Robin[/size] (Robin III)
Real Name: Timothy Drake
Occupation: Adventurer; Student
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Jack Drake (father); Janet Drake (mother; deceased); Dana Winters (stepmother)
Group Affiliation: Young Justice
Base of Operations: Bristol Commons, Gotham City
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 115 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
First Appearance, Tim Drake: Batman #436 (August 1989)
First Appearance, Robin: Batman #457 (December 1990)
First Appearance, Young Justice: Young Justice: The Secret #1 (June 1998)
Tim Drake was born into a prominent family. His father is the owner of
Drake Industries, one of Gotham's most important industries. It used to be a typical family. One day he went to the
Haly Circus with his parents. It was the first time Tim was at a circus. Jack Drake asked a family of trapeze artists (John, Mary and Dick Grayson) to pose for a photograph. Dick put Tim on his legs while the photo was taken. During the show Tim didn't pay attention to all the other performances: he was excited, waiting for Dick's one. Finally, the
Flying Graysons appeared. Tim was all the time seeing all the acrobatics Dick was doing.
Dick ended his performance with an incredible quadruple hop in the air. Afterwards, while Dick was going down by one rope, his parents continued the show in the trapeze. Suddenly the trapeze ropes broke, and Dick saw his parents falling to their deaths. Tim saw them, too. Then Tim saw a dark figure landing near Dick: it was Batman, who investigated all that had happened. Jack and Janet Drake sent the photo taken before the show to Dick (who became Bruce Wayne's ward) and never reminded Tim of it. But Tim had lots of nightmares at nights: in these nightmares Tim saw Dick doing his quadruple hop, and then, John and Mary Grayson falling down and down.
When Tim was nine he saw on TV how Robin saved Batman by means of a perfect quadruple hop in the air, so he realized Robin was Dick Grayson! "...Dick is Bruce Wayne's ward, so Bruce Wayne might be Batman!..." he thought too. Since then he collected all the news about Batman and Robin to prove his thesis. When Dick stopped using his Robin costume to become Nightwing, Tim realized there was no Robin. When Bruce Wayne adopted Jason Todd, there was a Robin again. Finally, when Jason Todd died, there was no Robin, so Tim was sure his thesis was true.
Tim knew Batman had changed. Batman had become more violent and cruel, and sent criminals to the hospital for no reason. Tim realized that the increasingly unhinged and withdrawn Dark Knight needed a new squire to give him hope in the face of hopelessness. Batman needed a new Robin to control his actions.
So Tim went to New York looking for Nightwing. Dick refused to become Robin again, but he aided Tim to become the new Robin. Tim, Alfred Pennyworth (Bruce Wayne's butler) and Nightwing helped Batman to return to the right way. Then Tim convinced Bruce Wayne that Robin was necessary, so finally Bruce agreed to start training Tim. While Bruce was training Tim, Jack and Janet Drake were kidnapped in a charter flight over Haiti by a voodoo magician named
Lord Obeah. 10 million dollars were asked for them to Drake Industries. Batman tried to rescue Jack and Janet Drake, but both drank poisoned water that killed Janet and make Jack paralytic. Batman sent Lord Obeah to prison. Now Tim wears a new Robin costume (Batman decided to design a brand new costume for Tim), which has plenty of weapons and micro-instruments. This costume is capable of protecting Tim from bullets.
Batman even designed a vehicle named
Redbird, that has as much equipment as his own
Batmobile has. Tim not only uses all this equipment but also uses all the detective methods Batman and Nightwing have taught him.
Tim Drake was a cunning detective prior to his even meeting Batman. He was able to deduce that Batman, the previous Robin, and Nightwing were Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, and Dick Grayson. Years smarter then any normal kid his age. Tim was inspired to study hard by the original Robin, Dick Grayson, in hopes that maybe just one day he could be like him. Tim intelligence can probably only be surpassed by one thing, his athletic ability.
An aspiring athlete, Tim has trained under many different martial arts forms, under the tutelage of Batman, Lady Shiva and many other martial arts masters. An excellent gymnast as well, Tim is certainly more athletic, then any other child his age.
Where acrobatics and martial arts came easy to Dick Grayson, Tim Drake has worked hard to maintain the training necessary to fight along side the Dark Knight, no easy task when combined with Batman's continued reluctance to rely on anyone but himself. But Tim continues to weather the role, often illustrating to his mentor that Batman does indeed need a Robin, whether he cares to admit it or not. And though he prefers the team-work, Robin has learned that there are times when he must fly solo, balancing his life as a crimefighter with the trial and tribulation of a young man still in his teens, but older in mind and spirit than many.
Outgoing, independent, skilled, and smart are all qualities that describe Tim Drake. These are also qualities that make him surpass the previous two Robin's and perhaps make him the best Robin ever.
Though Tim Drake has faced down villains the likes of King Snake, Killer Croc and even the Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker, Tim often wonders if he's truly cut out for the role he fought so long to win.
At the urging of his father, Tim Drake has recently voluntarily resigned as Robin allowing his girlfriend and fellow crime fighter Stephanie Brown, known as
Spoiler take over as the fourth Robin.
Compiled By: FlaBat
Sources:The Ultimate Guide To The Dark Knight by Scott Beatty
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