
Red Robin, which was launched in late 2009, depicted Tim Drake's search to find evidence that Bruce Wayne was still alive after cutting himself off from the rest of the Bat Family. Tim, still believing that his mentor is still alive, assumes the identity of Red Robin and leaves Gotham City to go on a worldwide search for Wayne. Once Dick takes over the role of Batman after Bruce's apparent death in Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis, Dick fires Tim from the Robin mantle and gives it to Damian Wayne. Included in this change was the fact that his parents were now alive and well but in a Witness Protection Programme forcing Wayne to take him in as a ward. Drake was then given another redesign of the Robin costume in the colors of Superboy's costume and was formally adopted by Bruce as his son, though this was undone with the arrival of the new 52 Comics where Drake's was changed drastically. He also made guest appearances in other DC comic books such as Nightwing and Azrael.įollowing the deaths of his father in Identity Crisis (2004), his best friend Superboy (Kon-El) in Infinite Crisis (2005–2006), and the presumed death of his girlfriend Stephanie Brown in Batman: War Games (2004–2005), Drake was relocated to Blüdhaven, the city where Nightwing fights crime, for a period of time in order to escape the "ghosts" of Gotham City and to stay close to his stepmother Dana Winters who was admitted into a Blüdhaven clinic after going into psychological shock over Jack Drake's murder at the hands of Captain Boomerang. Robin would eventually go on to co-star with other teenaged superheroes in Young Justice and Teen Titans. When Tim reaches the age of thirteen, he notes that Batman has grown reckless and violent following the second Robin (Jason Todd) being murdered by the Joker, Drake decided to intervene and Batman eventually enlisted him as the third Robin after his mother's death and his father's paralysis.īefore joining Batman as the third Robin, Tim Drake was given a modern redesign of the Robin costume and sent to train abroad with numerous masters to refine his martial arts. When Bruce Wayne retires after Knightfall, Robin goes solo to defend Gotham. Inspired by the heroes, Tim trains himself in martial arts, acrobatic, detective works, in addition excel in scholastic to better himself in both physically and intellectually.

The Drakes asked the Flying Graysons for a photo together, resulting in a momentary bond between Tim and Dick Grayson as they met for the first time.Īfter reaching the age of nine, Drake deduces the identities of Batman and Robin as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson after witnessing a gymnastic move by Robin that Grayson displayed while performing with the Flying Graysons. History: Tim Drake is the son of Jack Drake and Janet Drake, coming from the same social class as Bruce Wayne. When he was a young child, he visited the circus for the first time with his parents. Relatives: Jack Drake (Father Deceased) Janet Drake (Mother Deceased) Dana Winters Drake(Step mother status unknown) Bruce Wayne (Adoptive Father) Damian Wayne (Adoptive Brother) Dick Grayson ( Adoptive Brother) Jason Todd (Adoptive Brother) Cassandra Cain (Adoptive Sister) Charles (Grandfather)Īffiliation: Teen Titans, Bat-Family, Batman Inc, Wayne Enterprises, Formally Young Justice, Justice League Task Forceīase Of Operations: Teen Titans Tower, Gotham City, San Francisco Aliases: Alvin Draper, Batman, Robin, Timothy Wayne
