Pulls: Batman, Detective Comics, SiKtC, Catwoman, Nightwing, Titans, Godzilla, Wonder Woman, Batman & Robin, Brave and the Bold, No/One, Kill your Darlings, and Deviant.
My runs: Batman #230-, and Detective #420-
And non of said writers books for DC were afaik particularly popular or successful.
And come on, Barbara Gordon and Mary Jane Watson are very different characters.
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Tim is fine but with so many Robins, it's hard to differentiate him when the the biggest thing that separated him (his regular family life) got stupidly deleted. The only other thing is being a good detective and lets be honest, being the best detective among a bunch of amazing detectives means little. Every other Robin (Dick, Jason, Damian) has a different 'gimmick' that can be easily used
What DC needs to do is try and bring that regular kid stuff back since that was always the meat of what made Tim popular and is something that no other Robin has going for them
Okay, let's say Marvel creates a brand new Bucky and his "gimmick" is that he has a personal life. Would that make you read him?
It's not a gimmick, it's just an aspect.
I was watching a YouTube video and they suggested Tim date starfire maybe little brother Ryandr
And it made me go hmmm
Dick is way more confident than Peter Parker is. He's also naturally gifted with his skills, peter got all of the physical skills from the spider bite. And Dick has dated more than just Babs, but other than red headed girlfriend, they don't share much in common. If anything Peter is more like Blue Beetle or Jimmy Olsen than Dick Grayson. Tim has a lot to offer, the issue is how to put it to good use because Comics are a visual medium, making certain skills less visually interesting.
See above, Dick is way more sure of himself and certainly is not the Aww Shucks type. I'd also like to point out that while Dick is smart Peter is closer to Tim in that area than Dick.
100% agreed. Part of the reason people kept coming back to read comics was to see what happened next. Comics, like pulps and Soap Operas keep the readers involved by having the civilian and personal life having the main drama.
Oh no there are high stakes robberies happening in Gotham, but Bruce told his girlfriend he was going to meet her at the gala tonight. Will she forgive him for missing it to fight crime?
Tim's would be more. Has a paper deadline, teacher won't give him an extension, and he has to help Bruce with a case. Does he **** up his grade-points to save Gotham, or does he blow off Bruce, and cause a rift between them. Etc.
Tim is closer to Peter in the "I have a family and friends to balance life" than say Dick who can easily multitask, because he's Bruce's kid. Same with Damian and Jason, they don't have a second life that they have to balance with this work. So there is that factor that plays with teens and college age students. Especially if you tie the idea of who you are with what people see online of you.
You're right it's not a gimmick, but if the story is good and he has something interesting, I want to know how that personal life affects him.
Tim's big thing was computers and Tech along with Babs. Then they gave parts of that to other Bat family members, so now Tim doesn't have his Gimmick. And his personality is not the "vlogger/influencer/content creator" type so that's out. Maybe if they focus on his skills as a hacker and a tech person, you wouldn't have this issue.
We don't know anything about Ryand'r, however if we want to point to someone that could be interesting. Hal's nephew Hal "Airwave" as he is gay or bi himself, and earlier Hal suggested he get mentored by one of the Batfamily members. Could be an interesting thing to have Tim mentor someone the way that Dick helped him.