The Robin OYL Thread

[batnkevlar]

I like the fact that Robin looks older... oh, btw, what happens when 52 is over? I mean, by that time, OYL will be Two Years Later... when are we gonna get back on track?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What? We are back on track. The track just included a one-year gap that will be filled in by 52.

 

[sinewave]

yeah, this opening oyl arc is pretty good, so far. i'm really digging the art and the new costume.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I like the fact that Tim is ballsy enough to hop right across the main office of a police station.

I don't like that three of the cops took shots at him, though. Those cops are gonna have to file a mountain of paperwork explaining why they shot first against an unarmed kid who posed no obvious threat to them.

 

[boywondernerdDC]

I like the fact that Tim is ballsy enough to hop right across the main office of a police station.

I don't like that three of the cops took shots at him, though. Those cops are gonna have to file a mountain of paperwork explaining why they shot first against an unarmed kid who posed no obvious threat to them.

good point

 

[Phantom Lantern]

robin 149 preview looks awesome it shows him being sneaky and clever then messing up, having to think on his feet.

showing the good and the bad, unlike poor dick who is being made to look a fool

 

[Hellstormer]

I'm still a bit shakey as to wether or not I'll pull this, I picked up 148 and enjoyed it so I'll pick up 149 and if I like it I'll snag it

 

[Nightwing 52]

I'm still a bit shakey as to wether or not I'll pull this, I picked up 148 and enjoyed it so I'll pick up 149 and if I like it I'll snag it

Like I said before, #148 left me excited for #149. The art is really amazing, aswell as the story so far. I'm going to be reading the book up until it enters the part where we see Tim holding a gun on the cover to #151, I'm wondering what the whole deal is behind it all.

 

[Hellstormer]

Like I said before, #148 left me excited for #149. The art is really amazing, aswell as the story so far. I'm going to be reading the book up until it enters the part where we see Tim holding a gun on the cover to #151, I'm wondering what the whole deal is behind it all.

yea I'll be angry if they make him into some kind of gunslinger

 

[Nightwing 52]

yea I'll be angry if they make him into some kind of gunslinger

Geoff Johns did say there would be Titans who would be close to their Titans Tomorrow counterparts, so of course whatever happens in TT will effect the Robin series. I was thinking though, Tim is still dealing with the loss of his father and still feels like he wants to do something about it. What if the gun he's holding isn't the one that killed Thomas and Martha Wayne like he had in Tomorrow, but the one Jack Drake had when he tried to protect himself during Identity Crisis when Captain Boomerang planned and succeeded in murdering him?

Another thing. In Detective Comics #818, Bruce mentions how Tim is so alone now with the death of his father and the death of his best friend. (Conner) And is thinking about giving him a day time job as Gothams protector since Batman is only a creature of the night and feels like he needs to do something more for Tim cause that's what his father would have done. Did anyone recognize how in some of the solicts is mentions how Tim has to deal with his life as an orphan? When I read the description for Batman #654, it describes an event that will change the relationship of both Bruce and Tim in a big way. What if Bruce is thinking of adopting Tim?

 

[TwilightPro101]

I'm enjoying this new direction with Tim. It came out of left field but in a very great way. I'm really expecting Tim to start taking further action as this arc goes on and see how he is coming to terms with the previous events.

Also eagerly awaiting the details of the trip in Europe.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Another thing. In Detective Comics #818, Bruce mentions how Tim is so alone now with the death of his father and the death of his best friend. (Conner) And is thinking about giving him a day time job as Gothams protector since Batman is only a creature of the night and feels like he needs to do something more for Tim cause that's what his father would have done. Did anyone recognize how in some of the solicts is mentions how Tim has to deal with his life as an orphan? When I read the description for Batman #654, it describes an event that will change the relationship of both Bruce and Tim in a big way. What if Bruce is thinking of adopting Tim?

1) The daytime operative Bruce mentioned was revealed in that same issue to be a private investigator whose work Bruce respected.

2) Bruce already tried to adopt Tim and Tim's response was to fabricate a long-lost uncle to get out of it without hurting Bruce's feelings. I would hope Bruce learned his lesson. I'd also like to see whatever became of Tim's stepmom. She went into a ward for mental illness after losing Tim's dad, but I imagine there must've been some change after a whole year of her being there. She was already making progress, as I recall, in Tim's pre-OYL comics. Maybe Tim's in her custody.

 

[TwilightPro101]

1) The daytime operative Bruce mentioned was revealed in that same issue to be a private investigator whose work Bruce respected.

2) Bruce already tried to adopt Tim and Tim's response was to fabricate a long-lost uncle to get out of it without hurting Bruce's feelings. I would hope Bruce learned his lesson. I'd also like to see whatever became of Tim's stepmom. She went into a ward for mental illness after losing Tim's dad, but I imagine there must've been some change after a whole year of her being there. She was already making progress, as I recall, in Tim's pre-OYL comics. Maybe Tim's in her custody.

Could be, but the way it feels at the moment, I think Tim is pretty much on his own, but that's just speculation.

 

[batnkevlar]

Well, the way comics are going, they'll always be two years ahead...

'06: 52 and OYL ('07)

So then what happens in '07? Do they do '08?

 

[Nightwing 52]

I'm enjoying this new direction with Tim. It came out of left field but in a very great way. I'm really expecting Tim to start taking further action as this arc goes on and see how he is coming to terms with the previous events.

Also eagerly awaiting the details of the trip in Europe.

Same here.

1) The daytime operative Bruce mentioned was revealed in that same issue to be a private investigator whose work Bruce respected.

I know that, his name is Jason Bard and Bruce thought of him as a second rate detective. But before, he mentions to Alfred if he thinks Tim will agree to what he has in mind for him.

2) Bruce already tried to adopt Tim and Tim's response was to fabricate a long-lost uncle to get out of it without hurting Bruce's feelings. I would hope Bruce learned his lesson. I'd also like to see whatever became of Tim's stepmom. She went into a ward for mental illness after losing Tim's dad, but I imagine there must've been some change after a whole year of her being there. She was already making progress, as I recall, in Tim's pre-OYL comics. Maybe Tim's in her custody.

Ah yes, Uncle Eddie was the name he told Bruce when he decided to move to Bludhaven. Bruce was able to figure out that he never really had an uncle, but instead of being mad at him he was proud that Tim created a situation that took some real detective work for him to figure out. I also would like to see Dana again or what became of her, and you're right about her not being mentioned once thus far in OYL. The way it was described of what happens between Bruce and Tim was "a lasting impact."

 

[Nightwing 52]

Well, the way comics are going, they'll always be two years ahead...

'06: 52 and OYL ('07)

So then what happens in '07? Do they do '08?

How about we just focus on what's occuring now and what we were given so far?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, the way comics are going, they'll always be two years ahead...

'06: 52 and OYL ('07)

So then what happens in '07? Do they do '08?

You're assuming it was the same date in the comics as it was in the real world pre-OYL, which wouldn't make any sense anyway. That'd mean most characters have twelve days a year.

 

[batnkevlar]

Oh i get it, i was assuming it was all taking place in real time... thanx Corpulent1...

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

Oh i get it, i was assuming it was all taking place in real time... thanx Corpulent1...

lmao...............

 

[Hellstormer]

You're assuming it was the same date in the comics as it was in the real world pre-OYL, which wouldn't make any sense anyway. That'd mean most characters have twelve days a year.

Actually some issues take place over days, weks or even months so maybe they are on the dot or maybe they were a year behind hence OYL

 

[TwilightPro101]

Actually some issues take place over days, weks or even months so maybe they are on the dot or maybe they were a year behind hence OYL

Just about every Devin Grayson Nightwing arc comes to mind here.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, every Devin Grayson Nightwing arc took place over days, weeks, or months.

 

[Binker]

My thoughts are starting to change. But I need to aks before I buy.

We know that Nightwing OYL hasn't been that good (is part 2 good?) and that affected me to not get Robin OYL because Nightwing's actions are mentioned. But from another way to look at it; ignoring Nightwing OYL completly and with Outsiders OYL in mind, could the references to Nightwing in Robin OYL work for him in Outsiders OYL only?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No, the reference in Robin directly relates to things that happened in Nightwing's comic. One thing in particular.

 

[Nightwing 52]

ROBIN #152
Written by Adam Beechen
Art by Freddie E. Williams II
Cover by Patrick Gleason & Prentis Rollins
Old tensions return to the surface when Robin confronts
the son of his father's killer: the new Captain Boomerang!
On sale July 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US