Do you want Tim Drake to be Robin again?

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What's the point of Robin? Not the in-universe explanation for the character origins. What's the point of having Robin the character?

Making money, mostly.

Robin is one of the five truly iconic characters in comics. He makes money, he's recognized around the world, and is arguably the first character people will think of when you say "teenaged superhero" (it's him or Parker) and is certainly the character people think of when you say "sidekick." Robin gave birth to the sidekick concept within the superhero genre and everyone from Wally West to Bucky Barnes owes their existence, at least to a large degree, to Robin.

The real question is why *wouldn't* DC want to use the IP? Robin can sell comics on his own, he helps bolster sales for teen team books, he's a draw for cartoons and movies. And he still serves as an audience surrogate, just not in the comics themselves.

Robin has a long and rich history and is older than almost every character currently in print. Mainstream comic readers might not use him as a surrogate anymore, but Robin is still useful and profitable, helps enrich and expand Batman's narrative and can also carry his own stories. No reason *not* to use him.