Batman Gets A New Robin...And Becomes A Vampire?
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- čas přidán 6. 05. 2024
- Batman has had many Robins in his time at DC Comics. Starting with Dick Grayson in the Golden Age in 1940 the Dark Knight has almost never been without a sidekick. Once more comics are flirting with giving Batman a new Robin. This time they're casting back to one who had been hinted at before Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi from Gotham Academy. Does the Batman The Brave And The Bold Anthology Comic series sell this young student in the role? Does Batman/Bruce Wayne need another Robin? What's all this about vampires? We discuss here on Casually Comics.
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Do You Like When Batman Takes On The Supernatural?
When are you doing more bronze, silver and golden age videos?
Take it or leave it.
Depends but usually yes!!
Loved the Vampire trilogy 🖖🏾
No. The two people that are best to deal with Supernatural is *Eternity(formerly Kid Eternity) and Simon Dark.*
I liked Maps in Gotham Academy but if we are calling her Robin then we should remember Duke was a Robin
Would be nice if we did that. Poor dude did not jump of a bridge to be forgotten like that.
Duke was Robin, but not an official Robin, he was in a team of Robin fans. When he joined Batman, Bruce said he wanted to try something new with him, that's why Signal was created. So Duke was never an official Robin, Maps is
Duke was never an official Robin.
Maps kinda is. Although she did almost join Duke's Robin fan team.
Duke has refereed to himself as Robin outside of the We Are Robin era, so while it's maybe not what he's known for, I consider him an official Robin.
@@abigailblackmon1144 well, he called himself a Robin and Bruce accepted him as a vigilante and Batfamily member, I feel like that's enough to qualify him as a semi-official Robin.
How Gotham's municipality solves problems:
1) Call Batman.
2) If not available, call all Robin and the occasional bat-female available.
3) If not enough, throw more Robins.
yeah, that's probably what they will do
I'm okay with Maps but there should be a new rule, stating how before Batman is able gain another Robin the previous Robins should earn a fixed, POPULAR & Distinct Costume Identity separate first.
Damian as gray ghost 🙏
I mean, that could take forever if we’re relying on fandom to come together in agreement for a popular vote lol Tim’s been divisive for decades now
Damian got alot of options. Maybe something with a demon or crow motif (like the manga he is writing)
There used to be plans to make him Red X.
@@huntertezz can you tell me where i can find them saying there were plans for Damian as Red X?
I strongly agree, let Damian grow up (preferably not by throwing him in an alternate dimension and aging him up rapidly)
Looking forward to Bruce having a whole football team of Robins one day.
Superman: Bruce, we're all here because we love you, and we know you mean well, but, see...
Wonder Woman: You're adopting too many kids.
lol imagine? Bruce is seen like the Angelina Jolie of the Justice League
Superman does not have room to complain at this point
Green Lantern: And you neglected some of them.
Flash: Some of them dies too.
Batman: They got resurrected.
Aquaman: Flash's point still stands, Bats. Pun intended.
Batman, with dozen kids: What? Nonsense.
Batman: I don’t know what you are talking about.
Flash: Bats we get it, empty nest syndrome is a real problem.
I think Mia works as a Robin but for supernatural cases/stories, kind of like how Batman already teams up with Zatanna or Constantine when there's something supernatural he needs an "expert" on.
It's a more laid back dynamic with Mia than the romantic one with Zatanna or the last resort dynamic with Constantine.
Damian seam to be becoming the magic Robin. Maps got a fun dynamic with him so that could lead to a good story.
Maybe add Monkey Prince or Olive to the group aswell.
I would like seeing Tim, Damian and mia get their secret identities sorted out.
We have to many robins, and tim is long due from having his own adult hero identity outside of robin (red robin doesn't count and you know I'm right)
Another problem is that there are so many Batman allied characters in Gotham. Dick Grayson was able to become Nightwing and got Bludhaven as his domain with his own set of villains. Give Tim Drake that. Bring back some of his villains from the Post-Crisis days. Damian I think it would be cool pairing him with Dick in Bludhaven for a couple of years before allowing him to go solo as well.
I'm actually sure what I think about this one... Honestly, Damian seems to be doing more of his own stuff than being Robin alongside Batman (which it isn't bad, it's part of his personality), and Tim... Tim's new superhero persona/codename/whatever you wanna call it is long overdue. Mia as a character has potential, but I just don't like how casually Bruce brings her in a life of violence and danger, how many child sidekicks does one man need? If more effort was put into why this particular child needs to become Robin or else, then... it'd be easier to turn a blind eye and just suspend disbelief, but in this story it just makes Batman look like a selfish jerk.
Tim is red robin, stop trying to give him a new name and just commit to that one.
I like Maps, she's cute and I enjoy this tone of story. I don't know about making her a Robin, but frankly I almost feel like she's already got the title after this whole story. She flew the batplane! But if i'm reading it right, a future version of Maps has actually joined the Birds of Prey as the time-travelling hero Meridian in the current run. So if she DOES become Robin officially, she comes out of it pretty fine.
Maps becoming Robin has years of build up since Gotham Academy so its really nice to see it become official. Now just need her to team up with Damian again.
Maps also showed up in batgirls, helping Cass while Steph tried to date Maps’ brother. Cass even told her, in her civilian identity, that they were doing Batman stuff.
I will throw a party if Mia ever becomes an official Robin, I love her. Damian can be pretty independent as a Robin and Tim honestly needs a new name so I think there's room for her
All i want for Tim is to become Red Robin again or have a new alias,just not the Drake variant. They just don't know how to work on the batfamily outside Dick,& Daiman. He'll forever be a robin cause ofc bats needs one and that's why his character is in a stalemate 🙄
I also feel they could develop Jason so much more,his trauma and character is a pivotal point yes,but he needs to be purposely developed and grow instead of staying with the status quo. I wouldn't mind him getting a chance to go to university,and settling into a life of his own while still staying true to his character. I need crumbs,I'm starving!!
Agree, we already have two character's going by as "Robin" three would be to much
New name? Tim needs that Nightwing treatment where he gets his own city and a revived set of villains from the Post-Crisis days. Have Tim take up residency in a city far away from Gotham, somewhere inspired by Los Angeles where Tim can investigate criminal conspiracies involving the entertainment industry, maybe even taking some film noir inspiration.
@@GrimmGungren Jason lowkey needs to be retired. DC can't really do a long running series with him. You can't make him a hero because then he'd be a Dick Grayson clone again. He can't be an anti-hero killing criminals because why is he killing random purse snatchers and not The Joker? He can't kill The Joker because of his thick plot armor. And he can't be a straight up villain because A) DC can't write villains as protagonists and B) Him being a Batman villain makes characters like Bane, Hush, and David Cain redundant.
Will there be pizza and an ice cream cake?
If it ages Damian some more, and moves him to a different era, then I'm all for it, and hopefully, she last longer than Stephanie as Robin.
Didio & co are gone, so there is a chance.
@@senittoaoflightning4404 i could be thinking of something else but remember reading that steph's tenure as robin was always planned to end the way it did as it was meant to lead into an event that ether got scrapped or rewritten. i can't remember which.
@@xsoultillerx Yes it was. Her time as Robin was meant as a "sorry" to Steph fans, one last win for her. It lead into Roman Sionis killing her and starting Gotham War. Also mostly Didios fault.
If we're sticking to what was established in gotham academy it probably won't result in damian getting aged up he and Mia were about the same age
I am fully on board with a new official Robin. Its been more than a decade since we got one and I think Damian's at the point where he can maybe start growing past the role into one of his own
Damian desperately needs to be aged up and it'd be a breath of fresh air seeing him like he was in the later New 52 movies, stoic and cold but also kind, no longer the punk he used to be.
Richard/Dick Grayson (Nightwing)
Jason Todd (Red Hood)
Duke Thomas (Signal)
Tim Drake (Robin)
Damien (Robin)
Mia/Maps (Robin)
Stephanie Brown/Spoiler? She was Robin too.
I have a suggestion: Thunderdome.
Tim Drake (Red Robin)
He also briefly went by Drake.
STEPHANIE BROWN!!!
That Joker poster is always jumping 😂 It's your "Hecklefish" 🐠
I love that even after becoming a vampire Sasha still maintains the Batman voice like nothing has changed 😂 like nothing more menacing just “I’m Batman”
Would that make 3 current and active Robins if Mia became a Robin? Now people joke about having 2 people swinging around name Spider-man seems like a lot but THREE Robins? all at once!? Gonna have to rename the bat cave to the birdcage, he's out numbered!
@0:45 A poltergeist coincidentally visits Sasha while she films a video about Vampire Batman? 🧛♀👻
A student getting more than eight hours of sleep? That's more unbelievable than Batman surviving a fall from space 🤣
If Cassandra Cain ever became Batman, I'd love Maps to be her Robin. They complement each other so well, and their team-up in Batgirls was fun. Plus it is fascinating to see it somewhat continued awkwardly in the new Birds of Prey (given this is "Mirai" Maps).
Yes Just Yes
okay yes, that's actually perfect!
13:27 "... you just have more *chill* "
Bruce: "WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT NAME!?"
Bruce looks like his torso is all abs in the one image.
They need to figure out Tim and Damian's situation before solidifying Mia first
I honestly don't want another Robin, the Batfamily is already full as is with them fighting for screentime.
Somewhere Stephanie Brown is going “come on Bruce? Can I catch a break” lol
I'm more rooting for Bruce to get a girlfriend who is aware of his (k)night job, and doesn't mind, but doesn't get overtly involved either - at most, being something parallel to Alfred - a mother figure to the Robins and former Robins.
Of course, there's practically no chance of something like that actually sticking - I give it a year at most before a writer decides there's some easy drama to get out of her being kidnapped and tortured, or being revealed to have been kidnapped and brainwashed years before by one of Batman's more patient villains as part of a very long-term scheme, or...
We have the Mob wife thrope, with loads of supportive women who pretend to not notice what's exactly their husband's job. Why can't have that but for superheroes?
@@GiulianaBruna Mostly because lying to your wife about your secret double life isn't very heroic.
0:43 He was trying to get a new crowbar but couldn't fully escape
You know, now I think about it. Maps was part of the We Are Robin movement. It was tie in to Robin Wars, yes?
That is where Maps was friends with Riko.
You know with Future Maps in Kelly Thompson’s Birds of Prey, has Technology that is connect to The Green, Present Maps should be Part of Duke Thomas/The Signal solo series. The Siginal Solo series is continuation of Batman Secret Files: The Signal where Riko(Rook) and Dax(Alt) who they both somehow got powers, went rogue and working for Xander Pearl’s XP Technologies.
It would be interesting interacting to see Maps meeting Riko might do extreme or bad way of being a hero.
Also More about Duke Thomas, Maps and Isabella dealing with Meta Human and Supernatural threats in Gotham.
Having her as the daytime Robin, with Duke as the daytime "Batman" could be neat.
Future Sasha should be a regular thing.
Also: It’s passed time we had a full Robin Corps. With rings and a Robin lantern filled with tears of abandonment.
Batman touches his ear, activating his communicator. "Robin, meet me at the Batcave. We've got a situation." Seven voices reply in unison: "Yes, sir!"
Literally my only issue here is with the code name. I think Scott Snyder was onto something with the idea of retiring the Robin name to make room for more creative Bat-family names. Like if she shows up in her next appearance as Meridian, then I’m all in.
I think she'd use the Robin name until she gets enough knowledge and skill points to make up her own name and costume.
Mia as the supernatural expert of the Bat-family is an interesting way to go. A team up with the supernatural adjacent Zatanna, Damian, and to a lesser extent Jason would be cool
I like a more venerable Bruce Wayne but honestly the last thing we need is another Robin. Why not make her a new costumed adventurer I mean Tim Drake has been almost ignored since Damian arrived
Not really. Tim got alot of stuff and he is the main Robin currently in Batman book.
And Mia kinda wanted to be Robin for years.
@@huntertezz tim went from rob8n to red robin to Drake and even his biggests fans acknowledge Damian pushed him into the background. I like Tim and I'm not a big Damian fan. Im not crapping on the character I read the introduction and training issues of Tim and his young justice and titans storys. I dont take pleasure in the fact he's been pushed to the background but since Damian arrived hes been at a loose end. If you disagreethats fine but thats my reading of the stories
In this Sunday's New York Times Book Review, the review of the novel Reboot includes an editor's note with definitions of "headcanon," "shipping," and other words not commonly used in the Times. Sounds like something you might have written, Sasha.
Idk...can't anyone else take on a young ward? Like do they always have to end up Robins? And to Bruce specifically? Is it impossible for Nightwing, Kate, or any other adult hero in the Bat-family to take on their own Robin? I don't mind this dynamic per say, but it feels like something from a separate continuity.
I didn't realize I wanted Nightwing and Batwoman to have their own sidekicks until now, thank you.
@@GiulianaBruna Wasn't Bette, as Flamebird, her sidekick for a time?
Nightwing did have his own Robin, Damian.
And Kate has Flamebird/Hawkfire
@@GiulianaBrunakate has her cousin Bette who is her sidekick
You can always look outside the Batfamily: Green Arrow has had 3 Speedys, 2 Arrowettes, 2 Red Arrows and a second Green Arrow, Black Canary has had Sinn and Red Canary, Flash (Barry) has had 2 Kid Flashes, Impulse, JLChina's Flash and whatever names Wally's kids are going by (plus Jay just got reunited with his daughter), Superman has had 4 Supergirls, Power Girl, 2 Superboys, Steel and Natasha, Kelex, Krypto and two adopted kids from Warworld, Aquaman has had 2 Aqualads, 2 Aquagirls, Lagoon Boy, Dolphin and a few marine pets, Martian Manhunter has had Miss Martian, Booster briefly had his sister, Ted Kord has Jaime Reyes, Captain Atom had Bombshell, Red Tornado adopted a daughter, Swamp Thing and Abby had Tefe, Ray Palmer has Ryan Choi, Crimson Avenger had Wing, Judo Master had Tiger, Sandman had Sand, Captain Marvel has had Captain Marvel Jr, Mary Marvel, Rall Marvel, Fat Marvel, Hillbilly Marvel, Uncle Marvel, Talky Tawny and the 3 foster siblings introduced in the New 52, Hawkman and Hawkwoman had Golden Eagle...
Maps should be Cassandra Cain's Robin. The two have a fun dynamic, and Cass deserves the batman title
Sadly that won't happen, comics need to keep the status quo, for some reason.
It's a real shame, she really does deserve it. Even if not the name, at least give her the role.
@senittoaoflightning4404 They can't even bother with an elseworld story? I won't say I know the ins & outs of the industry, but I feel like it's a good idea worth exploring one issue with & see if it sells
@@proudspartan313 I would really like to see it. Elseworlds or something like Future State. She did get the role in a vision, or something like that.
And King Shark did call her everyones favourite Batman after all.
I love the idea of a Robin who specializes in supernatural investigations.
I hope they play with that, it could be a fun angle and lead to her carving out her own super identity like the other Robins have.
Imagine her on like a Dark Titans one day lead by Raven.
Justice for Duke Thomas. Boy spent ZERO time being a Robin, and isn't even counted as one, I don't think . And, as a result, he's everyone's LEAST favorite sidekick/bat-fam member.
Idk I like him. Also I feel like Minkhoa might be less popular as a batfam member.
@@senittoaoflightning4404 whooo
@@jerfuhrer2581 (I can't tell if that's supposed to be a noise or a who?, bu I will go with the latter)
Minhkhoa (forgot an h there) Khan was a former rival of Bruce and later became the vigilante Ghostmaker.
Otherwise he only really just exists, doesn't do much. He was part of Batman inc. and pops up in a few of the Pride issues. He is a fairly recent addition, about 4 years old.
"Everyone's least favorite" stephanie brown would like to have a word. Also part of the point of duke is that he's not robin. Also he's got a spotlight in the deathmetal event
@senittoaoflightning4404 why didn't you just say Ghostmaker? I know that name! Referring to him by his real name is as bad as referring to Gotham Girl or Punchline by their real names. Nobody knows that mess off the top of their heads yet!
Oh Batman..... You and your child soldier army.
This story definitly got its probs but holy damn i ADORE this version of batman's capabilities, really good balance that i wish we got to see more!
Maps being Robin would be the best. I think she would fit the role perfectly. Though, I'm not completely ready for Damian to graduate from the Robin just yet. We've seen what happens when you give the mantle to a person why the current one is still active. We technically have two Robins.
Tim Drake was Robin but never fully graduated to make it on his own as a superhero.
Dick became Nightwing, Jason became Red Hood, Stephanie became Batgirl and Spoiler. Damian needs time to establish a push to become something more than Robin.
Personally, I think Damian should become the new Talon cause I think that would be both cool and hilarious.
As a long time stephanie brown robin fan I would be down for a young determined striver as a robin. Especially with a batman that seems to genuinely care about her rather than just being a pawn like stephanie was
I'm just glad he's shown as human, Writers forget that batman isn't a robot. Batman should make mistakes, not from incompetence, but from his emotions clouding his judgement. Like youknow...a human being does?
Bruce should open a Robin Academy at this point.
He looked like a stand in for "Angel" in "Buffy the vampire slayer"
I like Mia. Maybe there is no such thing as too many Robins. The supernatural aspects are fun and interesting too. I understand wanting to give Mia agency but having her happen to twig to the same investigation would be a bit too much of a coincidence and very tropey.
Anything with Gotham Academy is always a win
As a character, fun! But how many crime fighters does Gotham need before they decide that something else is needed?
Gotham has SO MANY
And somehow they are still not enough. There is still tons of crime going on. What is wrong with that city.
Rather than a actual Robin , I’d make Mia’s adventures as Robin be her fanfics…whenever a writer has a good story arc , The Girl Wonder goes into Adventure again…Keep Up The Outstanding Work Sasha 🖖🏾
Disappointed Sasha didn't make the motorcycle sounds that were in the panels. BRRRMMMmmmm!
Great video!
Please do a ranking and explaining of all the Robins! 🙏
I'm reminded of Ahbed's Batman from Community whenever you do the voice 😅 . I think Batman vs the supernatural is hit or miss most times.
Mhmm well i like the idea and the fact that she has already appeared in some stories, so she's not created just for this, its good. But her passions and skills seems so much a copy of tim or steph and idk if i like her that much to be a new formal robin. But hey this is my opinion
I love your Batman voice lmao!
New Robin before GTA 6
Bruce shirtless on your doorstep "we... * flips dog* ... *clears throat* we're the same you and I"
I think they shouldn't have a new Robin until the last Robin has a new identity that sticks, like Nightwing, and isn't stupid, like Red Robin.
Red Robin is still better than Drake
Red robin is fine, it's definitely better than "drake"
This couldn't have been very early on Bruce's career because Damian was Maps's friend
This probably after Damian met her. Its likely after Gotham Academy but before City of Bane. Around that time Tim was missing and Damian was off doing his own thing with Jon and the titans so it makes sense.
I don't know if Batman needs another Robin, but I like Mia and her as Robin has been teased for a while so if DC makes her an official Robin that makes me excited.
0:35 When I reviewed this issue for Batman News, I dubbed him 'Sexy Shirtless Bruce Wayne' because he looked like he belonged on the cover of a supernatural horror romance novel
You know, I’m thinking of way back… Back in the Joker fish time.
Bruce/Batman acted very similar to a woman called silver Saint cloud
Love your Batman impression forever!
Robins gotta Robin... each generation of comics fan will have their own.
not knowing about Mia, I was thinking this was Kiki/Panda Girl from the Batman: the World at first when I saw the thumbnail, I was so happy thinking Kiki came back for a moment, but alas... at least now I know about Gotham Academy, it seems like a fun read
Sasha's Batman voice is adorably funny.
I love the charm of Gotham academy... I love Maps. I am a bit iffy about her becoming Robin ... But better Robin than the weird future Maps of the otherwise wonderful present run of BIRDS OF PREY. Maps is one of those characters who should remain a civilian supporting character he gives the series she's in a sense of the real world.
I like Bruce Wayne stories. It's a shame some people are more acclimated to the batgod, but I guess I'm being uncharitable to the appeal of those stories by describing it like that. I liked what you showed of these issues, it has some of the feel that I like in a Nightwing story. It sounds like they needed to be edited/challenged more at the script stage to fix the issues you mentioned though. And yeah I was definitely here for vampire Bruce Wayne before he started beating up a dog, lol.
I like this character but it feels like she would make a better partner to some other bat family member instead of batman
The fact that Bruce has costume caches is great, in the 00s run of Daredevil he has caches of his canes and glasses. That made me laugh hard. Glad that everyone is extra enough to do that though.
This was a Batman I really enjoyed. I like seeing him not at 1000 Brain, plans-on-top-of-plans. I never minded when he gets into the supernatural - I recall a comic where he faced Dracula (was that a fever dream?), so him being off his game but not helpless was great. Hope they keep Mia! Wayne Family Adventures has firmly solidified Bat-dad vibes for me. Love to see more of that.
This girl is gonna get so much ptsd 😌
Bless her soul
I feel like just living in or near Gotham gives you a pretty high tolerance for weird shit. I mean when you deal with Batman and his menagerie of weird ass villains on a daily basis, seeing Bruce Wayne randomly jump out a window is probably just Tuesday for you.
I have always said that I am a Robin fan before I'm a Batman fan, so one might think I'd be down for another. But there are already so many of them that DC is having a hard time giving them all the time of day. Do I think I'd like Mia better as Bruce's Robin than Damian? Honestly, probably, yeah - I love Damian, but I think the bigger personality contrast would work better. But then what happens to Damian? He gonna join Jason, Tim, and Steph in the pile of "we don't know what to do with them so just throw their fans a bone every once in a while"? And that's just Robins, not counting characters like Cass or Duke. So unless Mia being added as Robin finally gets Dick to take Damian under his wing again (I mean, if we need fewer superheroes named Robin, Flamebird IS right there lol), I really can't see the need for yet another member of the Bat family right now.
I feel it's very batman to have a robin for each type of foe, so maps taking the role of supernatural robin makes sense
I want more of Bruce Wayne having embarrassing celebrity scandals to cover for Batman. Maybe we could even get some Zuckerburg or Musk jokes in there?
"Wayne Hyper Tunnel Continues to hemorrhage money as Bruce insists on digging worlds deepest tunnel"
So Batman beats up Isla's dog. You could say he... goes Ham on Ham.
I'm not sure I'd want this to become main canon, but I say that as someone that has been reading the side stories more often than the main canon.
I would definitely be up for more stories that continue from this, I enjoy Mia and if I'm honest, I really want Isla to confront people in this story. It seems perfectly reasonable to want to ask your student what happened after they dragged of your vampire boyfriend and then ended up in the tropics. I also miss Bruce getting to be a character.
The stories with the Kappa is what got me to go back and read Gotham Academy. So more tales like this would be welcome.
Love how ppl love ultimate groucher loner Batman, while he adds a family member every year.
Biggest shock for me was finding out this story was in continuity lol
Why is this new Robin so Sparrow/Jubilee coded? And hi, vamp Bruce. 🥵
Suddenly, I want another Marvel/DC crossover event where Jubilee and Robin have instant attraction to each other...
Eventually over half of Gotham will have been Robin.
"...sonics in his shoes?" - More!
Haven’t read the comic, but from your video I really enjoyed mia. I think she’s fun and cute, and I like that her niche is the supernatural. I’d love her to become canon and for there to be a female Robin which isn’t in the “yes they were robin but they don’t really count” area (for example Stephanie). I’d love a female Robin that can stand next to the main 4.
However I think before they bring her into canon they REALLY need to figure out what to do with Tim. Tim deserves to be red Robin (or something else, just not robin). They can’t bring Mia in as robin while Damian and Tim are both using the name.
I’m willing to accept Damian still being Robin, but I’d like him to do more solo stuff away from Batman to give room for Mia to be Batman’s Robin and establish herself.
i honestly love maps and i wouldnt mind it if she became official. id love to see her interactions with other robins and stuff. shes cute and kinda different from the other robins which i enjoy. plus her dynamic with bats is adorable too
Honestly just give us a Bruce Birthday comic mini run with all the Bat-Family and friends so we can establish who's who and where everybody is so it's not just a case of "which Robin do I call in today?"
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I've actually had this one fan idea for a new robin for Batman. One based off of Colonel Robert Hogan from the old Hogan's Heroes show.
He'd be Robert Crane (referencing his actor's last name) and have come to Gotham as Dr. Jonathan Crane's nephew after his mother died in Cleveland. Crane (somehow not in the Asylum at the moment) at first doesn't want to have a kid around him, but then Robert turns out to be good at convincing people to donate money for Crane's research, so he's kept on. Batman finds out about him as Bruce Wayne because a kid that he knows isn't one of the society kids infiltrates his party and acts like he belongs, then convinces people to donate for his uncle's research. After some digging, he and the current Robin find out who his uncle is and try to get him to stop supporting his research. Then Robert actually finds out what his uncle does, leading to his uncle turning on him. And at that point, Batman saves him and he ends up going from there into the manor as his latest kid then eventually Robin.
The idea behind why he should be a Robin would be A.) because just watching Hogan's Heroes, there are so many Batman-esque elements to how Hogan operates, B.) there isn't a designated Robin for infiltration operations and Robert Crane would be perfect for that, and C.) There really ought to be someone in the Bat Clan that actually likes society events and Robert would fit the bill for that as well.
He could definitely work as a new Robin of the current line up. But at least in an Elseworlds, it would be fun to have him be the Robin between Dick and Jason, one that was given the Robin mantle by Dick when he left, but then left himself before Jason came into the picture because he felt like he should join WWII as one of the soldiers while Batman didn't want any of his sons in such danger nor facing so many guns at once. They're estranged then during the war, with Robert using an old family name of Hogan when he joins the airforce and ends up in the POW camp of Stalag 13, where he meets his men and ends up going through the Hogan's Heroes adventures. All while Bruce adopts Jason, takes him on as Robin, then loses him in Ethiopia. Through letters from "Mother" (Alfred), Robert does learn about the fact that he has a new brother, but never does learn about his death. So its a surprise then for him when he comes home after the war to learn about Jason's death and that now there's a new Robin, Tim.
There would be a fun story there as the three sides of his life end up finding out about each other after the war (with Kinchloe, Carter, and Klink ending up employed with Wayne Enterprises while Le Beau and Newkirk end up opening a French restaurant in Gotham. Shultz gets to stay in Germany with his wife and kids and get his toy factory back up and operating). And as Robert tries to figure who he is now and what he wants to do since the war still has left its marks and the choice to be another of Batman's Flock is right there, and Jason comes back as Red Hood with Robert working as an outsider that can actually understand both sides of what's going on.
I think his hero name would end up being Nightingale, or Mockingjay.
I get he doesn't deal in the super natural often but with Zantana and Looker on his payroll, you'd think he'd be more prepared
Jesus whatever happened to Looker is she still a vampire?
Wait.. Maps a Robin! Hell yeah!
Mia & Damian would make such a cool pairings. He is also going into the supernatrual area. I am hoping for a team up!
They have already met and teamed up several times before she became Robin.
They are a fun duo so it would be nice to see them again.
It's weird how specific that title is...
And yet both of those things have happened several times
"And get this! The older they get, the more powerful they grow!" -- at this point, it might be easier to name characters, hero or villain, that this ISN'T true about. It's certainly true of Batgod, for example.
Time for a Court of Robins?
Where does braver and bold fit into the main timeline cause ALfred is alive in that run
Wait, Batman just broke his no kill rule with that vampire.
Vampires are not really alive, it's a grey area.
@@senittoaoflightning4404If it can seduce and reason it's just as alive as Frankenstein's Creation in my book. But I do understand the techs of it.
@@AstraFulminous In your book, yes. I am inclined to agree, DC vampires, and similars, can be seen as sentient.
But what matters is how Batman sees it.
Batman sorta has an exception to his rule if something is being kept alive unnaturally. Main example is Ra's where Batman keeps shutting down his Lazarus pits, essentially dooming him to die. If something is outright supernatural to begin with, I can see batman just destroying it.
You reminded me of the Johnny Quest Joke:
“Hey Race, let’s endanger the Children!”
One step closer to an army of Robins!
Misheard "meh" as "meth" at 15:53 and was very confused 😂 this comics channel would have been taking a very strange turn
I adore Bruce making child solders jokes XD also Bruce voice jokes all appreciated
I grew up watching Buffy and Charmed of course I want more super natural. Hopefully nothing bad happens to Mia. Like the "endings" that Stephany and batgirl (Barbara) had in the 90's.