Editing Robin (character) (section)

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[[Alfred Pennyworth|Alfred]] is a familiar character in the Batman books as Bruce Wayne's elderly butler. However, in ''Batman: Dark Allegiances'', set in the [[World War II]] era, Batman, Catwoman, and Alfred were recruited to fight behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany in the winter of 1940. Alfred is given the codename Robin.

In ''[[Superman & Batman: Generations]]'', [[Dick Grayson]] is Robin until he goes to college. The role is then taken up by Batman's son, Bruce Wayne Junior, against his mother's wishes. However, he gives up the role when Dick is murdered, in order to become Batman. Several years later, Clark Wayne, the biological son of Joel Kent and adopted son of Bruce Wayne Jr., takes on the role of Robin, before becoming Knightwing.

Set in the 1960s, ''[[Batman: Thrillkiller]]'' was written and drawn by [[Howard Chaykin]] and [[Dan Brereton]] and published in 1997–98. It has Bruce Wayne as a detective in the Gotham Police after his family was ruined by the [[Great Depression]]. Wayne Manor has been taken over by the rebellious and somewhat unhinged Barbara Gordon, daughter of police Commissioner James Gordon. Her live-in boyfriend is '''Richart Graustark''', who goes under the name of "Dick Grayson", presumably to cover his German origins ([[World War II]] being still fresh in people's minds at the time). Barbara and Graustark fight crime as Batgirl and Robin, though, in true 1960s anti-establishment style, their main targets are corrupt cops, in particular those led by the [[Two-Face]]-like Detective Duell and the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]]-like but very feminine Bianca Steeplechase.<ref>''Thrillkiller'' Vol 1 #1</ref> In this version, Grayson's family are still circus acrobats, but their deaths are caused as a result of his activities as Robin rather than the traditional other way round. He is overcome by grief and rage over their murder and his subsequent recklessness leads to his own death. He is replaced as Barbara's partner by Wayne, who takes the identity of Batman, but the memory of him drives Barbara, wracked with guilt over an [[affair]] with Wayne and her failure to prevent Grayson's death, to the point of insanity. Becoming increasingly more violent and unstable, she adopts the Robin persona as part of seeking revenge against Steeplechase, who she later drowns. Within the [[New 52]] [[DC Multiverse]], Earth-37's 1960s seem comparable to those of ''Thrillkiller'', although while it has a Batgirl, Robin and female Joker, it now seems to lack a Batman.

The main character in ''JLA: The Riddle of the Beast'', young Robin Drake brings together all the heroes of The World to battle the Beast ([[Etrigan]]).

In the [[French Revolution]] set ''Batman: Reign of Terror'', Bruce Wayne's sister learns his secret identity, and designs a Robin outfit to aid him.

''[[Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty]]'' features three generations of Waynes, past, present and future. In the future section, Brenna Wayne is aided by an ape with augmented intelligence in a Robin costume, who goes by the name 'Rodney'.

In the [[American Civil War]] set ''The Blue, The Gray and the Bat'', Captain Bruce Wayne is aided by a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] named Redbird. Redbird's family were killed by white men, and, until he got his revenge, he wore war paint in a design similar to a domino mask.

In the futuristic ''Robin 3000'', Earth is controlled by despotic aliens. Batman (Bruce Wayne XX) is killed trying to stop them, but his mission is continued by his nephew, Tom (Thomas) Wayne. This was created by [[P. Craig Russell]] in 1986 as ''[[Tom Swift]] 3000'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denysh.com/docs/ElseworldsAlpha.html |title=DC Elseworlds by Feature |publisher=Denysh.com |access-date=2010-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527190528/http://www.denysh.com/docs/ElseworldsAlpha.html |archive-date=2011-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but later rewritten in 1992 as a Robin story when the original plans fell through.

In the ''Robin'' 1996 Elseworlds annual, an unnamed young warrior in 16th century Japan is raised by the Bat-Samurai, and nicknamed '''Tengu''', after the [[Tengu|bird-spirits]], by a female [[Catwoman|Cat-Ninja]]. Tengu loses his mentor in battle. Tengu was later revealed to be the rightful heir to the imperial throne, and the usurper (believing he knew this and plotted against him) attempted to kill him. He killed the usurper in self-defense but, since he had already sworn loyalty, was constrained to suicide as a result of this dishonor.

In the ''Detective Comics'' 1996 Elseworlds annual (''[[Batman: Leatherwing]]''), an orphan on the streets of 17th century [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] who became cabin boy to Leatherwing the pirate.

In the ''Robin'' 1998 Legends of The Dead Earth annual, humanity is trying to reach other worlds in [[generation ship]]s. On one of these, a group called the Proctors have seized control and everyone else are slaves who are executed on their 30th birthdays to conserve the ship's resources. Tris Plover, a 29-year-old slave, rebels against the Proctors. She meets another rebel, called the Batman, who gives her the Robin identity. At the cost of their lives, they succeed in defeating the Proctors and Robin sets the ship on a course for the planet New Gotham. "Bird Dark" is the name of Batman's partner in the somewhat garbled fables told on another colony world, as featured in the "Legends of the Dead Earth" ''Batman'' Annual #20. (1996) While the name is based on Nightwing, the costume is in Robin's colors.

In ''[[JLA: The Nail]],'' Dick (as Robin), along with Barbara (as Batgirl) is tortured then murdered by The Joker with his [[Kryptonian]] gauntlets during a raid on Arkham Asylum, driving Batman temporarily insane after he witnesses their ordeals and death. The grief-stricken hero then kills Joker for revenge. Later, in the sequel ''[[JLA: Another Nail]],'' Dick returns as a spirit after the Joker returns from Hell. He helps Batman defeats the Clown Prince of Crime once and for all, and gives Batman the strength to move on.<ref>''JLA The Nail'' #1</ref>