ROBIN: OUT OF THE DARKNESS
Tim Drake became Gotham’s third Robin so he could bring light into Batman’s life. He wanted to make him slow down, make him calculate the risks of his actions. He was never a tremendous fighter; however, he was a highly skilled detective. He was one of the few people to deduce the identity of Batman and the original Robin, Dick Grayson. The boy had tremendous potential. Bruce Wayne even had him on the short list of successors to the Batman mantle.
Following the events of ‘War Games’ and’ Identity Crises’, Tim Drake became increasingly more like Bruce Wayne- cold, cynical. More and more- tragedy made him a perfect candidate for the mantle of Batman. He lost his girlfriend, Stephanie Brown, at the hands of crime kingpin, the Black Mask. Then his father was murdered by Captain Boomerang.
Tim began to lose the light that he originally wanted to show the Dark Knight. Without it, there slowly became no need for a Robin. This was until Tim Drake met a young woman, Alison Spencer. It was after his experience with this young woman, that he realized that the light that he had drowned out in the past two years was what he has really been looking for, a reason to pull himself- Out of the Darkness.
This is the basic idea....
As you know, the DC universe has been going through a lot of changes since the Crises. Part of this, was returning Batman more to his original form, making him more human and less of a madman. Something that has not been dealt with as thoroughly is the character of Tim Drake. After Stephanie Brown and his father were murdered he fell into darkness. He became, as many fans have pointed out, increasingly more like Batman. If he was so much like Batman what was the point of him being Robin?
So, this is the story of Tim Drake. How he copes with his father’s death, his adoption by Bruce Wayne as well as his life of being Robin and seeing the terrible things he’s seen. Ultimately it is a story of him finding the strength to forgive himself for his father’s death.
This is a dark story. It is gritty and portrays the villain, The Mad Hatter in a disturbing way. He has always been alluded to as a pedophile and that’s what my version of the character his. He is evil, a threat. He doesn’t just sit and drink tea and sing nursery rhymes. He doesn’t use odd contraptions for mind-control inside hats. He is a cold hearted killer. He has a fetish for little girls inspired by his love for the children’s story, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He uses crude methods of persuasion and mind control (sleep deprivation, drugging, and hypnotism) all in the attempt to brain wash his perfect “Alice”. We have never seen the Hatter done as an actual threat to the people of Gotham City. I want this story to do for him what HUSH did for The Riddler. I want to make him important again. He’s not the mastermind of a lot of villains, but he is dangerous and menacing. He still has the charm and mannerisms of the classic Mad Hatter; I just made him more sick and dangerous.
This takes place in the period of time right after Bruce Wayne adopted Tim Drake, taking place a little after the last issue of Batman: Face the Face.
And if they don't take mailed scripts, how do I get this read?
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