Robin (1993)
Volume 4
Name:
Robin
Start year:
1993
Publisher:
Aliases:
First issue:
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Starring: Tim Drake as Robin (III) and Stephanie Brown as the Spoiler / Robin (IV).
Following on from Robin (1991), Robin II: The Joker's Wild (1991) and Robin III: Cry of the Huntress (1992).
Tim Drake had grown up idolizing the Batman. A brilliant young mind, Tim earned his place by the Dark Knight's side by deducing Bruce Wayne's dual identity, and then proving his own ingenuity. When Batman's back was shattered by the criminal known as Bane, and Jean-Paul Valley (alias Azrael) took over the mantle of the bat, it didn't take Robin long to realize that it is not the Batsuit that makes the man. As Batman, Valley insisted that he didn't need a partner, and continued to prove his point by bricking up Tim's private entrance to the Batcave. So, in the debut issue of his own ongoing series, Robin fired up his sleek sports car named Redbird and embarked on a solo career, with the help of writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Grummett, not to mention a deluxe embossed cover. The series was an instant success.
Although his relationship with Batman ebbed and flowed over the years, and Dixon left the title after a remarkable 100 issue run, Robin's series lasted 183 issues plus a #0 and #1000000 issue before being given a name change and a reboot. Tim Drake proved a reader favorite and paved the way for other spin-off Bat-family ongoing titles like Azrael, Nightwing and Batgirl.
The adventures of Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown continue into Red Robin (2009) and Batgirl (2009).
Writers
- Chuck Dixon: #0-85, 87-100, 170-174 & 1,000,000 (TOT 106)
- ED Brubacker: #86
- Jon Lewis: #100-120 (TOT 21)
- Billw Willingham: #121-147 (TOT 27)
- Adam Beechen: #148-166 (TOT 19)
- Brandon Thomas: #167
- Peter Milligan: #168 & 169
- Fabian Nicieza: #175-183 (TOT 9)
Pencillers
- Tom Grummett #0-5, 7-10, 14-16 (TOT 13)
- Phil Jimenez #6, 11-13 (TOT 4)
- Steve Lieber #17
- Mike Parobeck #18
- Mike Wieringo #19-22, 25-28, 31 (TOT 9)
- Aaron Lopresti #23, 24
- Frank Fosco #29, 30
- Staz Johnson #32, 33, 35-41, 43-45, 49-54, 56-69, 71, 1,000,000 (TOT 32)
- Jennifer Graves #34
- Jason Armstrong #42
- Cully Hammer #46
- Eduardo Barreto #47, 48
- William Rosado #55
- Gordan Purcell #70, 72
- Andrew Steven Harris #73
- Pete Woods #74-85, 87-91, 93, 94, 96-100, 102, 104-109, 111-120 (TOT 41)
- Manuel Garcia #92
- Jeff Parker #95
- Humberto Ramos #101
- David Hahn #103
- Shane Davis #110
- Rick Mays #122
- Victor de la Fuente #123-125 (TOT 3)
- Damion Scott #126-128, 132-136 (TOT 8)
- Giuseppe Camuncoli #129
- Jon Proctor #130
- Dustin Nguyen #131
- Chris Brunner #138
- Scott McDaniel #139-147 (TOT 9)
- Karl Kerschl #148
- Freddie E. Williams III #149-156, 159-168, 177-183 (TOT 25)
- Frazer Irving #157, 158
- David Baldeon #169, 172
- Chris Bastia #170, 171, 173, 174 (TOT 4)
- Joe Bennett #175, 176
Annuals & Specials
- Robin Annual (#1-7)
- Robin 80-Page Giant (#1)
- Robin/Argent: Double Shot (#1)
- Robin Plus (#1-2)
- Superboy/Robin: World's Finest Three (#1-2)
- Robin/Spoiler Special (#1)
Collected Editions
- Batman: Zero Hour (#0 & 10)
- Robin: Flying Solo (#1-6, Showcase '94 #5-6)
- Robin: Solo (#1-6)
- Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Volume 1 (#1-2)
- Robin: Turning Point (#0 & 6-13)
- Batman: Knightquest: The Search (#7)
- Batman: Knightsend (#8-9)
- Zero Hour: Crisis In Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus (#10)
- Robin: War of the Dragons (#14-22)
- Batman: Troika (#14)
- Batman: Contagion (#27-28)
- Batman: Road To No Man's Land Omnibus (#52-54)
- Robin: Unmasked (#121-125)
- Batman: War Games Book One (New Edition) (#126-129)
- Batman: War Games Book Two (New Edition) (#130)
- Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood (#132-133, Batgirl #58-59)
- Robin: To Kill a Bird (#134-139)
- Robin: Days of Fire and Madness (#140-145)
- Robin: Wanted (#148-153)
- Robin: Teenage Wasteland (#154-162)
- Robin: The Big Leagues (#163-167)
- Robin: Violent Tendencies (#170-174, Robin/Spoiler Special #1)
- Robin: Search for a Hero (#175-183)
Other Collected Editions
- Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Volume 2 (#7)
- Batman: Knightfall
- Volume 2: KnightsQuest (#7)
- Volume 3: KnightEnd (#8-9, #11-13)
- Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Volume 3 (#8-9 & 11-14)
- Batman: Prodigal (#11-13)
- Batman: Prodigal (#11-13 & 0) (Updated)
- Batman: Contagion (#27-28)
- Batman: Legacy (#31-33)
- Batman: Legacy Volume One (#31)
- Batman: Legacy Volume Two (#32-33)
- Batman: Cataclysm (#53)
- Batman: Road To No Man's Land (#54)
- Batman: No Man's Land
- Volume 2 (#67)
- Volume 3 (#68-72)
- Volume 4 (#73)
- Batman: Officer Down (#86)
- Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (#98-99)
- Robin: The Teen Wonder (#128, #132)
- Batman: War Games
- Volume 1: Outbreak (#129)
- Volume 2: Tides (#130)
- Volume 3: End Game (#131)
- Teen Titans: Life and Death (#146-147)
- Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul (#168-169, Annual #7)
- DC One Million Omnibus (#1000000)
Non-U.S. Collected Editions
- Batman - Das Beben - Band 1 (#52) (German)
- Batman - Auf dem Weg ins Niemandsland - Band 1 (#54) (German)
- Batman: Niemandsland - Band 3 (#67) (German)
- Batman: Niemandsland - Band 5 (#68-70) (German)
- Batman: Niemandsland - Band 6 (#71-72) (German)
- Batman: Niemandsland - Band 8 (#73) (German)
