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The
tradition with comic publishers is to make an annual special based on
already popular monthly titles. Such was the case for
Robin. Robin's very own, regular series was a long time
coming. He had to wait from his "birth" in 1940 until 1991 to get
his first, limited series. Robin had three limited series before
he finally got his own regular series.
This annual series stars the Tim Drake version of Robin, who was the third major incarnation of the character.
This annual series stars the Tim Drake version of Robin, who was the third major incarnation of the character.
Issues:
#3: 1994. This
issue is an Elseworlds annual. DC's Elseworlds stories took
familiar character ideas and put them in strange times and
places. In this story, set in 1700s Japan, Robin is a
ninja. He was adopted and trained by a samurai Batman. When
samurai Batman is killed by an unknown enemy, ninja Robin solves the
puzzle of this mystery. Joining him is the ninja Catwoman.
Cool enough story, but is totally ruined by the ending: Robin kills
himself! I don't like that. Found it unnecessary.
Other than that, good story and art by Chuck Dixon and Enrique
Villagran, respectively.