Red Robin (identity)
A mantle taken up by several former Robins.
Red Robin is a superhero identity used by multiple characters in DC Comics. It first appeared in the future timeline of the miniseries Kingdom Come, where a middle-aged Dick Grayson adopted the mantle. The identity later appeared in the main DC Universe, used by Jason Todd and subsequently by Tim Drake.
Quick Facts
- Code name
- Red Robin
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Debut
- Kingdom Come #2
- Creators
- Mark Waid; Alex Ross
- Characters
- Dick Grayson
- Jason Todd
- Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong
- Tim Drake
- Schedule
- Monthly
- Issues
- 26
- Writers
- Chris Yost
Facts from the source article.
Main continuity incarnations
In Countdown to Final Crisis #14, Jason Todd dons the Red Robin outfit in the Bat Bunker on Earth-51, joining Earth-51 Batman in battle. He retains the identity during his time as a Challenger of the Unknown, but discards it upon returning to New Earth, reverting to his Red Hood attire. Earlier in Countdown, Jason, as the Red Hood, rescues a woman from Duela Dent. After a Monitor kills Duela, a second Monitor intervenes and later recruits Jason and Donna Troy for a mission to the Palmerverse to find Ray Palmer. Jason names this Monitor "Bob." He shows romantic interest in Donna and is disgruntled when Kyle Rayner joins their group as they tour the 52 Earths of the Multiverse.
Alternative versions
In Kingdom Come, a middle-aged Dick Grayson reclaims the Robin mantle as Red Robin, fighting alongside Superman's League rather than Batman. He retains his stealth and fighting skills and has a daughter, Mar'i Grayson (Nightstar), with Starfire. Bruce and Dick reconcile by the story's end. An alternate Red Robin appears in Teen Titans Go! #48 as the leader of the Teen Tyrants, a group of young supervillains from a reality where heroes are evil.
Ongoing series
The Red Robin ongoing series stars Tim Drake, now using the Red Robin identity, following the events of Batman R.I.P., Final Crisis, and Battle for the Cowl. He leaves Gotham City to search globally for evidence to support his theory.
In other media
The Tim Drake incarnation of Red Robin appears in Batman Unlimited (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal), Batman Ninja (voiced by Will Friedle), Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League (voiced by Nathan Wilson), Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (voiced by Charlie Schlatter), and Lego DC Super-Villains (voiced by Cameron Bowen). He appears as a skin in Batman: Arkham City and Young Justice: Legacy, as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked, and in the mobile version of Injustice: Gods Among Us. The Jason Todd incarnation appears in Batman: Death in the Family, voiced by Vincent Martella.
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