Tim Drake: Robin #1 Preview

[The Invincible Beawulf]

Honestly that one's a bit much for me. I prefer the more chaste cute Disney Channel level teen romance



Yeah that's called growing up. It happens.

Oh, I get it. Yeah, that Black Flamingo stuff is a bit much I have to admit.

[Morgoth]

Nah, sorry, not buying it. No hopes for Fitzmartin writing, and Rossmo, nothing personal, but I just can't stand his art style.

[Astralabius]

Also, sorry, but being smart in the batfamily is not special at all and the way they describe him he sounds like a doormat.

[Twice-named]

It's a pinup-y variant. I find it sexy. The armpit hair is intentional.

Thanks. I wasn’t sure if it was hair or just shadowing.

[The Invincible Beawulf]

Thanks. I wasn’t sure if it was hair or just shadowing.

Welcome. TBH, for the first time, I also thought it's just shadowing.

[witchboy]

I legit thought Bernard was a girl in the first panel he’s in.
The variant covers are nice. I wish any one of those artists were doing the interiors.

[Lady Nightwing]

Is it just me or does Fitzmartin seem to be writing Tim gay as opposed to bisexual? He "settled" for Stephanie and then found the "real" him.

I'm not a Steph stan by any means but objectively she is a much more developed character than Bernard. Bernard is pretty much a blank slate, yet Tim is insanely head over heels for him. It seems like the reason for that is that he's a dude.

[ZuLuLu]

The interview is not the worst, but together with everything else it's just making people more and more annoyed.
I dislike the question "what makes Tim the world's greatest Robin?" to start with, Fitzmartin's answer is boring and weird. None of the Robins did it for fame or blackmailed Bruce.
And then Rossmo brings Damian into this because apparently they have so little to say about Tim other than "he's smart and kind" that they had to talk badly of another Robin to get their point across.

She was not talking about the other Robins here but in certain part of the fandom you see anti Tim people say that Tim blackmail or guilt tip Batman into becoming Robin.

[Drako]

She was not talking about the other Robins here but in certain part of the fandom you see anti Tim people say that Tim blackmail or guilt tip Batman into becoming Robin.

Yeah, she is only saying that he had the information and choose to do good instead of bad with what he had. It has nothing to do with the other characters.

But this "World's greatest Robin" label is forced as hell. You should be showing it instead of telling us.

[Konja7]

The art is not ugly, just doesn't feature cute yaoi/shounen ai boys. I have no problem with it. If I need cute boys, I just read Sins of the Black Flamingo. :P

Honestly, I'm surprised they aren't using "cute yaoi/shonen ai boy" art for this comic. It seems the most appropiate art to attract fans toward Tim x Bernard.

In fact, they were using that kind of art for Tim's story in Urban Legends.

I legit thought Bernard was a girl in the first panel he’s in.
The variant covers are nice. I wish any one of those artists were doing the interiors.

I also mistake Bernard for a girl when I just see the images.

The variant covers are pretty good. It would be better if one of these artists drawn the interior.

[The Invincible Beawulf]

That's me, but correction, both are real, because all branches of hypertime does exist alongside, they're just not focusing on that version right now

Oh, I've just noticed this. No, I was not thinking of your comment, bc that other person didn't say that BOTH versions are real. They said that hypertime Tim is the real one and this version isn't the real one, he's brand new.

I totally agree with your view that both versions are real.

[Restingvoice]

I legit thought Bernard was a girl in the first panel he’s in.
The variant covers are nice. I wish any one of those artists were doing the interiors.

A couple of the covers for this and DCYJ I kept thinking who's that pretty girl in short hair... oh it's just Bernard XD

[Digifiend]

What the hell is this ?
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Damian's right, he's out of character.

Also, doesn't this contradict Zdarsky's Batman? And the art here is horrible.

[Frontier]

There're effeminate men, you know.

I know, but just compared to how he'd been drawn before it feels different.

Is it just me or does Fitzmartin seem to be writing Tim gay as opposed to bisexual? He "settled" for Stephanie and then found the "real" him.

I'm not a Steph stan by any means but objectively she is a much more developed character than Bernard. Bernard is pretty much a blank slate, yet Tim is insanely head over heels for him. It seems like the reason for that is that he's a dude.

When you see the way Tim justified dumping Steph, it certainly does lend itself to that idea.

[Godlike13]

Honestly the art is the only thing interesting about this preview. Its unusual, but it at least tries to create some sense of style for the title. Everything else is pretty blah.