Robin Comic Book Lot

Issues 19, 20, 21, 22  | (19-22)

Written by Chuck Dixon

Published by DC Comics

1995

Near Mint, Like New. Ungraded The comic books are clean, covers attached, secure stapled bindings, unmarked, no writing, no highlighting, no stains, no fading, no ripped pages, no edge chipping, no crease marks, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Very faint to indiscernible signs of wear from use, storage and handling.

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Robin  is the alias of several  superheroes  appearing in  American comic books  published by  DC Comics. The character was originally created by  Bob Kane,  Bill Finger, and  Jerry Robinson, to serve as a junior counterpart and the  sidekick  to the superhero  Batman. As a team, Batman and Robin have commonly been referred to as the  Caped Crusaders  and the  Dynamic Duo. The character's first incarnation,  Dick Grayson, debuted in  Detective Comics  #38 (April 1940). Conceived as a way to attract young readership, Robin garnered overwhelmingly positive critical reception, doubling the sales of the Batman titles. Robin's early adventures included  Star Spangled Comics  #65–130 (1947–1952), the character's first solo feature. He made regular appearances in Batman-related comic books and other DC Comics publications from 1940 through the early 1980s, until the character set aside the Robin identity and became the independent superhero  Nightwing. The second incarnation of the character,  Lance Bruner, first appeared in  The Brave and the Bold  #83 (1969). Lance was the second young man that  Bruce  became the guardian of and adopted. Therefore, Lance is not considered a Robin for long due to the fact that he died in the edition that appears for the first time. 

The considered second incarnation of the character,  Jason Todd, first appeared in  Batman  #357 (1983). He made regular appearances in Batman-related comic books until 1988, when he was murdered by the  Joker  in the storyline "A Death in the Family" (1989). Jason later found himself alive after a reality-changing incident, eventually becoming the  Red Hood. Tim Drake eventually transitioned from late preadolescence to adolescence, becoming the third Robin over the course of the storylines "Rite of Passage" and "Identity Crisis", with all issues scripted by Alan Grant and penciled by Norm Breyfogle. Story arcs that included Drake only in  subplots  or featured his training in criminal investigation, such as "Crimesmith" and "The Penguin Affair,”  were either written or co-written by Grant and Wolfman, with pencils by Breyfogle, Aparo, and  M. D. Bright. 

Immediately afterwards, the character starred in the five-issue miniseries  Robin,  written by  Chuck Dixon, with interior pencils by  Tom Lyle  and cover art by  Brian Bolland. The new Batman and Robin team went on their first official mission together in the story "Debut", again written by Grant and penciled by Breyfogle. Lauren R. O'Connor contends that, in early Tim Drake appearances, writers such as Grant and  Chuck Dixon  "had a lexicon of teenage behavior from which to draw, unlike when Dick Grayson was introduced and the concept of the teenager was still nascent. They wisely mobilized the expected adolescent behaviors of parental conflict, hormonal urges, and identity formation to give Tim emotional depth and complexity, making him a relatable character with boundaries between his two selves." In the  Robin  ongoing series, when Drake had fully transitioned into an adolescent character, Chuck Dixon depicted him as engaging in adolescent intimacy, yet still stopped short at overt heterosexual consummation. 

The premiere  Robin  limited series was published in 1991, featuring the character's third incarnation,  Tim Drake, training to earn the role of Batman's vigilante partner. After two successful sequels, the monthly  Robin  series began in 1993 and ended in early 2009, which also helped his transition from sidekick to a superhero in his own right. In 2004 storylines, established DC Comics character  Stephanie Brown  became the fourth Robin for a short time before the role reverted to Tim Drake.  Damian Wayne  succeeds Drake as Robin in the 2009 story arc "Battle for the Cowl." The current and former Robins always feature prominently in  Batman's cast of supporting heroes; Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian all regard him as a father. In current continuity as of 2021, Dick Grayson serves as Nightwing, Jason Todd is the Red Hood, Stephanie Brown is  Batgirl, and Tim Drake has picked up the mantle of Robin again after a stint as  Red Robin. Damian has left behind the title Robin, but remains the title character of the  Robin  comic book. In recent years, Batman has also adopted new sidekicks in the form of  Bluebird, whose name references Robin, and  The Signal.

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Charles Dixon is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the  Marvel Comics  character the  Punisher  and on the  DC Comics  characters  Batman,  Nightwing, and  Robin  in the 1990s and early 2000s. Chuck Dixon's earliest comics work was writing  Evangeline  for  Comico Comics  in 1984 and then for  First Comics. Editor  Larry Hama  hired him to write back-up stories for  Marvel Comics'  Savage Sword of Conan. Writing under the name "Charles Dixon", he would eventually take over the lead feature of Conan on a semi-regular basis. He contributed stories to the Hama edited re-boot of  Savage Tales  highlighted by a number of western stories illustrated by  John Severin. In 1986, he began working for  Eclipse Comics, writing  Airboy  which was edited by  Timothy Truman  followed by  Cat Yronwode  for the bulk of its 50 issue run. Continuing to write for both Marvel and Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching  Strike!  with artist  Tom Lyle  in August 1987 and  Valkyrie  with artist  Paul Gulacy  in October 1987, he began work on  Carl Potts'  Alien Legion  series for Marvel's  Epic Comics  imprint,  under editor  Archie Goodwin. He produced a three-issue adaptation of  J. R. R. Tolkien's  The Hobbit  for Eclipse with artist  David Wenzel  between 1989 and 1990, and began writing  Marc Spector: Moon Knight  in June 1989 for editor Potts.

The  Punisher  Kingdom Gone  graphic novel (August 1990) led to him working on the monthly  The Punisher War Journal  and later other  Punisher  titles, and brought him to the attention of  DC Comics  editor  Dennis O'Neil, who asked him and  Tom Lyle  to produce a  Robin  mini-series featuring the  Tim Drake  incarnation. The series proved popular enough to spawn two sequels –  The Joker's Wild  (1991) and  Cry of the Huntress  (1992).  This led to both an ongoing monthly series which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics, and to Dixon working on  Detective Comics  from #644 (May 1992)  to #738 (Nov. 1999) through the major Batman stories "Knightfall'" and "KnightsEnd" for which he helped create the key character of  Bane,  "Contagion", "Legacy", "Cataclysm", and "No Man's Land". Dixon and Lyle co-created the  Electrocutioner  in  Detective Comics  #644 (May 1992)  and  Stephanie Brown  in  Detective Comics  #647 (August 1992).  Much of his later run was illustrated by  Graham Nolan. He was DC's most prolific Batman writer in the 1990s. In addition to writing  Detective Comics  he pioneered the individual series for  Robin,  Nightwing  (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and  Batgirl, as well as creating the team and book  Birds of Prey. While writing multiple  Punisher  and  Batman  comics and October 1994's  Punisher/Batman  crossover, he launched  Team 7  for  Jim Lee's  WildStorm/Image  and  Prophet  for  Rob Liefeld's  Extreme Studios. He wrote many issues of  Catwoman  and  Green Arrow, regularly having about seven titles out each month between 1993 and 1998. In 1994, Dixon co-wrote the  Batman-Spawn: War Devil  intercompany crossover  with  Doug Moench  and  Alan Grant. Dixon and Tom Grummett crafted a  Secret Six  one-shot (Dec. 1997) as part of the  Tangent Comics  imprint.