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Robin III / Red Robin III / Drake II (Timothy "Tim" Drake)

Timothy Jackson "Tim" Drake-Wayne

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Tim Drake as Red Robin III

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created by: Marv Wolfman · Pat Broderick

first appearance: 1989, Batman #436

"I thought I'd left that world behind me. That maybe I could do more good working from the shadows. Apparently I was wrong. I'm going to need help."

Despite the setback of Jason Todd's unpopularity and the killing-off that came along with it, Denny O'Neil was not convinced to give up on the character of Robin. Thus, Tim Drake was born, and this time, the writers were careful to make him much less similar to Dick.

At age nine, Tim was able to deduce both Batman and Robin I's identities, but kept it to himself, until years later, when Dick went solo and Jason died. Realizing how deeply Jason's death had affected his idol, Batman, Tim tried to convince Dick to reprise his role as Batman's partner. Although he agreed, Dick would only do so as Nightwing, despite Tim's insistence that Batman needed a Robin.

It took multiple trials, but finally, Tim was able to gain both Bruce and Dick's respect, along with the permission to become Robin. He proved to be much more popular than Jason ever was, and was pretty much the Robin post-Dick, holding the title the longest after him and being Batman's most trusted lieutenant after Dick went solo. As Dick had before him, he featured in multiple spin-off series: he was a founding member of Young Justice and later of the next generation of Teen Titans.

Tim's character shifted in the 2000s with a long string of character deaths among the people closest to him: he became much more grim and Batman-like in his personality and his attitude towards being a superhero, no longer viewing it as something temporary. Following the Bat-Family shakeup following Batman R.I.P. and Battle For The Cowl, where he was abruptly replaced as Robin, he took up the new identity of Red Robin. Upon Bruce's return, Tim as Red Robin began operating independently in Gotham – he was a more tech-savvy hero, using the first Anarky in a sort of "Oracle" tech role.

The New 52 reboot greatly reduced Tim's involvement with the Bat-Family and set him up primarily as the leader of the Teen Titans. It also controversially rewrote a large number of aspects of Tim's backstory: the reasons for his first meeting Batman were changed, his parents were said to be alive but in witness protection, the surname "Drake" was said to be an alias, and finally he was said to have never been Robin in the new continuity but to have used the name "Red Robin" from the beginning.^note These changes were reversed step-by-step over several years in the mid-to-late 2010s: the issue of his name was quietly dropped, his original meeting with Batman was restored to continuity,^note his time as Robin was restored as well,^note his parents were established as dead,^notein the 2019 Batman annual and finally his pre-New-52 memories were completely restored.^notein Young Justice (2019) Since the DC Rebirth relaunch, Tim has also returned to working much more closely alongside Batman and the rest of the Bat-Family. And aside from a ten-month period where he took up "Drake" as a superhero identity before abandoning it, since 2019 he has also begun switching back and forth between the identities of Robin and Red Robin fairly arbitrarily.

See his page for tropes relating to this character.

Allies

Drake Household

Jack Drake

created by: Marv Wolfman · Pat Broderick

first appearance: 1989, Batman #436

Tim: Who is the son you know, Dad? You don't know me, you never bothered. You shipped me from one boarding school to another and nobody paid any attention as long as my grades stayed high. You and mom were too involved running around the world. Your careers.
Jack: Don't think you can talk to me like that just because I'm in this chair. Just because I'm not like Bruce Wayne…
Tim: At least Bruce cares about me. Not just how I reflect on him! You don't know me! You don't know a thing about me!

Tim's father who co-founded Drake Industries with his first wife Janet.

Adventurer Archaeologist: Prior to being poisoned and losing his wife, he spends much of his time when he's not working traveling the world to uncover information and artifacts of other cultures.
Age-Gap Romance: Jack is significantly older than both of his wives (Tim points out that he's more than twice Dana's age), and his attraction to younger twenty-somethings and older teens seems to have been part of why his marriage with Janet was failing.
Alcoholic Parent: Jack Drake starts Drowning His Sorrows after he makes some financial gambles that result in Drake Industries going bankrupt. He goes from ignoring Tim while traveling and being cluelessly chipper about his terrible parenting, to ignoring Tim while locking himself in his room while moping and drinking.
Awkward Father-Son Bonding Activity: While he is recovering from his stint in a coma he tries to connect with Tim by fishing among other things, though he usually changes plans and ditches Tim at the last moment. He promises to be a better father and listen to Tim but seems to mostly forget this after he regains the ability to walk.
Character Development: He eventually becomes proud and supportive of Tim's work as Robin.
Convenient Coma: After being poisoned by Obeah Man he ends up in a coma which while deeply upsetting for Tim leaves him free to pursue his activities as Robin without parental interference.
Depending on the Artist: Jack is usually depicted with dark hair that's gone grey on the sides, but some artists give him light brown hair instead.
Disneyland Dad: Jack would occasionally talk about bringing Tim along on excursions, bought him expensive camera equipment and paid for him to attend the best (boarding) schools in Gotham growing up. Jack almost always canceled plans with Tim, though he's known to have brought Tim to the opera and circus, and Tim's mother Janet was involved in all the plans that didn't fall through.
Doesn't Know Their Own Child: Jack does not know his son's hobbies or interests and often just assumes Tim likes the things Jack's ideal son would like. For example, he thinks Tim likes playing American Football when Tim doesn't even like watching the game and prefers baseball, basketball, and skateboarding as sports.
Drowning My Sorrows: After having to declare bankruptcy, sell his mansion and move into his condo in the city Jack refuses to leave his bed for anything but to grab a bottle, change the music or grab a book leaving his wife and son to have to do all the paperwork involved in liquefying his assets and keeping the family afloat.
Face Death with Dignity: On the phone knowing that someone is coming to kill him he is composed and dignified, arming himself in preparation and telling his son that he loves him and not to take whatever happens as his fault.
Fantasy-Forbidding Father: When Tim was a child he wouldn't even let Tim get fantasy or sci-fi themed toys. His reaction to discovering Tim had become Robin was to go over to Bruce's house and threaten him with a gun, and then forbid Tim from any interaction with Wayne family or his other friends in the masked community. Luckily, by this point, Jack already knew Steph as Tim's girlfriend and never connected her to Tim's activities as Robin.
Give Him a Normal Life: Once he learned of Tim's extracurricular activities, he threatened Batman with exposure of his secret identity to force Tim to drop out of the crime-fighting business immediately.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Jack's temper is volatile and unpredictable, though he only really allows himself to blow up at his son as he's disappointed his son doesn't act exactly how he imagines a dutiful child should. This leads to him snapping and screaming at his son and destroying his son's things before Tim even has a chance to realize he's somehow managed to upset him again.
Informed Judaism: Claimed to be jewish by Word of God but later said to be either agnostic or at least non-practicing with his son unaware of any religious leanings in the comic.
It Runs in the Family: Jack claims that the 'Drake men charm' with women is hereditary.
Jock Dad, Nerd Son: Jack and his nerdy son Tim have a lot of differences.
Killed Off for Real: Murdered by Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness), then came back briefly as a horrifying zombie mockery of himself in Blackest Night only to be killed once more.
Mutual Kill: Took Captain Boomerang, a veteran supervillain with him while being assasinated.
Parental Abandonment: Jack is very much guilty of emotionally neglecting Tim, often going on business trips with Janet at least when Tim was 9.
Parental Obliviousness: To his son's secret life as Robin.
Parent with New Paramour: After the death of Tim's mother Janet he starts dating and eventually marries his physical therapist Dana Winters.
Princess in Rags: Despite bankrupting his company after Janet's death, having to sell his mansion in Crest Hill and other properties along with most of his other possessions and his son's car (which was a gift from Bruce Wayne) Jack refuses to act like his lot in life has changed, still wanting to rub elbows with Gotham's elite and influence politicians.
Ransacked Room: He destroys Tim's room after hearing the football coach doesn't remember Tim trying out for football, it's how he discovers that Tim is Robin.
Riches to Rags: His poor choices cause him to go from rich enough to be neighbor to Bruce Wayne to living in an apartment in the city. He is so depressed by this he spends months holed up in his room refusing to communicate with anyone while considering following his deceased wife into the afterlife while his current one worries about him. It implies Janet was the one to deal with finances and investments while she was alive.
So Proud of You: Says so to Tim right before his death.
Suspiciously Specific Denial: In a scene where Jack is angry at Tim and expressing extreme disappointment, Tim quips, "It's okay Dana. If you're here he won't kill me." Jack rants about never laying a hand on Tim, and Tim is quick to say it's a joke.
When You Coming Home, Dad?: Before being captured by Obeah Jack and Janet were busy running an international business and traveling to archaeological digs allowing Tim to train and become Robin without their knowledge.
Where Did We Go Wrong?: Has this reaction to realizing his son is not who he thought he was is to struggle to realize where it stems from. Jack eventually does come around and accept Tim for who he is.

Janet Lynn Drake

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created by: Marv Wolfman · Pat Broderick

first appearance: 1989, Batman #436

"This is Tim's first time at a circus, and we were wondering if you'd let us take your photo with him?"

Tim's mother and co-founder of Drake Industries. In contrast to Jack she actually does make sure to spend quality time with her son when she's home and plans family outings which stop after her murder, but she's still very distant and it's clear she gets antsy when she's home and not busy doing something challenging.

Adventurer Archaeologist: A hobby she shared with her husband. It seems that most of her time when she wasn't busy running Drake Industries was spent on archaeological digs in South America and it's implied that's how she met her much older husband.
Age-Gap Romance: Janet married Jack in her early twenties/late teens and Jack was at least ten years older than her. His attraction to younger women and tendency towards violent outbursts (generally destroying objects while screaming threateningly at people) seem to be why their marriage was failing.
All Women Love Shoes: Janet presents an amusing aversion as she wears practical hiking boots at all times regardless of the formality of the rest of her outfit unless an event's dress code doesn't allow it, in which case she wears whatever is closest to hiking boots that she can get away with.
Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears: When the Graysons fell during their performance she tried to cover Tim's eyes, but since Jack (who wasn't paying any attention to his son) was in between her and Tim she couldn't reach him in time to prevent him from seeing their deaths. She also suggested they leave or Jack (who still wasn't paying attention to his son) at least hand her Tim in the ensuing chaos.
Hands-Off Parenting: She loved her son and tried to provide for him but he often didn't even know what country she was in.
Happy Marriage Charade: Her marriage to Jack was on it's last legs when she was murdered and the trip they were on when she was killed was their last attempt to patch things up, with them deciding to get a divorce if they weren't able to do so. Despite this they put up a front as a happy couple and the media and the rest of Gotham high society were unaware that their marriage had failed.
Killed Off for Real: Poisoned by Obeah Man after being held hostage for a ransom, then came back briefly as a horrifying zombie mockery of herself in Blackest Night only to be killed once more.
Missing Mom: She didn't spend that much time at home even before being killed.
Only Sane Woman: She was the brains behind Drake Industries' finances and after her death Jack bankrupts the company within a year.
When You Coming Home, Dad?: Before being captured by Obeah Jack and Janet were busy running an international business and traveling to archaeological digs allowing Tim to train and become Robin without their knowledge.

Dana Winters-Drake

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created by: Chuck Dixon · Phil Jimenez

first appearance: 1994, Robin Vol 4 #12

Dana: He's pretty much clueless at the whole "parenting" thing. He doesn't like punishing you but doesn't want to go easy on you either.

Tim: Well, I just wish somebody would listen to my side, Ariana's uncle Vari tried to kill me.

Jack Drake's noticeably younger physiotherapist who ends up marrying him and becoming Tim's stepmother. She balances out Jack's strong emotions and is good at listening to Tim and trying to help smooth things between the father and son.

Adoptive Peer Parent: Dana is Dick Grayson's age and after her disappearance Dick would actually become Tim's brother. While Tim does not bring up being uncomfortable with the relationship to Dana or Jack he does express a bit of disbelief to Dick when Dana and Jack start dating as Jack is more than twice Dana's age.
Age-Gap Romance: Jack is more than twice Dana's age, and Dana's closeness to Tim's own age makes Tim a bit uncomfortable about his father's taste in women.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: What happened to her in and after the destruction of Bludhaven has never been addressed.
Depending on the Artist: Does Dana have brown hair or blonde? Maybe she dyes it.
Florence Nightingale Effect: Fell in love with her patient Jack Drake.
Happily Married: She is much closer with Jack Drake than his previous wife.
Missing Mom: Fabian Nicieza says she survived the crisis in Bludhaven but she hasn't been seen since.
Put on a Bus: When Jack was Killed Off for Real in Identity Crisis, Dana had a nervous breakdown and was shipped off to a sanitarium in Bludhaven, a city that would soon be completely destroyed in Infinite Crisis.
Reasonable Authority Figure: She holds a position as decisionmaker in the Drake household and makes fair judgments.
Women Are Wiser: She is much better at talking to Tim and getting the truth of the situation rather than responding to assumptions and getting furious in knee jerk reactions like Jack. She also deals with all the paperwork after Jack has to declare bankruptcy since Jack holes himself up in his room to stew in his depression and refuses to come out.

Eddie Drake

Eddie Drake (Richard Beren)

created by: Bill Willingham · Pop Mhan

first appearance: 2005, Robin Vol 4 #136

Tim's uncle he goes to live with in Bludhaven after his father is killed and his stepmother has a breakdown and is housed in a hospital there. He is a complete fabrication Tim invented to keep from becoming a ward of the state after his father's death and Dana's mental breakdown. He then hired an actor named Richard Beren who'd been having trouble finding work to play the part. Mr. Beren unfortunately ends up being one of the people Tim loses when Bludhaven is destroyed.

Chew-Out Fake-Out: After losing nearly all of his biological family Tim sets up an actor to pretend to be his fake uncle so that he doesn't have to go into the foster care system. Batman, being Batman, naturally finds out, and Robin assumes he's about to be reamed out for going behind Bruce's back... but all Bruce can say is that he's so proud of Tim for taking the initiative, and gives him some tips on how to make the deception foolproof.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: It is implied he died in the destruction of Bludhaven but if his body was ever found the reader was not informed of it.
Paid-for Family: After Jack died Bruce offered to adopt Tim, only for a Jack's will to state his previously unheard of brother was Tim's godfather. It quickly turns out that this was all orchestrated by Tim, who paid an actor to act as his uncle so he could keep his freedom and because of his anger towards Bruce regarding the situation around Stephanie's death and final moments.

Mrs. Mc Ilvaine

Mrs. McIlvaine

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1993, Robin Vol 3 #3

The Drake's Irish housekeeper who takes care of both the house and its occupants.

In-Series Nickname: Mrs. Mac.
Last-Name Basis: Her first name is unknown.
Put on a Bus: Left the Drake's employ and went back to Ireland at the end of Chuck Dixon's run.

Love Interests

Ariana Dzerchenko

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Arguing with Ives

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1992, Robin Vol 3 #1

An immigrant from communist Ukraine she is very grateful for the freedom of expression allowed in America and hopes to become a fashion designer. She first met Tim when they were thirteen and he stumbled into the Russian mob beating her father. Eventually she becomes Tim’s first girlfriend though they have a flawed relationship where he is always trying to protect her and the relationship really only progresses in response to danger. They both end up cheating on each other even though they do care for one another and they drift apart over time due to their lack of communication and moves and school transfers for both of them.

Betty and Veronica: She's the Betty to Stephanie's Veronica while she and Tim are dating after Tim meets Steph on the rooftops.
Chastity Couple: Tim thinks they're too young to be taking that step in their relationship when Ariana comes on to him and she ends up agreeing with him and finally telling him about the Attempted Rape she'd been hiding from him.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Despite being his first girlfriend, Ariana was never mentioned again in later issues.
Clingy Jealous Girl: At times. Not that it was her fault though, she was just a normal teenage girl who unfortunately had to be dating a guy with a secret identity.
Depending on the Artist: Blue or Brown eyes.
First Love: She was Tim's.
High-School Sweethearts: She and Tim dated in High School.
The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: Tim canceling dates and lying to her does not help their relationship.
Official Couple: She and Tim dated for a long chunk of the series.
Parents Walk In at the Worst Time: Her uncle walks in shortly after she and Tim decided not to have sex after she put on lingerie and tried to seduce him. He tries to attack Tim in retaliation for taking advantage and Ariana ends up being transferred to an all girls school over the incident.
Romantic Runner-Up: To Stephanie in the end, though she and Tim have both decided to end the relationship by that point and Ariana ends up being the one to break up with him.
Snark-to-Snark Combat: With Ives.
Sympathetic Adulterer: Ariana cheats on Tim several times, but their relationship is fairly bad with Tim constantly blowing her off to go do superhero stuff without ever telling her his secret and him spending most nights running around Gotham with a girl he's got a crush on, though he never cheats on her in turn and doesn't admit his feelings to Steph until he and Ari have already broken up.

Stephanie Brown

Stephanie Brown (Spoiler/Robin IV/Batgirl III)

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Steph as Batgirl

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1992, Detective Comics #647

Tim: Steph… do you think you'll still love me if I'm just some kid?
Steph: Duh! How can you ask that? I'm not Batman. My feelings about you aren't based on the Robin suit.

Tim's longest running Love Interest throughout his solo Robin series, Red Robin and into the present day. Stephanie smacked Robin in the face with a brick at their first meeting while she was working as Spoiler to foil her father's criminal plans. As Spoiler and Robin they often fought together and it was something he looked forward to. Over time Tim found that he could not get her out of his mind, even when he was on dates with his girlfriend Ariana which was a part of the many reasons that relationship fell apart.

Shortly after Stephanie and Robin started dating she realized she was pregnant from her previous relationship and Tim supported her through the pregnancy despite being forbidden from revealing his secret identity to her. Her death in "War Games" came at a time when Tim was suffering many devastating loses. After her return from Faking the Dead she betrays Tim on Bruce's orders and he doesn't take it very well. He eventually demands that she stop wearing the Spoiler costume and give up crimefighting because he is worried about the danger her apparent ineptitude puts her in and, as he says, "I still love you Steph". When they later meet after she has taken up the Batgirl mantle he is initially disappointed she hasn’t left the costumed crimefighting life but he ends up realizing that she has greatly improved her fighting abilities and reaction time, and finds that he is still attracted to her. While he's technically dating Tam.

See Batgirl or Batgirl (2009) for more on her.

Dava Sborsc

created by:Chuck Dixon · Staz Johnson

first appearance: 1998, Robin Vol 4 #49

"What do you know of this? You were not born here. You cannot understand. You come here and see just a glimpse of our pain and then judge us."

A martial artist and revolutionary from the small fictional country of Transbelvia whom Tim meets the second time he goes to Paris for training as they are both studying under the same master.

Badass Longcoat: Her outfit as a revolutionary comes with a black long coat.
Fiery Redhead: Dava has red hair and can get pretty temperamental.
Psycho Serum: Aramilla may grant the user temporary super-speed but it wrecks their ability to tell right from wrong and gives them a rush that makes whatever brutality they might be participating in seem fun, Dava doesn't have much problem with it since she'd already decided how far she was willing to go.
The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: She is a-okay with pulling underhanded and vile tricks in order to kill the leaders and soldiers of the oppressive mass killing regime running her country.
Secret Art: She travels the world learning the quickest take downs from different exclusive martial arts schools, which attracts Shiva's attention.
Sleight of Tongue: When surrounded by Tvorakovich's heavily armed men Dava grabs Tim and plants a kiss on him to share the Aramilla she has just sneakily taken.
Super Serum: She takes a spice called Aramilla which gives her temporary superspeed but also dulls the users sense of morality.

Zoanne Wilkins

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Created by: Adam Beechen · Freddie E. Williams II

first appearance: 2006, Robin Vol 4 #150

Tim: Bruce, ordinarily I'd say sure sounds like a blast, and if it was truly a huge deal of course I'd be there.. but we both know this is probably two-punches-and-out, and I'm on a date, an I think I really like her, so would you mind a whole lot if I...
Batman: Of course. Have fun. I'll take care of it.
shortly thereafter:
Batman gets punched through the skylight at the restaurant Tim & Zo are at

A classmate who tutored Tim after Stephanie's "death" and Tim's transfer to another school, they eventually started dating but Tim developed conflicting feeling after Steph returned to Gotham.

Better as Friends: She and Tim become more relaxed together after they break up.
Girl Next Door: A change from his previous relationship with a masked crimefighter.
Girl of the Week: They were not in a relationship for long though she remained his friend after and was one of those concerned when he seemingly went missing when he was too busy with his costumed life to spend time as Tim Drake and then left the country to search for Bruce.
It's Not You, It's Me: When he breaks up with her over the phone.
Love Triangle: Once Stephanie returns Tim is very aware that he is still in love with her but he is already dating and likes Zo.
The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: When he breaks up with her he's not even sure she'll be that upset because he hasn't been able to make time for her and is constantly canceling their plans together.
Official Couple: She and Tim dated.

Tamara Fox

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Tam does not like having to deal with assassins

created by: Marv Wolfman · George Pérez

first appearance: 1986, Crisis on Infinite Earths #11

Tim: Umm... would you want to — I mean, go on date?
Tam: I don't know... a high school dropout like you with a wordly college gal like me...?

She is at least four years older than Tim working for her father Lucius Fox when he sent her to track Tim down in an attempt to protect Wayne Industries from Hush while Bruce was presumed dead. Feelings start to develop between them after she learns of his Red Robin identity and they survive some attacks by assassins though she is very apprehensive about any further involvement with that part of Tim's life.

Accidental Proposal: Was forced to lie to Vicki Vale that she and Tim were engaged to escape a sticky situation. The media blew the story out of proportion the next day.
Bad Liar: Tim notes on several occasions that Tam tends to make it really obvious when she's hiding something. This eventually does in their burgeoning relationship when he lets her think her dad was killed when Lucius' death was actually faked.
Bodyguard Crush: With Tim as the bodyguard.
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: One of several reasons their relationship fell apart.
Official Couple: She and Tim briefly dated.
Rescue Romance: Their romantic interest in each other started after Tam kissed Tim following his rescue of her.
Romantic Fake–Real Turn: They weren't really dating until sometime after they started to pretend to for the press, they then continued dating for a time after making it clear they were not actually engaged.
Secret-Keeper: Was one of the few civilians who knows about Tim's identity as Red Robin.

Bernard Dowd

created by: Bill Willingham

first appearance: 2004, Robin Vol 4 #121

"Everyone knows the Batman owns a bunch of secret orphanages all over the world — where he gets his Robins from."

Met Tim when they were Highschool Juniors as a fellow student at Louis E. Grieve Memorial Highschool and became a friend while they were at school together. He and Tim eventually developed a mutual crush and went out on a date.

Conspiracy Theorist: Has a number of conspiracies, such as the one that Batman owns a series of orphanages that he selects new Robins out of when their predecessors die.
Dating What Daddy Hates: Bernard's parents have never liked Tim, for reasons unclear.
Distressed Dude: Despite training to fight Bernard has been abducted and tied up needing Tim to rescue him twice.
I Just Want to Be Special: When Darla came to him for directions to Tim, he asked if she could give him powers too, and failing that, if he could be her manager.
Locked Out of the Loop: Unaware of Tim's time as Robin.
Long Bus Trip: Bernard didn't make a single appearance between 2005 and 2021.
Love Triangle: He has a crush on Darla Aquista but when he gets a chance to talk to her the first thing she asks him is if Tim is seeing anyone. Ironically, it's Bernard who ends up dating Tim.
Promoted to Love Interest: In Batman: Urban Legends, he becomes Tim's first male love interest.
Understanding Boyfriend: Even if he doesn't know the specifics, he knows there's things Tim hasn't told him, and while he hopes Tim will tell him one day, Bernard tells Tim it's fine even if he doesn't find out.

Batman Family

Bruce Wayne

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

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created by: Bill Finger · Bob Kane

first appearance: 1939, Detective Comics #27

Dick saw being Robin as a thrill, it's probably why he outgrew it. Jason saw being Robin as a game. It's probably what got him killed. But... Tim... I have to hand it to the boy... He want's to be the world's greatest detective. And from what I've seen so far... he will be someday.

Tim's mentor, partner and adoptive father. While Bruce rejected Tim and Tim's conclusions about his needing a Robin at first he grew to trust him (as much as Batman trusts anyone) though Tim has not appreciated some of his tests of Tim and his abilities.

See Batman (The Character)

Dick Grayson

Dick Grayson (Robin I/Nightwing)

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created by: Bill Finger · Bob Kane · Jerry Robinson

first appearance: 1940, Detective Comics #38

Tim... You've got nothing to apologize for. Nothing. I let you make the choice for yourself because I knew you'd make the right one.

Tim was at the circus the night Dick's parents fell and seeing their murders and realizing what it meant for Dick impacted him greatly. He followed the story of Dick being taken in by Bruce Wayne and looked up to him as Robin. Dick was the member of the Batfamily Tim approached when he realized Batman needed help in the wake of Jason's death and they became as close as brothers before Tim was adopted by Bruce.

See Nightwing: Dick Grayson

Cassandra Cain

Cassandra Cain (Batgirl II/Blackbat)

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created by: Kelley Puckett · Damion Scott

first appearance: 1999, Batman #567

Robin: I've, uh…been avoiding you. It's…your background. The assassin training and all that.
Batgirl: Oh. Yeah.
Robin: It's just…my childhood's so normal. I mean, Batman and Nightwing had some rough stuff to deal with growing up, but…but, you–you were raised to be that guy down there, and you turned yourself into one of us. That's…pretty intimidating. But I shouldn't let it affect the way I treat you…and I apologize. Friends?
Batgirl: Friends.

Like a sister to him long before the adoption made it official, she is the biological daughter of Lady Shiva and David Cain.

See Batgirl or Batgirl (2000)

Jason Todd

Jason Peter Todd (Robin II/Red Hood)

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created by: Gerry Conway · Don Newton

first appearance: 1983, Batman #357

I will admit. He is good. and he has friends. Real friends. I wonder... if I had friends like those... if I had been a Titan since the beginning... would my life have turned out differently? Would I have been a better Robin? Would I have been a better person?

The previous holder of the Robin title whose death sent Bruce into the downward spiral that caused Tim to approach the family in the first place. A great deal of Tim's tenure as Robin was shaped by the weight of Jason's death. When Jason came back he was furious at Bruce for replacing him and took it out on Tim. Jason seems to be warming up to having Tim as a little brother around the time of Bruce's death but after Tim breaks him out to view the video will section Bruce left for Jason it proves to have been so much the wrong thing to say to a person that it drives Jason to be even more angry than he was to begin with. They clash during the Battle for the Cowl and even though Tim had been winning in their fight once Jason is able to draw him into his lair his prep time allows him to nearly kill Tim, causing him to fall into a pit full of spikes, stabbing him in the chest and then blowing up the lair.

See Batman: Jason Todd

Damian Wayne

Damian Wayne (Robin V)

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created by: Grant Morrison · Andy Kubert

first appearance: 2006, Batman #655

Because you don't deserve any of this. You're adopted. But when you're gone I'll take my rightful place at my father's side... as Batman's SON!

Tim's little brother. He is Bruce's biological son with Talia and is incredibly jealous of Tim's position as Robin so attempts to kill him in order to replace him. While the two of them are never able to really get along Damian does eventually get trying to kill him out of his system and Tim usually holds back when Damian attacks him.

See Robin: Damian Wayne

Alfred Pennyworth

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created by: Bob Kane · Jerry Robinson

first appearance: 1943, Batman #16

Bruce: That's just going to take time to–
Alfred: Oh, he was sad, certainly–but also more than that. He's changed considerably over these past horrible days. When he first came to us, I dared entertain hopes that you might, through proximity, become more like him. Brighter and more optimistic. But I'm afraid exactly the opposite has happened. I’m afraid he's become more like you.

One of the very few people Tim trusts implicitly.

See Batman: Bat-Family

Helena Bertinelli

Helena Bertinelli (Huntress/Batgirl II)

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created by: Joey Cavalieri · Joe Staton

first appearance: 1989, Huntress #1

Huntress: He'll come hunting for me.
Robin: For a teacher you catch on fast.
Huntress: Brat. So why do you hang out with me?
Robin: I'm not sure. Maybe it's got something to do with faith.

Tim respects Huntress as a fellow vigilante and his ability to make friends enables them to work together and have a rapport and level of trust even though Bruce does not approve of her methods. Tim ends up as Huntress's link to the rest of the Batfamily after her rocky relationship with Dick. Once when she was drugged her subconscious shows that she wants Tim to see her as an older sister figure.

See Batman: Supporting Cast or Huntress

Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon (Batgirl I/Oracle)

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created by: Gardner Fox · Carmine Infantino

first appearance: 1967, Detective Comics #359

Oracle: Hey Robin. Listen, are you still sane?
Robin: Huh?
Oracle: Good answer. Simple, appropriately confused- I deem you rational, and I need you to check up on something for me. Sanity seems to be in short supply tonight…

—Batman: Gotham Knights #30

Barbara and Tim have a good working relationship being the two computer geeks of the Batfamily. Babs has mentored Tim and had Tim help her reconfigure and rebuild her computer systems in the clocktower. Barbara also remains one of the very few people Tim trusts, and while he's far less likely to let her in on his personal secrets than he is to tell Alfred he has still asked her for personal advice on things he's not shared with many.

See Oracle

Selina Kyle

Selina Kyle (Catwoman)

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created by: Bill Finger · Bob Kane

first appearance: 1940, Batman #1

Robin: But that doesn't matter. Every minute those animals hold this block brings these people closer to dying. I'm not going to sit by while that happens.
Catwoman: I always wondered why Batman took on a partner.
Robin: I can put in a good word for you with him after this.
Catwoman: Don’t you dare. I've got my reputation to think of.

She and Tim worked together several times when he was Robin, usually when he needed help. He helped Bruce fake the death of her and her daughter ^note whose father was Slam Bradley Jr. in an attempt to protect Helena from Selina's enemies and Selina trusts him with her daughter, he played with her while Selina asked Bruce to help get her adopted in a way that would prevent anyone from tracing Helena back to Selina.

See Batman: Supporting Cast or Catwoman

Harold Allnut

Batman's mute in house mechanic and repairman. Tim is one of the few characters to bother remembering Harold after Harold's murder and Bruce's refusal to speak of him or give him a memorial in the cave or otherwise recognizing everything Harold did for them is one of the points of contention which leads to Tim having a much harder time trusting Bruce.

See Batman: Supporting Cast

Darcy Thomas

Darcy Thomas (Sparrow)

created by: Meghan Fitzmartin · Eddy Barrows

first appearance: 2021, Future State: Robin Eternal #1

One of the members of We Are Robin, after Tim moved into his houseboat on the marina, she helped him move in and Tim began to mentor her.

Affirmative-Action Legacy: The Sparrow alias was previously used by the white male Batman ally Ambrose Weems in the Earth-One continuity.
Animal-Themed Superbeing: Takes the alias "Sparrow", a bird name to go with Tim's Robin.
Civvie Spandex: Her first crime fighting outfit is literally just her wearing a domino mask.
Handicapped Badass: Darcy is hard of hearing, and wears a hearing aid, but she's still fighting crime.
Leg Focus: Darcy is pretty much always in very short shorts, which show off the large floral tattoo she's got up her left leg. She even wears shorts as Sparrow, despite her tattoo making it unlikely she'd be able to maintain her secret identity if she ran into anyone she's ever met before.
Remember the New Guy?: Wasn't part of the original We Are Robin characters, she was introduced in Future State as a former member and friend of Tim's, and got backported into the normal timeline.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's Robin's sidekick, filling the role Stephanie used to now that Stephanie has been Batgirl and has to much experience to be playing second fiddle to Tim.

Friends and classmates

Sebastian Ives

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created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1991, Robin Vol 2 #1

Ives: Well, I suppose the truly momentous decisions must fall to the most brilliant minds of each generation. Therefore, I say we go to China Town to look for weird candy.
Tim: As you say wise one.

One of Tim's oldest friends, and his closest outside of the superhero community. They've attended several of the same schools.

Badly Battered Babysitter: Ives gets so badly bruised after taking a job as a mascot at a Suck E. Cheese's that Tim thinks he's being abused, it turns out the injuries are from the kids and his lack of mobility in his Goofy Suit.
Best Friend: Outside of the caped community, and prior to becoming part of it, Tim's best friend is Ives. Ives isn't aware of what exactly is taking up so much of Tim's time, and really doesn't want to know which indicates he has an idea, but is willing to ruin his other friendships sticking up for Tim and is very casual about forgiving Tim for forgetting his birthday, since he knows Tim doesn't even tend to remember his own.
Blatant Lies: When he tells Zoanne that Stephanie is just and old friend to Tim.
The Bus Came Back: While Ariana, Hudson and Callie Evans have not reappeared since Ariana moved and Tim changed schools Ives has. Tim even tracked him down to visit after he returned from his trip to find Bruce when Tim cut everyone out of his life.
Deadpan Snarker:
"Yeah I turned the big one six! Loved the card you sent be the way."
Don't You Dare Pity Me!: The reason he trys to keep his cancer a secret, he's actually embarassed about it though he knows that is ridiculous. It's kind of hard to keep such a thing secret when your best friend is Tim Drake though.
Fanon Discontinuity: He is not a fan of the extended universe, it gets in the way of his headcanon:
Ives: Lando Calrissian kept the millennium falcon.
Hudson: In the book Han and Chewbacca—
Ives: Don't talk to me about the books. The books don't count.
Goofy Suit: When Ives is working as the mascot at a Suck E. Cheese's.
Jewish and Nerdy: He is a socially awkward but intelligent Jewish boy.
Last-Name Basis: Goes by Ives.
The Leader: While Ives points out that he does not have the temperament to lead a group facing against anything dangerous (though he does make the right call about leaving a dangerous situation and reporting to authorities several times as he gets older and more mature) it is clear that without him the friend group of Callie, Hudson, Hudman and Tim would not work and that he's the one that introduced everyone and leads their friend group. He takes charge with mediating fights, though he's not level headed enough that this doesn't sometimes exacerbate them. When he switches schools he keeps in touch with the others and its clear he's the only one the rest are still keeping up with.
Locked Out of the Loop: Despite being one of Tim's oldest friends, he doesn't know anything about Tim's secret identity as Robin, nor does he care what it is Tim is hiding from him.
Lovable Nerd: A defining trait of his. One of the first times he and Tim hang out outside of school they play the DC Universe equivalent of Dungeons & Dragons.
Massive Numbered Siblings: While it is unclear how many actual siblings Ives has outside of an older sister he has this dynamic with his many cousins and sometimes would rather escape to hang out with friends.
Muggle Best Friend: While Tim does not have any powers he is a costumed hero who has a whole second life working with superheroes, Ives is purely a civilian with no involvement in the superhero business.
Nerd Glasses: The glasses he has when he is younger are not particularly flattering.
Nerds Love Tough Schoolwork: With his return to public school Ives is mildly entertained by how much easier schoolwork is at public school in comparison to homeschooling but definitely doesn't consider it an improvement and thinks making things so easy is a disservice to his schoolmates even if they're having trouble with the current curriculum.
Nice Jewish Boy: Tim knowing that Ives is Jewish is his first clue that something is up when he comes across Ives at a Catholic Church, he was there for a support group meeting regarding his cancer.
The Nicknamer: Calls Hudson & Hudman Hudster and has a couple of names for Tim, generally only when he's annoyed with him though.
The Pollyanna: Downplayed but he's not that worked up about having cancer saying he's got the kind you'd want if you had to get it.
Prematurely Bald: Due to his cancer and its treatments.
Smart People Wear Glasses: He is a glasses wearer that does really well on tests and knows a fair amount of trivia.
Snark-to-Snark Combat: With Tim, especially when he's irritated with him. Also with Ariana with whom he regularly but amicably disagrees.
Sudden Name Change: Tim introduces him to Zoanne as Martin Ives. Maybe it's a middle name? Ives certainly doesn't go by his first name.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Such a complaint gets him accused of being "the only middle-aged High School student in the world" by Ariana which he takes in stride.
Undying Loyalty: Has repeatedly covered for Tim without being asked to and without knowing what Tim's actually up to or seeming to care that Tim is keeping him out of the loop. He does get a bit snarky after Tim tries to cut him out of his life but he's like that anyway.
Will They or Won't They?: With Callie Evans. They won't, by the time he'd worked up the nerve to ask her outright whatever crush she'd had on him had faded and she'd become too accustomed to his being her friend to want to change that dynamic.

Callie Evans

created by: Chuck Dixon · Aaron Lopresti

first appearance: 1995, Robin Vol 4 #23

Who even believes in the Batman and Robin? It's tabloid junk.

A close friend to Ives and Hudson she is one of Tim's classmates and friends at Gotham Heights. Callie is a jittery outspoken tomboy who loves basketball.

The Big Guy: In Tim's group of civilian friends Callie Evans is the one the others turn to for protection if they think they are going into a situation where they might be attacked. At least two of her basketball teammates feel the same way, asking her assistance when confronting a football player that tried to rape a classmate.
The Bus Came Back: For a single appearance with Ives, before she disappeared from the series forever.
Character Tics: Callie likes to keep her hands busy often playing with a yo-yo or when she can bouncing a basketball while hanging out and talking with her friends.
Deadpan Snarker: For instance when Tim zones out during lunch:
Tim: uh... I guess I was thinking about something.
Callie: Quantum physics from the look of it, Drake.
Good-Looking Privates: She likes the way boys look in Brentwood uniforms:
Ives: Why do you know so much about it Callie?
Callie: Those guys are kinda cute in those blazers.
Iconic Item: Her round rimless glasses which she keeps throughout all of her appearances.
The Lad-ette: Callie was very obviously shaping into a Lad-ette the last two times she was seen, being slightly crude while wolfishly telling her guy friends what outfits look hot on guys, sitting in a stereotypically boyish stance with an arm slung across the back of the bench, loving basketball, chopping her bob-cut into a pixie and ditching her feminine sweaters and v-necks for t-shirts and leather jackets.
Locked Out of the Loop: Like all of Tim's friends outside the superhero community she is unaware that he is Robin.
Lovable Nerd: Part of the reason she gets along with Ives so well though she's less nerdy than he is.
The Makeover: Shortly before Tim's father transferred him to Brentwood Callie cut her light brown hair into a pixie cut, dyed it orange and pierced her nose all of which combined with the way she slowly stopped slouching so much all the time helped to make her look more outgoing and confident.
One of the Boys / Tomboy: She loves basketball and doesn't dress very femininely, in a sharp contrast to Ariana the girl she is most often seen around. Her friends note that sometimes they forget she's a girl.
Oral Fixation: She is often chewing bubble gum and blowing bubbles outside of school.
Rebel Relaxation: When Tim first started hanging out with Callie and Ives she was constantly slouching weather she was sitting, leaning on something or just standing or walking.
Will They or Won't They?: With Ives. They won't, by the time he'd worked up the nerve to ask her outright whatever crush she'd had on him had faded and she'd become too accustomed to his being her friend to want to change that dynamic.

Kevin Hudman

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created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1991, Robin Vol 2 #1

A friend of Ives and Tim from Gotham Heights who was apparently subsumed into Hudson under later writers who seemed to forget they were separate characters.

'90s Hair: His flat-top fade.
Black and Nerdy: An African American movie buff, good student, and roleplayer.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He disappeared without a trace or mention after Callie was introduced.
Closer to Earth: Not so much in relation to Tim who is often on the same page but he's usually the one breaking up arguments between Hudson and Ives. For instance when Hudson reveals he stole his father's gun Hudman knows better than to start fighting with him while he's holding it like Ives did^note. At another point when Hudson is feeling like Tim's frequent cancellations on them mean he doesn't think they're cool enough Kevin easily calms the situation down as the voice of reason before Ives' defense of his friend can get Hudson's hackles up.
The Dividual: While Kevin and Hudson are very contrasted in terms of appearance and personality they are pretty much always joined at the hip, even when fighting and Ives gives them a joint nickname of "Hudster", which is how they're often introduced to people. This worked against Kevin when later writers attributed "Hudster" to Hudson and seemed to forget Hudman was a character at all.
Height Angst: Incredibly understated but Hudman has a tendency to do things like stand on a higher stair, or sit in a taller chair around Ives who is at least a foot taller than him.
Odd Couple: Kevin is the most serious, logically minded and academically gifted of Tim's friends, and is always with Hudson who is the most impulsive, emotionally driven, hot headed and least focused on his studies of Tim's friends.
Serious Business: He is highly affronted by Tim's dislike of a violent buddy cop series, and when upon realizing Tim hasn't seen all the installations starts to go into great detail about why Tim is wrong. He's only (barely) distracted by the startling revelation that Hudson has stolen a gun.
Sharp-Dressed Man: Hudman is always the best dressed of his friends, and usually appears to be one of the best dressed on campus. He tends to make sure his shoe color matches something else he's wearing and likes to wear pops of vibrant colors like yellow in addition to meticulously maintaining his fade.

"Hudster" Hudson

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created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1991, Robin Vol 2 #1

Tim's most impulsive and emotionally driven friend from Gotham Heights. Hudson was friends with Hudman and Ives prior to meeting Tim but seems to be the member least integrated into their friend group.

Ambiguously Brown: Hudson is consistently colored darker than Ives or Callie and lighter than Hudman but his ethnic background is never addressed.
The Dividual: While Kevin and Hudson are essentially opposites they are pretty much always joined at the hip and Ives gives them a joint nickname of "Hudster", which is how they're often introduced or referred to. This worked against Kevin when later writers attributed "Hudster" to Hudson and seemed to forget Hudman was a character at all.
Hot-Blooded: Hudson is a rather brash intense fellow. He reacts quickly and without considering things which has lead to quite a few fights with Ives and has endangered him and his friends on several occasions.
Odd Couple: Kevin is the most serious, logically minded and academically gifted of Tim's friends, and is always with Hudson who is the most impulsive, emotionally driven, hot headed and least focused on his studies of Tim's friends.
Only One Name: It's not even clear if Hudson is his family or personal name, but it's the only name he's given other than Ives' nickname Hudster which generally refers to Hudson and Hudman.

Karl Ranck

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1991, Robin Vol 2 #1

Karl: I don't get you, Drake. You seem like a cool guy, but you hang out with these…geekoids. You should be with a different crowd.
Tim: I like to have friends, not a crowd.

A classmate of Tim's at Gotham Heights High School. When he brings a gun to school, Tim tries to deal with it without getting any authorities involved and later deeply regrets the way he went about it.

Axes at School: He brings a gun to school to defend himself against the high number of gang members there. It doesn't work out for him.
Jerk Jock: Tim privately thinks of him as "Varsity Jerk".
Killed Off for Real: Shot by a fellow student.

Philmont Denlinger

created by: Chuck Dixon · Staz Johnson

first appearance: 1998, Robin Vol 4 #56

Okay... I won't run...

A classmate of Tim's at Gotham Heights High School, he's friends with Ives and friendly with Tim though they never get to know each other very well.

Bully Brutality: He is beaten by bullies for a while and is then murdered by a pair of them.
Extreme Doormat: He never stands up for himself when he's being bullied and goes off with Meachum and "Stanz" on his own without argument even though he knows that at best they're going to rough him up.
Killed Off for Real: Murdered by Mark Meachum and Josh Stanzland.
Redheads Are Uncool: Readhead with freckles who gets relentlessly bullied.
Shrinking Violet: Quiet and tries not to draw attention to himself, his last known words were telling bullies he knew were going to hurt him that he wouldn't run.
Teens Are Monsters: He is murdered by his high school classmates.
Tragic One-Shot Character: First appears in Robin #56, dies in Robin #59 and Tim very much blames himself for Phil's death since he and Ives were the last people Phil spoke to and Tim held himself back from getting in between Phill and the two who murdered him in order to protect his secret identity. He was already feeling awful about it when he thought they had just called Phill away to bully him so he was horrified to learn that Phil had been murdered.

Ali Ben Khadir

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created by: Chuck Dixon · Staz Johnson

first appearance: 1997, Robin Vol 4 #44

I'm sorry they roomed you with an underclassman.

Tim's first roomate at Brentwood who so happens to be the Rhafi (leader) of Dhabar. Formerly became friends with The General before realizing the other child was a villain who wished to use his position as his friend to start a war.

Assassination Attempt: Someone decides that the best way to kill him would be to send a demon to do it. The demon kills his bodyguard and trashes the room but Ali is able to turn it on the one who sent it.
Broken Pedestal: When he learns the reason he has a magic charm capable of stopping Arrakhat is because his father used to summon the demon.
A Child Shall Lead Them: He has inherited the position as leader of his country.
Protective Charm / Magical Accessory: He wears a charm around his neck that he received from his father which he rightly considers his best bet against Arrakhat who was summoned to kill him and has to kill five people (no more, no less) before returning to the pit.
Qurac: His small fictional country of Dhabar is one, though it is a much more pleasant place than the trope namer which it actually neighbors and is regularly at war with.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Does his best to avoid war regardless of what he is advised as he knows it's not good for his people to be constantly having to fight in one.

Star

created by: Chuck Dixon · Pete Woods

first appearance: 2000, Robin Vol 4 #75

My name's Star. I can show you how, but you look like you bruise easy.

A skater girl who lives near Brentwood Academy and teaches Tim some skateboarding tricks since Tim hasn't used a board for much of anything but transportation and had never been in a half-pipe before.

Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: She got shot when trying to convince her boyfriend to walk away from a drug deal (he died in the confrontation) and is never seen again after being released from the hospital.
Cool Big Sis: To her little brother Tito.
Delinquent Hair: She keeps it very short bleached white on top and dyed black underneath.
Hollywood Genetics: Her family has noticeable Filipino or Latino heritage and they've all got brown eyes while hers are grey or blue.
Only One Name: Only known as Star without a last name revealed.
Tattoo as Character Type: A small tribal tattoo on her arm and another wrapping around her waist are used as a visual shorthand to indicate she's a rebel.

Daniel Temple

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created by: Chuck Dixon · Pete Woods

first appearance: 2000, Robin Vol 4 #82

Tim: You sure you wouldn't rather spent spring break at home with your family Danny?
Daniel: Drake, as far as I'm concerned we couldn't be going far enough away from my home and family.

One of Tim's classmates and friends at Brentwood who turns out to fit the prophecy to be the rightful inheritor of the Kobra cult.

Cain and Abel: He claims to be the Abel to his brother's Cain.
A Child Shall Lead Them: He is brought in against his will to be the new leader of Kobra.
Conjoined Twins: The reason for his impressive scar is that is is left from being separated from his brother.
Every Scar Has a Story: His very prominent scar on his side and the tattoo on his foot are the things that tip Tim off that there's more to Danny than he's telling.
Powered Armor: Acquires a set after completing the ceremony to become the new leader of Kobra.
Scannable Man: He has a barcode tattoo on his foot.

Other supporting characters

Crystal Brown

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle · Scott Peterson · Dennis O'Neil · Scott Hanna

first appearance: 1992, Detective Comics #647

She is an ER nurse at West Mercy Hospital and mother of Tim's longest term love interest Stephanie Brown.

Boyish Short Hair: It's much less a hassle to care for that way.
Depending on the Artist: Is she a gaunt brunette who looks like she's in her late 50s, a plump brunette or a thin blonde?
Descent into Addiction: She became addicted to prescription pills long before the Tim met Stephanie due to her unhappy home life.
Labcoat of Science and Medicine: Once she deals with her addiction she is often seen wearing one even outside of work, indicating that she's about to leave for work or just got off.
Locked Out of the Loop / Secret Secret-Keeper: She's not completely unaware of her daughters crimefighting though Stephanie tries to keep her in the dark and especially about her time as Batgirl.
Parental Neglect: While she is suffering with her addiction prior to her recovery, she needs Stephanie to take care of her, but afterward, she does everything she can to be a better mother.
Secret-Keeper: She knows Stephanie is Spoiler and keeps her secret.
Smart People Wear Glasses: A nurse who wears glasses.
Sudden Name Change: Was named "Agnes" when she originally appeared in Detective Comics, but her name was later changed to "Crystal." According to Scott Beatty (who was the first to rename her), he had asked DC editors about the name of the mother but no one could remember, leading to an accidental name change that stuck.

Officer Harper

Jamie Billie Harper

created by: James Robinson · Leonard Kirk

first appearance: 2006, Detective Comics #817

"Whatever I'm doing is for the good of Gotham City!"

Formerly of the Metropolis Science Police she became a contact for Tim as a G.C.P.D. officer. She is the grand-niece of the original Golden Age Guardian, Jim Harper and second cousin to Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal, Roy Harper.

The Commissioner Gordon: Acts as this for Red Robin.
Fair Cop: She is quite good looking and reasonable about accepting and working with non-traditional police aid.
Friend on the Force: For Red Robin.
Heroic Lineage: Jim Harper was both a costumed hero and a policeman.
Interspecies Romance: She was dating "Mon-El" (Lar Gand) before he disappeared into the Phantom Zone and is pregnant with his child.

Sheriff Shotgun Smith

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Steve Smith

created by: Frank Robbins · Bob Brown

first appearance: 1972, Detective Comics #428

"What do you need and what do I get?"

Considered "the toughest cop in Gotham" before Harvey Bullock took that role Smith was kicked out of the G.C.P.D. on corruption charges when Gordon was the only person on the force to speak up in his defense. Smith returned to law enforcement as a county sheriff. He and his deputy Cissy Chambers did some work with Tim while Tim was Robin.

Alliterative Name: Sheriff Steven "Shotgun" Smith.
The Commissioner Gordon: For Robin Tim in the sheriff's department.
Cowboy Cop: Part of the reason no one but Gordon stood up for him when he was charged with corruption, another part would be that he was one of the few cops who wasn't in the mob's pockets.
Iconic Item: His strange hat with it upturned forward brim (which he seems to own in tan and blue).
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His reputation as a Cowboy Cop was not wholly unwarranted but he is also a loving father to his daughter and is willing to work with Tim to catch criminals and protect civilians and his deputies.
Red Baron: "Shotgun" Smith.
Shotguns Are Just Better: There's a reason he picked up that moniker.

Deputy Chambers

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"Cissy" Chambers

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Grummett

first appearance: 1995, Robin Vol 4 #15

"Sheriff's Department! Drop 'em and assume the position!"

A Gotham County Sheriff's Deputy who works alongside Shotgun Smith. They work well together and she balances out Smith's brashness.

Ambiguously Brown: Sometimes she looks like she is of Indian, or Hispanic, or African American decent but mostly it's all just unknown.
Deadpan Snarker: She often responds to Smith's brashness with sarcasm.
Fair Cop: She fits being both good looking and a good deputy.
Shotguns Are Just Better: While she is always shown carrying a revolver she tends to use a shotgun more, probably a side effect of being Shotgun Smith's deputy.

PI Jason Bard

Jason Bard

created by: Frank Robbins · Gil Kane

first appearance: 1969, Detective Comics #392

Just because you and Batman have a different definition of a nightlife is no reason to ruin mine!

A Private Investigator friend of Kirk Langstrom whom Tim approached when trying to find someone who had the serum the Langstroms had developed to turn themselves back into humans. Tim ends up asking him to investigate things in order to put more information into files to give to the police, especially Detective Harper. He finds the hours the Bats keep to be really annoying since it means they generally visit him at night when he’d prefer to be sleeping. He dated and was engaged to Barbara though Barbara called it off and Langstrom was once his partner at his Private Investigator business.

Abusive Parents: His father, who killed his mother. Before his history was retconned Jason learned criminology upon his return from Vietnam in order to bring his dad to justice.
Bad Guy Bar: He goes to Finnigan's to learn about corrupt cops, he's not entirely welcome there but they don't kick him out. It's a cop bar, but this is Gotham where most of the police are horribly corrupt.
Blind Mistake: When Robin sneaks into his office while Jason is temporarily blind he knows someone's in the room and pulls his gun on the door when asking for whoever is there to reveal themselves since he knows they're three. Tim's behind him having come through the window.
Cane Fu: He uses his cane as a weapon when opponents get to close for his gun to be practical. He prefers his gun though.
Career-Ending Injury: His knee injury either got him discharged from the army or post-retcon forced him to retire from the GCPD. He was able to build his private practice afterwards but is stuck using a cane for the rest of his life.
The Casanova: Very downplayed but he tends to find women to share his bed with in between committed relationships.
Great Detective: Batman and Tim Drake, one of whom is the worlds greatest detective and the other of whom is expected to surpass the former, hire him to look into things they don't have the time to be able to and eventually Batman hires him permanently to keep an eye on things during the day.
Handicapped Badass: He has to use a cane after his knee was injured and was temporarily blinded at the point in time where Tim asked for his help with Langstrom.
The Mole: When using the fake ID Reed Montel.
The Nicknamer: Calls Robin (Tim) Redbird.
Private Detective: He is a PI.
Temporary Blindness: He is suffering from this when Tim borrows the Langstroms' serum from him due to an encounter with a villain in Birds of Prey when he was trying to save Black Canary. He adapts to it fairly well before multiple surgeries and medical procedures restore his sight.
The Vietnam Vet: He fought and was injured in Vietnam before his history was altered to having been a GCPD officer who was shot by Killer Moth.

Ragman

Rory Regan

created by: Robert Kanigher · Joe Kubert

first appearance: 1991, Ragman Vol 2 #1

You keep talking ideology, Robin. The rest of us live in a very real world. In Gotham there are usually only choices between evil and lesser evil. While the gangs seek to protect what little is theirs, who is the real instigator of their violence? Who stands to gain the most by Ketchum's death and Dublin's arrest?

Current wearer of the Suit of Souls and a vigilante who protects a small section of Gotham when not dealing with larger magical threats he and Tim do not always agree on how things should be done but they are able to work together and trust each other despite their differences in tactics and Tim feels comfortable calling on him for aid even though Ragman "creeps him out". Member of Shadowpact.

Clothes Make the Maniac: He once started loosing control to the dammed souls in the suit.
Clothes Make the Superman: The Suit of Souls.
Creepy Good: He even creeps out his allies.
Dark Is Not Evil: He is wearing a suit of dammed souls and can steal the souls of the living turning them into empty husks but he is one of the good guys.
Detect Evil: He can sense evil souls.
Dreaming of Things to Come: He has vague precognitive dreams which don't contain enough information for him to use them in order to decide how to prevent or otherwise react to them.
Hearing Voices: Those of the dead.
Horrifying Hero: His suit turns him into one.
I'm Having Soul Pains: Acquiring the memories of people's deaths is not always very comfortable.
In a Single Bound: He can jump really high.
I See Dead People: More that he can speak with them and see their memories.
Legacy Character: In universe the suit (and its former forms) have been passed down since 1812 BC and his father wore it before him.
Living Clothes: The Suit of Souls.
Magnetic Medium: When wearing the suit.
Power Floats: His suit allows him to levitate.
Psychic Powers: As well as access to the memories of the souls inside the suit and the dying memories of others if in contact with the clothes they were wearing when they died before the memories fade he has vague precognitive dreams which don't contain enough information for him to learn anything from them.
Psychometry: He can see events from late in someone's life including their deaths by touching the clothes they were wearing when they died.
Religious Bruiser: The suit was specifically built to help protect Jewish communities.
Super-Toughness: His suit gives him improved durability.
Telepathy: He can form a limited mental connection with the population of the neighborhood he is protecting over time.
Teleportation: His suit allows him to teleport and can also teleport him itself if it senses the situation is hopeless or that he is required elsewhere.
Weak to Fire: The suit as a failsafe built in by the Rabbis who created it.
Your Soul Is Mine!: He can steal souls and leave the person's body an Empty Shell.

Moneyspider

MoneySpider

Lonnie Machin

The first Anarky, Lonnie assists Red Robin as mission control after being chemically paralyzed. Whether he intends to continue in this role once he regains his mobility is a question he has avoided answering though he has come to care about Tim as a friend despite their many differences in opinion. He and Tim are also uncertain that Lonnie can have a full recovery after what was done to him and while he regains the ability to move his arms he is uncoordinated and had not shown any signs of being able to walk again by the time the series ended.

See Anarky

Pru

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Prudence Wood

created by: Christopher Yost · Ramon Bachs

first appearance: 2009, Red Robin #1

"- SHOOT out your eyes! YOU HEAR ME? I'll shoot out your EYES!"

A member of the League of Assassins tasked with assassinating Tim, after her teams failure they are assigned to help him on his quest and she eventually finds that her loyalties have shifted from the Demon Head.

Bald Head of Toughness: She's completely bald and she's pretty tough, as shown by surviving getting her throat slashed.
Collared by Fashion: When not in tactical gear.
Defeat Means Friendship: After failing to assassinate Tim she Z and Owen are assigned to him as help to her irritation. It's more defeat means temporary servitude than friendship, though Owen seems to take to Tim rather quickly.
Fire-Forged Friends: With Tim.
Guns Akimbo: Always enters fights with a gun in each hand.
Heel–Face Turn: When she is sent to assassinate Stephanie Brown she instead defects and informs Tim of the coming attack on Batman's allies and family.
Ironic Name: Tim even lampshades it.
The Speechless: For a period after having her throat slit.
Spikes of Villainy: What appears to be her favorite jacket is purple leather with spikes along the shoulders.
Suddenly Shouting / No Indoor Voice: Prior to having her throat slit she's mostly a combination of these if Z or Owens isn't stopping her.
Token Evil Teammate: Formerly of the League of Assassins, though she abstains from using lethal force for Tim's sake. Perhaps not really formerly as she's willing to report on Tim to Ra's even after she's betrayed the League of Assassins.

Detective Williams

created by: Meghan Fitzmartin · Belen Ortega

first appearance: 2021, Batman: Urban Legends Vol 1 #5

A detective with the Gotham City Police Department who first meets Tim when both are looking into Bernard Dowd's kidnapping by the pain cult.

Fair Cop: The artstyle in Urban Legends at least renders Detective Williams looking like an attractive man.
Friend on the Force: To Tim, coming when Robin calls to investigate crime scenes and trusting his judgement over his bosses, as well as calling on Robin to handle a situation when he thought the GCPD would just shoot the perpetrators.
Police Brutality: Worries that calling the rest of the GCPD on some civilians committing crimes will result in the civilians getting shot when they don't need to be, so he calls Robin in to handle it.
Straight Gay: He's a detective with the GCPD who gives no outward signs of any sexuality, but he's married to a man, and quips to Robin that he's not Robin's "fairy gayfather".

Villains

Assorted Villains

The Cluemaster

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Arthur Brown

created by: Gardner Fox · Carmine Infantino

first appearance: 1966, Detective Comics #351

You see, I would use my puzzlements as a way of compensating for a lack of self-esteem. I wanted to show my intellectual superiority. But thanks to the wonders of modern psychiatry, all I want now is to be rich.

Criminal ex-husband of Crystal Brown and father of Stephanie Brown. He is one of Arkham's "success" stories, though this just made him a more dangerous and difficult to catch criminal.

See Batman: Rogues Gallery (Part 1)

Czonka

Baffler / The Headbanger (Titus Samuel Czonka)

created by: Chuck Dixon

first appearance: 1993, Robin v4 #1

A particularly stupid criminal who wants the attention the themed supervillians get.

Bald of Evil: He's bald and a bad guy, albeit not a very evil one.
I Just Want to Be Special: His primary motivation is to rise above ordinariness.
The Load: To Cluemaster and Electrocutioner.
Secondary Color Nemesis: Has worn a green shirt and later orange pants when he became the Baffler.
Spanner in the Works: His insistence on trying to be a themed super villain and leaving clues without alerting his allies allows Spoiler and Robin to thwart the plans he is working on with the Cluemaster.
Stupid Crooks: He's a criminal who wants to be feared and respected, but he's not very bright. The only reason he once captured Spoiler and Robin was due to dumb luck. And even then he knocked himself unconscious while monologuing, forcing Tim and Stephanie to save themselves and Czonka from a collapsing building.

The General/Anarky II

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Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong

created by: Chuck Dixon · Michael Netzer

first appearance: 1992, Detective Comics #654

A young boy with an unhealthy obsession with warfare. Ulysses started out as a Batman foe before becoming more and more fixated on Tim after Tim began thwarting his plans.

Age Lift: The New 52 ages him up so that he's a teenager when he first runs afoul of the Bat-Family, probably to make his age more comparable to Red Robin's.
Arch-Enemy: A contender for this during Tim's first run. During his Red Robin series, he returns in deliberate attempt to invoke this. In the current continuity the two haven't previously met and Ulysses is so far more of a general Bat villain, but he's designed as an Evil Counterpart to Tim and in-universe he both admits that Red Robin is a major inspiration for him. Later, Tim appears to die thwarting a major attack that was orchestrated by Ulysses, though killing Tim wasn't specifically the purpose of the attack.
Cardboard Prison: Of a sort. He often manipulates adults into helping him, which leads to them taking the brunt of the blame when he gets caught, which leads to him being let out of juvenile hall early.
The Dragon: DC Rebirth reinvents Ulysses as the teen prodigy Mission Control of a rogue military unit. He's never anything but absolutely loyal, but while his boss does have principles and does only what he thinks he has to do, Ulysses repeatedly shows himself to be more sociopathic - caring more about results through force, no matter how many eggs get broken.
Enfante Terrible: This kid is even younger than Tim, but is a nasty piece of work capable of some truly horrible things, not the least of which include armed robbery and outright murder.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being a psychopath who treats them like crap and terrifies them into submission, Ulysses legitimately loves his family - when he accidentally kills his younger siblings in an attempt to hurt Robin, he blames Robin and goes ballistic.
Evil Counterpart: Rebirth establishes him as one - being a Gadgeteer Genius Mission Control for a group of villains and master of Hollywood Hacking to counter Tim's own highlighted hacking skills and chessmaster tendencies, and the two are established as being each other's equivalent on their respective teams. They even have several hacker duels, one of which appears to result in Tim's death.
Evil Genius: Albeit one that's a lot more childish than he would like to admit.
Evil Is Not a Toy: Teams up with Toyman in order to pull off a heist, not realizing that Toyman hates kids, is plotting to kill him, and that his own obnoxious behavior isn't helping things any.
Manipulative Bastard: Everyone but Robin, his father and his younger siblings assumes he's just a weird kid going through a phase, which allows him to manipulate everyone around him. Even so, he prefers to seek out the mentally unstable and manipulate them into working for him instead.
Meaningful Name: Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong, named after famous generals throughout history.
Pragmatic Villainy: He usually avoids using lethal boobytraps in his own home. This is less out of consideration for his parents and siblings than out of a need to retain his mother's idealized view of him so she won't stop indulging his Troubling Unchildlike Behavior. This is demonstrated when his younger sister shows Robin a door with a skull-and-crossbones warning sign.
Robin: Think he means it?
Hilary Armstrong: Ulyssess is full of it.
Robin He's also a homicidal maniac.
Hilary Armstrong But not in the house. Mom's a neat freak. And she's the last one he's got on his side.
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Even outside of his hobbies, which include manipulating criminals to go on rampages and gang wars, stealing from eccentric billionaires and attempting to kick off international incidents For the Evulz, he also unnerves his siblings, tortures their pets and destroys their toys.
Unlimited Wardrobe: Unlike most comic book villains, he doesn't have a consistent costume as such — instead he dresses in various historical generals' uniforms (e.g. George S. Patton in the image above), and usually changes into another once or twice per appearance.
Villain Decay: Zig-zagged. His debut story (facing down Batman in Detective Comics) played his threat deadly straight, with a Gang War plot that wouldn't have looked out of place in a Punisher arc; most of his subsequent appearances in Robin played him more for laughs (including a habit of dressing in military gear centuries out of date) and lower body-counts... until his big return during Fabian Nicieza's run.
War for Fun and Profit: Ulysses is obsessed with war and idolizes warlords and generals throughout history, believing that it's the only worthwhile aspect of human history.

Jaeger

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Amsel Reiniger

created by: Chuck Dixon · Pete Woods

first appearance: 2000, Robin Vol 4 #76

A German mercenary and career poacher Tim first meets when Jaeger is hunting Kirk Langstrom (Man-bat), Francine Langstrom and their children. He also stars in snuff films wherein he kills monsters which is why he was hunting the Langstroms and why he later tried to hunt down Charaxes. Tim ends up butting heads with him repeatedly.

Bounty Hunter: He can be hired for hunts of monsters, and humans.
Clingy Costume: His mask is surgically attached to his face and cannot be removed.
Dreadlock Warrior: A warrior who wears his hair in dreadlocks.
Evil Poacher: He even hunts down things with a human consciousness and humans who have been deformed into looking like monsters.
Funetik Aksent: His German accent is spelled out.
Goggles Do Something Unusual: A targeting Heads-Up Display.
Guns Akimbo: Usually has a gun in each hand.
Hunter of Monsters: He does not care if they are a threat to humans or not, he's Only in It for the Money not for any attempt to protect humanity.
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: For his snuff films, though generally only when the people in question have been deformed to the point of looking like monsters.
Last of His Kind: Likes to hunt things which are, and is considered to have caused the extinction of multiple species. Videos of such "hunts" apparently sell well on the Black Market in the DCU.
Martial Arts Headband: He wears a personalized hachimaki in his earlier appearances, later on his mask reaches higher and there is a targeting element which imitates his earlier headband.
Multiple Identity IDs: To avoid being caught as he's on multiple wanted lists, one such ID is Dieter Hohenzollren.
Recurring Character: Recurring villain throughout the Robin series.
Red Herring: When Bruce decides to test Tim on his sixteenth birthday Tim first thinks Jaeger may be the culprit.
Scarily Competent Tracker: With the aid of technology like drones and such.
Snuff Film: He stars in a series of them where he kills "monsters".
Stationary Wings: They're part of some kind of glider-like apparatus he wears when hunting prey that can fly or when working as a mercenary.
Surveillance Drone: He deploys them to help him track his prey and to record his kills.

Scarab

Maat Shadid

created by: Bill Willingham · Francisco Rodriguez de la Fuente

first appearance: 2004, Robin Vol 4 #124

An Egyptian assassin hired to kill Robin twice, and Tim once.

Arm Cannon: Her armor has wrist mounted firearms and a rocket launcher mounted on her forearm.
Armored Villains, Unarmored Heroes: There is kevlar and other protective elements in Tim's Robin and Red Robin suits she's wearing a full suit of powered armor.
Clothes Make the Superman: Her power armor is a large part of why she is a legitimate threat.
Cool Helmet: It enforces the bug theme of her assassin name.
Hired Guns: She can be hired for non-assassination work, even paid to only use non-lethal rounds but she prefers things to be more straightforward.
Murder, Inc.: She is part of the Covenant of Ka, a group of killers for hire using powered body armor based out of Cairo.
Powered Armor: She wears a set of high tech battle armor.
Recurring Character: Recurring villain through the later part of the Robin series and into Red Robin.

Warlock's Daughter

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Darla Aquista

created by: Bill Willingham · Rick Mays

first appearance: 2004, Robin Vol 4 #121

"I know you're upset but you'll forgive me in time. I'm content to wait until then, to begin our new life together."

One of Tim's fellow students at Louis E. Grieve Memorial Highschool she is the daughter of Mafia boss Henry Aquista. Darla became interested in Tim after seeing that he was willing to risk embarrassment for a friend, and refused to listen to Tim informing her he had a girlfriend and wasn't interested though she backed off a for a little while after seeing his reaction to her forcefully kissing him.

Came Back Strong: After being shot during the gang war and revived by Johnny Warlock using her father's life she comes back with magical powers.
Came Back Wrong: Her death and resurrection changed her, and she tries to blame her more murderous traits on it to gain sympathy points from Tim even though she expressed an interest in being involved in the shady aspects of her father's work before being killed.
Daddy's Little Villain: It's even in her super-name.
Easily Forgiven: After destroying Bernard's car and threatening him for answers they go out for coffee.
Entitled to Have You: Darla refuses to take no for an answer from Tim, she forces a kiss on him in front of the entire school and his girlfriend after he repeatedly told her he wasn't interested and after she comes back from the dead she decides it means they're dating when she uses her new powers to make sure Tim can't avoid her even though Tim makes it clear he still has absolutely no interest.
Heel–Face Turn: Makes one after being rehabilitated the Shadowpact.
Mafia Princess: Prior to her death she was the daughter of a Mafia boss. Although Henry tried to keep her separate from his business dealings she showed repeatedly that she was interested in getting involved.
Not Good with Rejection: Her reaction to Tim having moved without leaving an address for her while she was dead is to rip apart the car one of Tim's friends is in and threaten to kill him if he doesn't tell her where Tim has gone. She also straight up refuses to acknowledge that Tim has made it clear they're not dating and he doesn't plan on dating her at any point in the future.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: The reason she's interested in Tim is because he's a Nice Guy.
Stalker with a Crush: Tim is not romantically interested in her and was dating Stephanie when she was trying to get him to go out with her. She eventually forced a kiss on him in front of the entire school. Then she tracked him down to his new address, showed up on his doorstep and tried to get him to help her commit a murder, tried to prevent him from leaving her sight, and later claimed he was her boyfriend and he would be sad that she was leaving without saying goodbye when Shadowpact picked up her murderous self.
Villainous Crush: She wants Tim and is unquestionably a villain after her return from the dead and was headed down that path even before being shot.
Yandere: She responds to Superboy interrupting her "date" with Tim by blasting him several blocks away. The blow actually still has Conner limping by the time Tim manages to slip away and track him down.

Shen Chi

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created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1991, Robin Vol 1 #1

The braggart grandson of the "Rahul Lama", a Parisian martial arts master who was training Tim before being killed by Shiva, Shen is not a straight up villain but remains an antagonist. While his grandfather was teaching Tim meditation and healing arts Shen was instructing Tim on the basics of their fighting style.

Obsolete Mentor: When Tim meets him a second time Shen tries attacking him thinking that with his incomplete training he will be easy to take out but Tim proves instantaneously that he has far surpassed Shen's martial arts abilities.
Recurring Character: Tim seems to run into Shen every time he's in Paris, the only exception being when he had a trip there cut short by the League of Assassins blowing up his hotel room.
Too Dumb to Live: While by some miracle it doesn't actually get him killed he links himself to the branches of Chinese organized crime in Paris and brags to the Master of the Iron Hand's face when asked why he deserves martial arts training. The later gets him knocked out and tossed in an alley.

Johnny Warlock

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Jonathan "Johnny" Warren

created by: Bill Willingham · Rick Mays

first appearance: 2004, Robin Vol 4 #121

An enforcer for Henry Aquista in the Gotham mob who lost his hand in his first encounter with Robin before escaping and becoming prey to a magical item which gave him new powers allowing him to quickly and forcefully move up through the ranks. He was eventually defeated and imprisoned by Shadowpact.

An Arm and a Leg: Johnny lost his hand when Robin tossed a sealing gel device on his drawn gun and Johnny fired it even as he was being warned that doing so would result in it backfiring and him likely loosing his hand.
Career-Ending Injury: He freaks out over the loss of his hand saying that he's useless without it.
Good Thing You Can Heal: Johnny gets quite mangled in his fights with Robin and Spoiler after he ends up playing host to a cruel magical entity that can heal him from just about anything. At one point Tim spends days freaking out thinking he'd killed Johnny, but Johnny had just gotten up and calmly walked out of the morgue. His hand that got blown off before being possessed stays gone though.
Life Drinker: Part of his powers and how he refuels them.
Matricide: It's implied he actually likes his mom before his new demon possessed spike forces him to stab himself through the heart and has Johnny call her in so they can drain her life force. If Johnny was upset by this he gets over it quickly and off panel.
Powers via Possession: He gains powers after stabbing a demon through his chest.
Torture Technician: Johnny is a mob enforcer whose job includes torturing people, not necessarily to get answers but to send a message. This is by far his favorite part of the job and he once tortured a woman for a day while waiting for her boyfriend to maybe show up even though she had nothing to do with the stolen object his boss wanted.

Rising Sun Archer

Lisa Yurigama

created by: Bill Willingham · Damion Scott

first appearance: 2005, Robin Vol 4 #134

A Japanese assassin who uses archery to avoid being overheard in places where gunfire will draw law enforcement or other unwanted attention. She was hired by Penguin to take out Robin after Robin and Batgirl started to threaten the Penguin's new Bludhaven holdings and plans.

Affirmative-Action Legacy: The previous Rising Sun Archer was a man.
Know When to Fold 'Em: When she knows she's been outmaneuvered she'd rather surrender or flee than continue fighting if that's an option.
Legacy Character: She's descended from the first Rising Sun Archer, who was a Japanese assassin in WWII.
Long-Range Fighter: When Tim manages to get in close she's completely outclassed as a close range fighter and they both know it.
Professional Killer: She is an assassin for hire.
The Straight and Arrow Path: Lisa is a young assassin who uses a bow because of its quieter nature as opposed to a firearm since she often works in busy cities and doesn't want to draw attention.

Dark Rider II

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Stanley Baumgarten

created by: Bill Willingham · Damion Scott

first appearance: 2005, Robin Vol 4 #135

I mark you as Robin, squire of Gotham's Dark Knight! Prepare to die by the hand of the Dark Rider!

Dark Rider came to Bludhaven to collect on the bounty Penguin had placed on Robin. It's unknown why his host is in the city, though it's possible poor Stan was just dragged there one night while the Rider had possession of his body.

Demonic Possession: Stan thinks he just has a sleep disorder when instead the mystical entity the Dark Rider has been possessing him at night and making money as a magical assassin in Stan's body.
Evil Is Hammy: Dark Rider is fond of making loud extravagant proclamations.
Explaining Your Power to the Enemy: The only thing Tim likes about fighting Dark Rider is his habit of indignantly shouting out tips for defeating him:
Base Child! You've unhorsed me! Causing my shadow mount to fade! I won't be able to summon another until tomorrow's nightfall!
Hellish Horse: Stan's shadow mount has glowing red eyes, fire around its hooves, a spiked whip for a tail, the ability to fly, and is an intangible summon made of shadow.
Invulnerable Horses: The shadow mount is intangible to all but Stan with attacks sliding harmlessly through it, but can be banished for the night by removing Stan from its back.
Klingon Promotion: Dark Rider claimed the name by killing the previous Dark Rider, a rogue former KGB agent who once tried to poison the Gotham water supply.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Stan has red eyes when he's possessed by the Dark Rider, the red fades when Stan is in control.
Technicolor Magic: Dark Rider's lance and its ranged attacks glow with purple mystic energy.

Tapeworm

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created by: Bill Willingham · Scott McDaniel

first appearance: 2006, Robin Vol 4 #144

A villain Tim first encounters in Bludhaven. He later joins Dodge's gang in Gotham to try and get revenge for his previous defeat at the young hero's hands.

Detachable Lower Half: Tapeworm can leave behind part or all of the flat segmented tail he has in place of legs and just regrow it.
Dirty Coward: Tapeworm pretty much never fights alone and is quick to turn tail and run if it even looks like the fight isn't going to go his way.
Evil Smells Bad: Pretty much every hero that has to fight Tapeworm comments on how terrible he smells.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Tapeworm is only good at being hard to keep hold of, and the first time he picked a fight with Robin he was trying to get Robin to release a friend of his, that unknown to Tapeworm had been killed by Ragman.
Snake People: He's got a tail in place of legs.

Redback Spider

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created by: Bill Willingham · Scott McDaniel

first appearance: 2006, Robin Vol 4 #144

My fighting needles carry the venom of the redback spider. One scratch and you'll die within seconds.

An assassin that Tim fends off in Bludhaven.

Arachnid Appearance and Attire: She's got a mask that makes it look like she has six eyes and a spider and web design on her bodysuit.
Expy: Redback's costume looks an awful lot that like a certain heroic Marvel web-slinger.
Form-Fitting Wardrobe: While her costume doesn't partake in the usual logic defying vacuum packed aesthetics of most women's costumes in comics (that is it doesn't look like it's been superglued to her breasts or is just body paint) it's still a form fitting bodysuit.
Goggles Do Nothing: The extra two sets of goggles lenses that don't cover her eyes don't appear to have any use outside of giving her a spider-like aesthetic.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Her given name isn't in the Bat's database so she's only known as Redback.
Poisoned Weapons: Her "fighting needles" can kill with a poke.
Super Wrist-Gadget: Her wrist mounted venomous needles.

Dodge

Michael Lasky

created by: Adam Beechen

first appearance: 2006, Robin #151

I'm getting a group together to take out Robin. If he goes away, life in Gotham gets a lot better for everyone.

An untrained kid who wanted to partner up with Robin. Despite Robin's attempts to keep him out of the way and harms way his teleportation belt was damaged when he interfered in a hostage situation Tim was trying to deal with. The feedback knocked him into a coma and when he woke he was a changed man.

Broken Pedestal: How he feels about Robin after getting injured while interfering when Robin was trying to save some kidnaped people. Or possibly once he had powers he just decided it would be more fun to fight Robin than join him.
Convenient Coma: Not so much. Robin visits him in the hospital daily due to feeling guilty about his condition and when he wakes he runs off to become a supervillain.
Disproportionate Retribution: He got injured interfering while Robin was trying to save some kidnapping victims instead of being able to team up with Robin so he decides to start selling drugs that turn those who take them into superpowered murderers in hopes that it will get Robin's attention and he can beat him in a fight.
Evil Is Petty: He chose to be a villain after Robin tried to keep him out of the fight and rejected his help as a hero for his own safety. Of course he was already a thief.
Face–Heel Turn: After his coma he turns from a wannabe superhero to a strangely red skinned supervillain hoping for a battle with Robin.
Gadgeteer Genius: His father is one who works for Star Labs. This is how he stole his teleportation belt.
In the Hood: His blue hoodie with Dodge embroidered across the chest.
I Just Want to Be Special: He wants to be a superhero or villain, it doesn't seem like much of a jump for him.
Never Found the Body: He presumably disintegrated in the reaction between his powers and Cheater's teleportation tech, but his missing body makes Tim hold out hope he is alive.
Never My Fault: He ended up in the hospital due to his own actions, not Robin's.
Redemption Equals Death: He ends up saving Robin from Cheater as his final act.
The Resenter: Becomes one for Robin after his coma.
The Team Wannabe: He seeks to join Robin but lacks some necessary attributes.
Teleporter Accident: How he gains his superpowers. Also how he apparently dies.
Villain Teleportation: After he wakes from his coma he has internalized the teleportation powers from the belt.

Cheater

created by: Adam Beechen & Freddie E. Williams II

first appearance: 2007, Robin #164

A villain who cheats. A criminal who joined Lasky's gang and then took over when he realized Dodge had no intention of actually killing Robin.

Convenient Coma: A non-angst inspiring way to take a villain out of the equation.
Gadgeteer Genius: He's got quite a few very advanced gadgets.
Hologram: Tricks Robin with a holographic version of himself.
I Have Your Wife: Uses this to blackmail Dodge into continuing to work with the gang after he takes over.
Irony: He gets really irritated when others "cheat":
Cheater: We’ve been tricked!
Robin: You sound so shocked…I wouldn’t have expected that from someone who himself the Cheater!
Only Known by Their Nickname: His name is not revealed.
Teleporter Accident: One leaves him in a coma.
Villain Teleportation: By using Dodge.

Children of Dionysus

created by: Meghan Fitzmartin & Belén Ortega

first appearance: 2021, Batman: Urban Legends

A chaos cult kidnaping teenagers in Gotham. While Tim was already investigating them the cult really drew his ire when they attacked during his first date with Bernard and abducted him.

Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The Chaos monsters (which are just cultists in masks) occasionally perform feats that make Tim question if they're more than human.
Religion of Evil: The Children of Dionysus are a Gotham based cult that is enamored with Dionysus' chaos aspect and kidnaps teenagers to beat them and then cut out their hearts in human sacrifices. They notably only kidnap teens who are caught asking questions about them.
Targeted Human Sacrifice: The Children of Dionysus are kidnapping teenagers who are at odds with or distant from their parents and who are questioning themselves and their place in the world with the intent to sacrifice them on an altar. Not only does this mean that there is a push to label their victims runaways the "chaos" of their minds as they are not settled in what they are and want to be is attractive to the cult which worships chaos.

League of Assassins

Lady Shiva

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Sandra Wu-San

So brave. So naïve. You speak to my honor. You speak to my heart. I have neither. But I respect courage. Even foolish courage like yours. From such foolishness is born the soul of a warrior. We will meet again when you are grown, little bird. And that day will be the last on Earth–for one of us.

A mercenary and one of Tim's martial arts mentors, who promises to come by for a duel to the death after she has finished training him. Shiva took Tim as a student with the intention of corrupting his purpose and making him a killer; his manner of avoiding doing so where he left King Snake to her mercy while the man was dangling from a skyscraper and she was likely to kill him left her amused. She is considered among the best Badass Normal martial artists on earth and is dedicated to finding a worthy opponent to take her place at the top.

created by: Dennis O'Neil · Ric Estrada

first appearance: 1976, Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #5

See Batman: Rogues Gallery (Part 1) or Lady Shiva

Ra's al Ghul

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The Demon's Head (Ra's al Ghul)

Tim Drake is not Bruce Wayne. He isn't Grayson or even Damian. Drake is different. Look at his eyes. I suspect he's already won.

The ancient founder and leader of the League of Assassins he took an interest in Tim's search for Bruce after the later was declared dead by the Justice League forcing three of his assassins ("Z" Washington, Pru and Owens) on Tim as "help" wether he wanted them or not. He used this connection to request Tim's assistance with the annoyance the Council of Spiders was being for him and provided Tim with a suspiciously high clearance into the League's database along with control over a fair number of his ninja. The move was questioned by even Ra's most loyal followers, and Tim himself though Ra's proved to have already outwitted the Spider's attempt to assassinate himself.

Ra's eventually conferred on Tim the title of Detective, which he previously used only for Batman, after Tim turned down his recruitment attempts and used the information he had learned against Ra's.

created by: Dennis O'Neil · Neal Adams · Julius Schwartz

first appearance: 1971, Batman #232

See Batman: Rogues Gallery (Part 2) or Ra's al Ghul

Talia al Ghul

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Vanguard of the Demon

The daughter of Ra's al Ghul in high standing within the League, though not in the line of succession as Ra's is an old fashioned fellow who wants a male successor, partially because when Ra's says "successor" he means new body for himself. Talia is Bruce's former lover and mother of Damian. While Talia never attacks Tim directly she spends quite a lot of time instilling hatred in him in others before losing them on Gotham, most notably Damian and Jason.

created by: Dennis O'Neil · Bob Brown · Dick Giordano

first appearance: 1971, Detective Comics #411

See Batman: Rogues Gallery (Part 2) or Talia al Ghul

"Daughter of Acheron"

Mysterious Cloaked Lady/Sister of The Demon's Head

You seek order but your life is a labyrinth, Timothy. You impart such importance to every little detail of the world but you humbly fail to note your own importance to that tapestry. You have been targeted for death in this tournament because you seek to learn too much. The secrets surrounding the ancient art of killing are meant as a divine promise to knowledge and power and cannot be usurped by one who strives for order.

Ra's al Ghul's half-sister of unknown age who is directed to Tim by her brother in order to make an heir with him after Tim proves himself by surviving the gauntlet of secret tests Ra's set for him.

See Batman: League of Assassins

Promise

"Daughter of Acheron"

You will never pay in a court of law, Viktor Mikalek, but I am the Promise of justice.

A Russian woman out for revenge for her brother's death. At first she seems like a potential ally but her sense of duty to her "family" makes her far more dangerous than it first appears as she is also the "sister" by pact of Ra's al Ghul's unnamed half-sister.

See Batman: League of Assassins

Ghost Dragons

King Snake

Sir Edmund Dorrance

"I am Sir Edmund Dorrance. The King Snake. I may be blind, but my strikes are deadlier than anything you've ever known."

A blind British drug kingpin with contacts throughout Asia and South America, he served as the main villain of much of Robin's solo series. A master martial artist, King Snake frustrated Tim for years before being killed by his own son, Bane.

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle

first appearance: 1991, Robin #1

Absurdly Youthful Father: He's supposed to be Bane's father but doesn't look a day older than him.
Arch-Enemy: The first for Tim Drake.
Aristocrats Are Evil: "Sir Edmund Dorrance" if you please.
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Oh so much. And whenever he seems to display a twisted version of Honor Before Reason, it's because of his pride as this character trope.
Bad Boss: Edmund is a racist jerk who beats and murders his male underlings for failures, no matter how minor. Women working under him are maimed instead.
Big Bad: Of the Robin mini-series. Tim's training gets derailed by a man hunting King Snake for revenge, and Tim ends up traveling to Hong Kong to fight Dorrance. Dorrance manages to survive the encounter, despite Shiva stepping in and considering killing him, and is a thorn in Tim's side until his own son tracks him down and kills him.
Blind Weaponmaster: With the weapon in question being his own hands.
Clipped-Wing Angel: Funnily enough, getting his eyesight back ends up doing this to him: it throws him off long enough that Tim actually holds him off for a while.
Disability Superpower: King Snake frequently used his blindness as an asset, ambushing people in the dark or knocking out sources of light.
Evil Brit: A British ex-pat.
Handicapped Badass: King Snake's blindness never seemed to slow him down.
Killed Off for Real: After Bane threw him off a mountain, King Snake never returned.
Mighty Whitey: A villainous example.
Parental Abandonment: Left Bane to rot in a Santa Priscan prison while he made his escape.
Politically Incorrect Villain: King Snake tried to slaughter the populace of Hong Kong rather than let it be returned to China, believing that everything great about the city came by way of Britain.
Small Parent, Huge Child: He's not necessarily a small man, as he's roughly the same size as Batman. But his son, Bane, absolutely towers above him, with or without the venom.
Snakes Are Evil: Invoked by his chosen name and large snake tattoo.
Tattooed Crook: Has a large snake tattooed on his stomach and chest
The Triads and the Tongs: King Snake seized control of the crime in Gotham's Chinatown, bringing the Triads and Tongs alike under his control.
Villainous Lineage: Turns out that during his early days as a mercenary, King Snake had an affair with a Santa Priscan rebel fighter. Years later, Bane comes calling.^note
Villainous Valor: To his credit, he's quite capable of fighting pretty much all the Ghost Dragons when Lynx I initiatives an Enemy Civil War where he's all by himself.
Walking Shirtless Scene: In the interest of showing off his enormous chest tattoo.
You Have Failed Me: To his previous second in command for the Ghost Dragons.

Lynx I

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Lynx (Ling)

Initially the girlfriend of the leader of the Ghost Dragons when her boyfriend is killed by King Snake for failing to kill Robin she inherits his position as head of the gang.

created by: Chuck Dixon · Tom Lyle · Bob Smith

first appearance: 1991, Robin #1

Back for the Dead: She is killed shortly after being resurrected.
Back from the Dead: She was raised by the League of Assassins after being decapitated. It didn’t last long.
Conspicuous Gloves: Always wearing red gloves regardless of weather. As a criminal at least this will help her not leave fingerprints.
Dressing as the Enemy: After her second death she is dressed up like Batgirl to frame Robin for Batgirl’s murder.
Dragon Lady
Enemy Mine: During Batman: No Man's Land while her Ghost Dragons are controlling a segment of the city she teams up with Batman to put an end to a child kidnapping and slavery ring.
Eyepatch of Power: Following the Eye Scream mentioned below.
Eye Scream: After she fails to kill Robin King Snake decides not to kill her like he did her boyfriend, instead he punishes her by ripping out one of her eyes.
Frame-Up: She is murdered by Evil Cass to frame Robin for murder.
Killed Off for Real: Evil Cass kills her after she is raised from the dead to use her body to frame Robin for murder.
The Leader: After an attempted Klingon Promotion by starting a mutiny in retaliation for King Snake killing one of the Triads which causes her to finally have had enough of answering to him. He ends up in prison beyond her reach and she ends up as the sole leader of the Ghost Dragons anyway.
Leotard of Power: She wears a red strapless leotard.
Off with Her Head!: She ends up decapitated.
The Starscream: Decides to take out King Snake and replace him.
Unwanted Assistance: She is killed accidentally by one of her men when he tries to assist her in her in a fight with Batgirl.
Villainesses Want Heroes - Was presented as a potential love interest for a brief while, until she quickly betrays Tim and loses an eye as punishment when he escapes.
The Vamp

Lynx III

Lynx III and Tim negotiating

The new leader of the Golden Dragons, the third Lynx is a teenage girl from Hong Kong with a clear interest in Tim. She claims to be an undercover cop, trained for the job since she was fourteen, though Tim remains unsure.

created by: Fabian Nicieza · Freddie E. Williams II

first appearance: 2008, Robin Vol 4 #179

Ambiguously Evil: Unlike the first and second Lynx, it is unclear whether Lynx III is a villain or actually an undercover cop.
Dark Action Girl: She's far more dangerous than Tim originally expected her to be.
Dating Catwoman: Invoked by Batman in a conversation with Tim.
Distracted by the Sexy: She managed to shut off Tim's inner monologue with an accidental Double Entendre.
Expy: She's Catwoman with a Chinese Race Lift. Batman and Red Robin both comment on this.
Femme Fatale: An attractive crime lord who spends a lot of time flirting with the local hero near her own age. Tim's left uncertain if she's a criminal or undercover cop and ends up freeing her from GCPD custody in a gamble.
The Infiltration: She claims to be infiltrating the Ghost Dragons on behalf of the police back in Hong Kong.
Running Gag: Most of Tim's love interests will at some point try and attack him. She tackles him out a window, then starts making out with him in free fall.

The Council of Spiders

In General

The Council of Spiders

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A group of killers gathered by The Wanderer to hunt challenging prey after the League of Assassins tries to recruit her and she decides it would be more fun to kill them instead as such a group would be much more of a challenge than her victims to that point.

created by: Christopher Yost · Marcus To

first appearance: 2009, Red Robin #5

Ax-Crazy: Their leader, The Wanderer, is the worst of them by far.
Blood Knight: The biggest distinction between them and the League of Assassins is their overwhelming desire to find challenging opponents.
Evil Minions: A group of murderers and assassins who kill for fun and allow their targets to be directed by higher ups.
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: They were all recruited by being promised more challenging targets for their murder sprees.
Murder, Inc.: The organization makes money by killing for hire.
Only Known by Their Nickname: With the exception of The Wanderer, the names of the other members are never mentioned.
Standard Evil Organization Squad: A group of very dangerous Spider Themed villains who were introduced as a mysterious threat, though they devolved into a Nebulous Evil Organisation when brought into other bat-books.

The Wanderer

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Vitoria

You seem interesting. I'm going to kill you now.

As a child she ran into the forest to escape the abuse she faced in her little Brazilian village and fell into a pit where she was repeatedly bitten by the deadly wanderer spider. Instead of killing her it altered her to be as poisonous as itself. As an adult she has been gathering like minded killers into The Council of Spiders.

created by: Christopher Yost · Ramon Bachs

first appearance: 2009, Red Robin #5

Bad Powers, Bad People: She's a serial killer with a deadly poisonous touch.
Big Bad: Leader of The Council of Spiders who she has turn their sights to Tim after he seems to prove a more worthy target than the League of Assassins. Of course Ra's is ultimately much more dangerous for Tim and the Spiders are unable to even touch him.
Creepy Child: In her backstory after being bit by the wanderer
The Dog Bites Back: After her transformation she returns to the village and kills her tormentors.
Enfant Terrible: After her trip to the forest.
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Her desire to hunt more challenging prey led her to turning down the League of Assassins' attempt to recruit her in order to hunt them instead.
Matricide: Whatever is was that changed after she fell into the pit in the forest caused her to go home and intentionally kill her single mother.
Poisonous Person: After her trip into the jungle.
Stripperiffic: With her power set and goals it would make more sense to wear even less clothing than she does if it's not for armor.
Touch of Death: Her skin carries the poison of the Brazillian Wandering Spider
- Kiss of Death: She likes to use her abilities this way.
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Multiple homicide qualifies her.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Her trip into the jungle changed her.
The Vamp
We Need a Distraction: Turned Red Robin’s attempt to capture one of them for questioning into a diversion to empty out and weaken the defenses to invade the League of Assassins' base.

Funnel

Your poison insults me assassin. The taste on your lips... that is the taste of venom. I designed it to be horrifically painful. You were poor sport.

A maker of difficult to trace poisons who was already hunting down League members before Vitoria recruited her to the Council of Spiders.

created by: Christopher Yost · Marcus To

first appearance: 2010, Red Robin #7

Body Horror: Her preferred poison causes web-like tendrils to grow out of the victim's body.
Finger-Licking Poison: Kills a member of the League of Assassins by poisoning the cross on his necklace that she knows he kisses before a kill.
Master Poisoner: Her shtick
Perfect Poison: She makes designer poisons.

Widower

Assassins I am The Widower please... try to put up a fight.

While hunting the the League of Assassins he killed Owens and "Z" and seriously injured Tim and Pru, leaving them for dead. After rescue and emergency surgery by the League they instead loose their spleen and larynx respectively.

created by: Christopher Yost · Ramon Bachs

first appearance: 2009, Red Robin #4

Deadly Game: How he treats his interaction with Tim and the assassins, he thanks them for playing as he leaves them dead and dying.
Dual Wielding: His swords
Guns vs. Swords: His assassin targets include an expert sniper and a regular user of Guns Akimbo.
Hero Killer: He killed Z. Washington and Owens while they were working with Red Robin and Tim himself woke next to a Lazarus Pit following being stabbed by him though the White Ghost claims he was saved in an emergency operation and the encounter merely cost him his spleen.
Slasher Smile: When he is killing Z and introducing himself he's wearing one.
Stealth Expert: He manages to sneak up and get the drop on three assassins and Red Robin.

Sac

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Little girrrrl... come out, come out, wherever you are. I promise you'll be just fiiine. You can be useful, just like the league's controller... once my children are inside you we will share everything. I will see what you see. Feel what you feel. We will be together forever. Well...until the eggs hatch and a thousand spiders consume you from the inside out. We won't be together after that.

His control of the Assassins' Expeditor is the reason the Council is getting inside information.

created by: Christopher Yost

first appearance: 2010, Red Robin #6

Chest Burster: His spiders act as a mass of very little ones.
Body Horror: He controls people by filling them with spider eggs. When he is done with them he has the spiders eat their way out killing the host and swarming from their body.
Eaten Alive: See Body Horror above for why you really don’t want this guy to target you.
Conspicuous Gloves: Yellow fingerless ones that match the straps on his shirt.
In the Hood: He wears a green hooded jacket with yellow trim.
People Puppets: Through filling people with spiders.
Pest Controller: Spiders
Puppeteer Parasite: His spiders act as one.
Sinister Scythe: He uses a pair small scythes as weapons.
Nigh-Invulnerability: He has increased durability, though not quite to Super-Toughness levels (maybe close to Rubber Man levels). He shrugs off multiple blunt attacks, being electrocuted and having a cave collapse on top of him.
We Need a Distraction: Invaded the League of Assassins' base with Goliath while Red Robin was fighting Recluse.

Goliath

YOU'LL DiE

A large hairy individual of unknown origin.

created by: Christopher Yost

first appearance: 2010, Red Robin #6

The Berserker: A large powerfully strong individual who charges into fights angrily.
Depending on the Artist: Just how human or not their mouth is is subject to change with the artist, though it usually keeps at least some spider bits to the side no matter who is drawing them.
Extra Eyes: four in total
Monstrous Mandibles: Goliath has a spider inspired mouthparts with chelicerae and pedipalps in the place of a more human mouth.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: six arms
Nigh-Invulnerability: Has increased durability, it is unknown if it reaches Super-Toughness levels, they shrugs off having a cave collapse on top of him.
Walking Shirtless Scene: They'd have a hard time finding a shirt to fit
We Need a Distraction: Invaded the League of Assassins' base with Sac while Red Robin was fighting Recluse.

Wolf

A vigilante mercenary who was hunting down mob members before being recruited by the Wanderer.

created by: Christopher Yost

Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Always seen with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth
Guns Akimbo: He uses six at a time
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has a set of four mechanical arms bringing his total to six.
Walking Shirtless Scene

Recluse

created by: Christopher Yost

Assassin Outclassin': When ambushed by assassins he reacts as though his day has gotten much better, and kills all but one of them (of course they had been forced to agree ahead of time not to use deadly force by Tim even if they’re not all trying very hard to keep to this rule).
Master Poisoner
Poisoned Weapons: His claws
Walking Shirtless Scene: It's probably hard for him to put on a shirt
Wolverine Claws: Appears to have cut of his fingers and replaced them with poisoned knives.

Tangle

created by: Christopher Yost

White Hair, Black Heart: White haired serial killer.

Silk

Webmaster Silk

The Council of Spiders administrator who oversees all operations in Europe including all of Russia.

created by: Fabian Nicieza

first appearance: 2010, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Red Robin #1

Arachnid Appearance and Attire: Her veiled and spiked black outfit qualifies.

Characters / Robin (1993) aka: Robin Series

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Robin

Timothy Jackson "Tim" Drake-Wayne

Allies

Drake Household

Jack Drake

Janet Lynn Drake

Dana Winters-Drake

Eddie Drake (Richard Beren)

Mrs. McIlvaine

Love Interests

Ariana Dzerchenko

Stephanie Brown (Spoiler/Robin IV/Batgirl III)

Dava Sborsc

Zoanne Wilkins

Tamara Fox

Bernard Dowd

Batman Family

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Dick Grayson (Robin I/Nightwing)

Cassandra Cain (Batgirl II/Blackbat)

Jason Peter Todd (Robin II/Red Hood)

Damian Wayne (Robin V)

Alfred Pennyworth

Helena Bertinelli (Huntress/Batgirl II)

Barbara Gordon (Batgirl I/Oracle)

Selina Kyle (Catwoman)

Harold Allnut

Darcy Thomas (Sparrow)

Friends and classmates

Sebastian Ives

Callie Evans

Kevin Hudman

"Hudster" Hudson

Karl Ranck

Philmont Denlinger

Ali Ben Khadir

Star

Daniel Temple

Other supporting characters

Crystal Brown

Officer Harper

Jamie Billie Harper

Sheriff Shotgun Smith

Steve Smith

Deputy Chambers

"Cissy" Chambers

PI Jason Bard

Jason Bard

Ragman

Rory Regan

MoneySpider

Lonnie Machin

Pru

Prudence Wood

Villains

Assorted Villains

The Cluemaster

Arthur Brown

Czonka

Baffler / The Headbanger (Titus Samuel Czonka)

The General/Anarky II

Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong

Jaeger

Amsel Reiniger

Scarab

Maat Shadid

Warlock's Daughter

Darla Aquista

Shen Chi

Johnny Warlock

Jonathan "Johnny" Warren

Rising Sun Archer

Lisa Yurigama

Dark Rider II

Stanley Baumgarten

Tapeworm

??

Redback Spider

Characters / Robin (1993)
aka: Robin Series