wayne is aided by an ape with augmented intelligence.
Redbird
In the American Civil War set ''The Blue, The Gray and the Bat'', Captain Bruce Wayne is aided by a Native American named Redbird. Redbird's family were killed by white men, and, until he got his revenge, he wore war paint in a design similar to a domino mask.
Robin 3000
In the futuristic ''Robin 3000'', Earth is controlled by aliens. Batman (Bruce Wayne the 20th) is killed trying to stop them, but his mission is continued by his nephew, Tom Wayne. This was originally written as ''Tom Swift 3000'', but rewritten as a Robin story when the original plans fell through.
Tengu
In the ''Robin'' 1996 Elseworlds annual, an unnamed young warrior in 16th century Japan, is raised by the Bat-Samurai, and nicknamed Tengu, after the bird-spirits, by a female Cat-Ninja. Tengu was later revealed to be the rightful heir to the imperial throne, and the usurper (believing he knew this and plotted against him) attempted to kill him. He killed the usurper in self-defense but, since he had already sworn loyalty, was constrained to suicide as a result of this dishonor.
Robin Redblade
In the ''Detective Comics'' 1996 Elseworlds annual, an orphan on the streets of 17th century Kingston, who became cabin boy to Leatherwing the pirate.
Tris Plover
In the ''Robin'' 1998 Legends of The Dead Earth annual humanity is trying to reach other worlds in generation ships. On one of these, a group called the Proctors have seized control and everyone else are slaves who are executed on their 30th birthdays to conserve the ship's resources.
Tris Plover, a 29 year old slave, rebels against the Proctors. She meets another rebel, called the Batman, who gives her the Robin identity. At the cost of their lives, they succeed in defeating the Proctors and Robin sets the ship on a course for the planet New Gotham.
Deals and Geela
In the ''Detective Comics'' LOTDE annual, three kids on a war-torn planet redesign a soldier-robot to resemble Batman. Two of them then design Robin costumes (the third is told he can be "Alfred Gordon").
Darkbird
This is the name of Batman's partner in the somewhat garbled fables told on another colony world, as featured in the ''Batman'' LOTDE annual. While the name is based on Nightwing, the costume is in Robin's colours.
Batman/Captain America
During the epilogue of an intercompany crossover between DC and Marvel Comics, an adult Dick Grayson has taken over as Batman - Bruce Wayne has retired - and a red-headed Bruce Wayne, Jr. has claimed the Robin mantle. Wayne, Jr. resembles a male Carrie Kelley.[5]
References
1. http://www.newsarama.com/NYCC/2007/DC/DCU.html NYCC '07: DC NATION PANEL] by Kevin Huxford, Newsarama.com
2. http://comicnewsi.com/article.php?catid=144&itemid=9449
3. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=118774
4.
5. http://thebatman.bravepages.com/comics/books/captain.htm Batman/Captain America #1, Author: John Byrne
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