Being a Robin is not an easy job, since you are exposed to danger all the time. That is why many of them have died, although they have managed to be brought back to life
Batman has always made it clear that he prefers to work on his own. However, has never completely closed himself off to receiving help. That's why we've seen him working alongside other superheroes. But that's not all, since the bat detective has a great team known as the Bat-Family.
Many of the members of the Bat-Family They began their path in heroism as Robins,, although one of them has ventured into villainy, companions who accompanied Batman on all kinds of dangerous missions, so many had close encounters with death.
We have prepared this post for tell you how the Robins died and how they have come back to life, since they have even been resurrected.
Dick Grayson temporarily died at the hands of Lex Luthor
Dick had the shortest death of all
Dick Grayson is the first Robin in history, but also the first to leave the position to become a hero on his owncalling himself Nightwing. However, during his time as Robin, he was kidnapped and held hostage. The situation quickly escalated, so he was temporarily killed.
And in Forever Evil comic #6 we can see that Dick has been kidnapped by the Crime Syndicate and they have tied him to a pump that will only stop if the young man's heart stops too. In the midst of the tension, Lex Luthor decides to kill the Robin and he succeeded. Although it was temporarily, since later she injected him with adrenaline to make his heart beat again. This death was the shortest, but the world witnessed it.
Jason Todd's Death and Return to Life Are Pretty Shady
Definitely, if we talk about Robin deaths, we have to highlight Jason Todd's, as it is the most infamous of all. This happened in the story Batman: Death in the Family. Back then, Jason was a boy who decided to search for his mother all over the world.. However, he was kidnapped by her and handed over to the Joker, who tortured him until he tired. The Joker beat him with a crowbar before murdering him with a bomb.
Some time later, amid the events of Infinite Crisis, Superboy-Prime struck so hard at the fabric of reality which modified many things in the DC universe, thus bringing to life Jason Todd, who escaped from his grave and became Red Hood, a hero who does not hesitate to use lethal force.
Tim Drake was close to death, but was saved
Tim Drake almost blew himself up in a drone attack, but was rescued
Tim Drake was the next Robin after Jason Todd. This He was almost killed when a bunch of military drones entered Gotham CityAt this point, Robin forced them to mark him as their sole target and they all set out to explore, which could have been certain death. However, the young boy disappeared. It was later revealed that he had been kidnapped by Superman's father to be kept prisoner because he was considered too dangerous. He was later rescued by a dark, older version of himself.
Stephanie Brown 'died' to teach Batman a lesson
This may have been everyone's least favorite Robin. In fact, She was not loved even by readers. No matter how hard I tried, things just didn't seem to work. So Batman fired her.
However, Stephanie wanted to prove her worth and set in motion a plan to destroy crime in the city. But everything got out of control and the girl was killed by Black Mask. Later, Dr. Leslie Thompkins He notified Batman that she had died.However, years later, she would appear again as an adult to become Batgirl, because, in reality, the doctor faked her death to send her away from the city to recover, teaching Batman a lesson about using these children in his dangerous missions.
Damian Wayne's death upset Batman
Damian's death was not only tragic, but it pushed Batman to the limit
When Batman and Damian were fighting against Talia al Ghul's organization, young Robin was killed by his clone brother, Heretic. This death was presented in a bloody and brutal way, as well as very sad, since the young man had become a true hero.
Damian's death greatly affected Batman, who He became obsessed with bringing him back, so he had Jason Todd relive his trauma to try to understand how he was resurrected. He did the same with Superman, and even experimented on Frankenstein to understand how he was alive. In the end, the hero traveled to Darkseid's world and managed to resurrect Damian by combining a chaos crystal and a bit of a Lazarus Pit.
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