Before she (nearly) married Batman, Catwoman briefly had a girlfriend. Midnighter became a recurring supporting character in Nightwing stories. Police detectives Renee Montoya and Maggie Sawyer and the young vigilante Bluebird/Harper Row flitted in and out of continuity.Īt the same time, Tim Drake was struggling to find a new editorial niche in Batman stories. From his creation in 1989 until the late ’00s, Tim’s place was easy to explain. And Tim was the youngest Robin, Batman’s partner. More independent than Dick and more empathetic than Jason, Tim simply was Robin for two decades of readers, as well as the enormous audience of Batman: The Animated Series.ĭamian (left) as Robin and Tim as Red Robin. That changed with the introduction of Damian Wayne in 2006, created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, who was immediately installed in Tim’s place as Robin.
No longer “the youngest Robin” or even Batman’s main partner, DC has seemed to struggle to find Tim’s new niche. 2009 saw him adopt the identity of Red Robin - you know, like the burger chain? - 2011’s New 52 reboot tried a drastic revamp of his origin story, but 2016’s Rebirth relaunch restored the original one. Most recently, in the pages of Young Justice, Tim said he was gonna start going by the codename “Drake” instead of Red Robin.
