Summary

monition ! spoiler ahead for Batman # 143!A glance intoRobin’sfuture paints an unfortunate picture for Tim Drake . In the old age ahead , the DC Universe is going to undergo one of its worst tragedy ever . But is this new potential future an precise reading on the course ahead for one of the most famous Boys Wonder ?

InBatman # 143by Chip Zdarsky , Giuseppe Camuncoli , and Andrea Sorrentino , a glance into the future showsthe Joker has take over the worldwith an auditive computer virus that ' Jokerizes ' people by spreading through laughter . Batman investigates the villain and follows him to the Gotham City Police Department .

Batman reunites with his great love , Catwoman , and she let out a shocking secret : Selina has been safeguard the Bat - Family who have been infected by the computer virus . Damian Wayne is seenin his next Batman suitand Dick Grayson is still Nightwing . But it appear thatTim Drake is still Robin in the future .

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Tim Drake is Never Going to Grow Out of the Robin Role

For Tim Drake , there was no greater minute in his life than when he earned the Robin chimneypiece . Batman had affirm off ever deal on a Boy Wonder ever again , but Tim fought and claw his way into showing Bruce that he had what it took . Drake ’s hard work paid off as he wound up becoming the third Robin to work with Batman . However , Tim had to pull up stakes the championship when Bruce ’s boy Damian come into the movie . But after a period serve as Red Robin , Tim in the end went back to his old superhero identity .

It ’s hard to say for sure that ’s Tim Drake in the board , but the procedure of voiding seems to incriminate it ’s Tim as Robin . What ’s unfortunate is that everyone else has seemed to develop or continue on a path of evolution . Tim , on the other helping hand , still clings to the Robin drape decades after he should have pretty gotten a new identity . But assuming that the Robinisn’tTim , then that just raises another question : Where is he and why is he not with the Bat - Family ? Either mode , it seems likeTim Drake has a dark future forwards of him .

Is Tim Drake’s Bat-Family Future Set in Stone?

Whether he ’s stuck in the Robin role or drifting apart from the Bat - Family , neither option is good for Tim . He ’s more than earned an individuality of his own and merit to grow beyond just being a Robin well into his adulthood . But even if he does get a newfangled identity , the Bat - Family needs Tim because he ’s one of the few people who test to hold his team together . While this glance into the future tense is by no means classical , it ’s a reminder that Tim ask to notice a balance between grow beyond beingRobinand sticking with the Bat - Family .

Batman # 143is available now from DC Comics .

Batman # 143(2024 )

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Tim Drake as Robin standing in the rain, against a red sky split by lightning

Tim Drake as Robin against a city backdrop (art by Todd Nauck)

Batman 143 Main Cover: the Joker looking scared as Batman attacks him.