How Damian Wayne Died and Came Back to Life

[@ComicDrake]

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[@sebo7345]

Could you make a somewhat of a DC and or marvel or character specific comic timeline never seen some take on this idea and I don’t want any one else to talk about it

[@2-Way_Intersection]

​@@sebo7345oohhh, thats actually a really interesting idea + would honestly be neat for more non readers like myself (look, i aint been able to consistently sit down and read a book since 5th grade)

[@mrbobb1610]

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[@DatAsuna]

pleasantly surprised by this but it's a fitting sponsor since back in the old indie days HI3 relied heavily on it's companion web comics to set up it's world and story through some really earnest and moving prequels

[@matti.8465]

It's such a shame that we don't have Damian teasing Jason about him no longer being the only Robin that died. Like "I was killed too, but you don't see me making that my whole personality".

[@mme9967]

Damian does kind of do that in the Robin 2021 run. When they do the roof top chase scene. It was kind of emotional to but then Damian shocked Jason.😅

[@wesley135]

you're not a real superhero until you've died and come back at least once

[@yellowcapalex2825]

Facts

[@ash_sunday]

Shoutouts kamala Kahn

[@AdahnFlorence]

I wonder if anyone's specifically written a comic story about this concept, I know there's comics that play with similar ideas like Supreme.

[@mochii813]

​@@ash_sunday She's died 3 times at this point lmao

[@TheDrexLord]

Well technically batman never died, he was just sent back in time and everyone thought he died

[@comicalcosmonaut959]

I will always love that one panel of Damian wearing all white with such a wholesome smile on his face, hugging Bruce. He can be a pretty messed up kid at times, but he really does love his father

[@Arma-Dinlo]

just new 52 batman as a whole felt so real

[@boxtupos7718]

Damian was also the only Batfam that didn't get mad at Dick faking his death; He excitedly ran up to hug him, and told him how much he missed him. People tend to forget that Damian is just a kid.

[@urmom-hs4uy]

ikr it's so cute

[@Nublet864]

One scene that always impacted me was when Bruce was obsessively going through computer simulations of the night Damian died and no matter how many times he tried Damian always died. And then Dick comes to help him out of this cycle by going into the simulation with Bruce and together they were able to save Damian, and Dick showed Bruce that he's not the only one carrying weight of Damian's death. Everyone wishes they had done something differently to save Damian it's not just Bruce carrying that weight. And then once they both leave Alfred comes in and does the simulation where he alone is able to save Damian by tranquilizing him before he ran off to join the fight. . .

[@LucasHopkins2006]

Not surprised Alfred seems to be the only one that could’ve saved Damian alone

[@TheRealLemur]

If you're interested in seeing how Damian reacted to his own death and resurrection can I recommend teh "Robin: son of Batman" series? It's by Patrick Gleeson and honestly is a pretty solid read! it's set just after Batman and Robin ended and covers some fallout of the issues of Batman:Endgame

[@ComicDrake]

Ah. I read a couple issues when it came out, but wasn't feeling it at the time. It was also the era where I didn't take detailed notes like I do now. Thanks for the heads up.

[@silvercomics3517]

I always find it interesting whenever someone close to Batman dies. His origin started with his parents’ death so someone else dying really hits him hard.

[@brandonleu5905]

The death and return of Damian was the storyline that actually sold me on Damian, before I was just kinda neutral towards him. But like Bruce's straight up crusade to bring his son back was so compelling and the end of it was so good that Damian kinda started becoming one of my favorite Robin's.

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

Tomasi saved Damian in more ways than one. His depiction of him is what made me like him and that love only grew when Tomasi wrote Super sons.

[@TheNaldy3193]

I cant remember which specific issues, but I do remember that Jason and Damian have talked and bonded about their death and the fact that they are more willing to cross the line than the rest.

[@FoolsGil]

It's ridiculous how all this happened with no repercussions. Batman took on Darkseid and escaped...And got away with it. Let alone how the Bat Family treat the other heroes.

[@kimetsunoacademia3528]

considering how much Batman messed up Apocalypse let alone Darkseid while being all alone. I think the dude finally got the hint to not fuck with Batman.

[@skyren4514]

@@kimetsunoacademia3528 I mean if a human in a suit of armor made to box up gods that is killing him comes to my door and starts to treat me and my army as punching bags i would sit back and lick my wounds you fight gods and the strongest beings in the universe and a man almost ended your world in a day would be both respectable and humiliating.

[@prime7213]

I started reading comics in 2011 right before this happened so I remember thinking it was a huge deal. The silent issue of Batman and Robin was the moment I realized comics could be a true art form.

[@WhiteRaven696]

Not you and Sasha both tackling this arc from different angles within a week of each other. I love it. (Sasha's video focused on Carrie Kelley's return during Damian's death.)

[@ashleytuchin7693]

I know, right? What a coincidence.

[@rslime5962]

@@WhiteRaven696 wait she returned in this series? Very interesting. I thought she wasn’t canon

[@WhiteRaven696]

@@rslime5962 she was introduced into main canon in this story and never reappeared, it was weird

[@rslime5962]

@@WhiteRaven696 do you remember the comic # or KZbin video on it? That’s honestly interesting. Wonder why she wasn’t in the Wayne family adventures

[@WhiteRaven696]

@@rslime5962 just look up Sasha’s video on it. Casually Comics

[@luigiboi4244]

I think one of the main reasons why everyone overlooked this was because of the golden rule in comics that there's always a way to escape death. Combine that with the fact that it took one year to resurrect Damian, and it's clear as day.

[@skyyswaggstudios2934]

Yeah, especially in new 52 era, you see this with a lot of superhero deaths, the fact the death and returns aren’t talked about, and it’s just because everybody was doing it. Robin, wolverine, captain America, so on and so forth everybody’s done it, and so it’s easy to skip over it even if the stories are good

[@ItsTheFizz]

Zeb Wells: "I can beat that speed run!" Kamala Khan: "Wait, what?!"

[@TevyaSmolka]

As for me I thought Damian Wayne robin death was actually well handled and really sad and depressing and really great story in my opinion, while his Return to life on the other hand I think was good but I just fallout to his return had more impact within the wider dc universe as a whole, but honestly despite that setback in general we did get a reference of his time of Damian having superpowers with Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old by showing him how it felt to fly again kind of on the truck with there fathers which I thought was so cute and super adorable at least in my opinion.

[@KindlyCryptid]

Tomasi’s and Gleason’s Batman and Robin is still my favorite title ever, thank you for covering!

[@PharaohDom]

Man, I COULD NOT STAND Damian when he debuted! Morrison and Tomasi managed to make him one of my favorite characters. Man, his partnership with Dick was truly a special run.

[@gandalfthewhite.5245]

My favorite Robin is Damian Wayne. I love his character in Joshua Williamson’s Robin series, and I heard a new Batman and Robin series by Joshua Williamson that I am really excited for. So glad grant Morrison didn’t permanently kill him off.

[@thederpypidgey910]

I actually just finished reading batman new 52 era (I started reading books like last year?). I genuinely loved the run and reading all of Batman, Dark knight, Detective comics, Bat and Robin, and even Nightwing. I enjoyed basically all of it and loved death of the family and Batman Inc.

[@Enigamis]

It was nice to see you colab with Alex dude has a lot of passion for comics. Glad to see KZbinrs helping each other out.

[@matricepeinard7879]

I love the critical part of those reviews. It shows how plural the exercise of comic is. So every event is thematic variation through several writers and authors. Opinionating on it only celebrates that.

[@mattwo7]

6:44 In case anyone wants to get pedantic about this, the monster is technically Victor's son, which would make him a member of the Frankenstein family. That's also officially what the monster's called in DC Comics so it doesn't matter anyway.

[@addyad_adv]

this is so important to me bc damian is one of the first comic book characters i loved and still is and this story struck me so hard i cried reading it 😭❤

[@originaler31er67]

I loved Tim emotionally breaking after Damian died and shouting „I CREATED THE TEEN TITANS SO NO KID WOULD EVER BE IN DANGER AGAIN“ to his „ghost“ and crying.

[@sleepy9102]

I remember comicstorian covering this run. The resurrection was some of the most heartwarming things I’ve ever read. For a father to go to hell and back to save his son hits so hard man.

[@SapphicInsomniac5924]

Yay! Another Vid! Thanks Drake, Damiens always been interesting to me. Hope you have a good day man :)

[@torgan]

Of course you get a HI3 sponsership during the arc where Seele becomes the Herrscher of REBIRTH for the video about Damian's death and rebirth

[@pious83]

Of all the things Jason and Damian could have bonded over. Hearing Damian beat down Joker with a crowbar, would have probably been quite cathartic for Jason.

[@gregcourtney751]

It came up at least once. I think it was during Tom king's run because it took place at bat burger. Basiclly most of the robins were there and shocked signal? With how each was seemingly dead at one point and very casual about it. Daimen was included. I could have sworn there was at least one other throw away line from something where damien freaked someone out by saying hes been to apocalypse.

[@mattwo7]

9:25 Stuff like this is why I love superhero media.

[@Doomsword0]

6:07 Oh I think I remember reading this issue and even a couple of those batman and guests books afterwards since that was still while i was actively reading some of the batman books and I remember that cover where they had the robin costumes. It's so funny how I just missed all the rest of this storyline. which honestly is a much better story than I was expecting considering how fast it all happened and as you say, no one talks about it

[@kylecarter1599]

Jason Todd wasnt beaten to death with a crowbar. He was very much still alive when Joker left the building before the explosion. Jason even tried to save his mother from the explosion in his dying moment.

[@ComicDrake]

Which is why I said that he was beaten with a crowbar and blown up in the video.

[@yoda5167]

He was probably referring to 3:41

[@nolmaosdfsdf]

@@ComicDrake ​I don't really care too much but it's stated at 3:42 that Jason was beaten to death with a crowbar, but you do say he was blown up at 7:42 so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ForeverDakota1]

@@nolmaosdfsdfeven if he wasn’t blown up realistically he would’ve died from eternal bleeding and head trama

[@connie4334]

He went from my least favourite robin to my second favourite robin cause of his recent comic book arcs (sorry Tim you got shafted)

[@josephgrace5955]

I was 100% on team Jason Todd when he lost it on Bruce. I mean after manipulating him to return to his own murder location, Batman was trying to bring Damien back with a drive he never had for Jason. Then after Jason calls him out on it, Bruce throws “I just want my son back” or something along those lines- completely oblivious that ALL Robins see Bruce as a father figure, and Jason has abandonment issues to begin with. All around, Bruce was just a terrible person in this. Beyond just grieving a child

[@kyletowers9662]

I feel like a part of it being forgotten is also that characters dying and coming back is not a big deal in modern stories

[@joeker5208]

The death of Damian Wayne was one of the first Batman comics I had ever gotten. Never gonna forget such a scene of that kid giving his all

[@squeethemog213]

I remember Batman busting his way thru Apocalypse and it being some of the coolest stuff at the time. I am glad that I now I know more of the context around it. Thank you Drake :D

[@BingBangPoe]

The thing is: since _Death and Return of Superman,_ killing off major characters is no longer shocking because we all know they'll return, except for Uncle Ben and the Waynes (unless we're talking alternate universes).

[@originaler31er67]

Alfreds been gone for a long time now…

[@Damigons]

by the way as someone who’s favourite character is damian i like when people mention one of damians deaths cause currently he has died an entire three times first was in batman 658 (revived via lazarus in 665) , second was the mentioned in the video, and third was in robin son of batman #13 where he takes a direct hit from a weapon meant to destroy all life on earth. also in robin: son of batman #1 he IS shown to go to hell as well and have nightmares about it.

[@dakkthemetalhead9302]

If i remember correctly, Damian and Jason both get teased by Tim for being the "Easy-to-kill Robin" during Robin War. Granted that wasn't too long after his resurrection.

[@Deoxy360]

Seeing that Green Day American Idiot, awakened several high school memories. Still a banger of album.

[@saintmike8637]

0:08 you said duty😂

[@eliandervalderen5849]

Darkseid described his Omega sanction as the death day is like. Because of his ability to kill a resurrect new Gods I can see his Omega beams or Omega sanction having the latest ability to resurrect someone even more so if they have a body to work from

[@Rian60]

Hearing Alex Lennen in a comic Drake video is crazy

[@theshenpartei]

I remember seeing ads for this storyline in some of the Batman comics at the time

[@SuperEasywalker]

I do remember reading the entire BATMAN AND ROBIN comic series from start to finish that I check out at the library but didn’t read the comic where Damian Wayne/Robin dies though. I’m very indifferent about which Robin that I like since I’m very out of the loop regarding the Robins in general for example the Jason Todd hate-train at the time was kind of ridiculous just because he was brat similar to how Damian Wayne was introduce and his personality. Even then people have gotten used to Damian after some time, so it could have been possible for the hate for Jason to pass if given the chance.

[@Corey.Coolidge]

Once Superman broke death in the 1990's people don't get really excited about a character death anymore. Everyone dies, everyone comes back to life. It's no big deal, so no one really talks about it. Flash's rouges all died, killed by the devil Necron where their souls were tortured for months while their bodies, possessed by unkillable demons, rampaged Keystone city. Flash got their souls back to their bodies. Do they ever talk about it? No! You'd think all the Rouges would feel indebted to Wally, but we can't have that.

[@EstebanAlvarez-Tostado]

In the bane storyline where Batman ate a burger with a fork, Damian mentions that Jason has died before and Jason replies that Damian died before too.

[@Strunmahmah]

Damian going to Hell is talked a lot in Robin: Son of Batman, which is my single favorite Damian-centric book

[@sawkchalk6966]

And here I was thinking the weirdest part of this whole arc was the giant assassain baby

[@markusnavergard2387]

Batman on apocalypse in the hellbat suit. Darkseid: " why do i hear doom music?"

[@lightyearpig12]

Bruce: MY BABY BOOOOOOOOY! Tim: Bruce, no! Bruce: BRUCE, YES!

[@Detrifus]

Damian may have been the one meant to be killed, but Talia’s the one whose character ended ip assassinated.

[@nearlyhenry2834]

Omg I love that you got Alex Lennen in this!!

[@theterrorofdeath8907]

If I remember correctly, super sons did talk about it at least once

[@CrazyGamingYT56]

Love your content keep up the great work

[@ZeanG_]

This storyline is what got me into comics

[@FreshmanGrimm]

Sometimes i forget grant is scottish and then i just get jumpscared when someone dubs them with a super strong scottish accent

[@ComicDrake]

I'm going to Scotland next month to meet them. 🤙

[@NoahMoon-c9s]

I don't care about Injustice Damian this Damian Wayne was a true Robin he's a real embodiment of a hero

[@illegalmemedealer3549]

I mean, it’s not surprising that Damien’s death got glossed over. It would be more surprising if a character DID stay dead for over a year these days

[@barry6140]

The worst father award goes to the Batman

[@Stella-gl1se]

They mention Damian’s death and visit to Hell. In Robin: Son of Batman. Where Damian spends the book tries to fix his past sins, because it traumatized him so much.

[@Read-alert]

Speaking of dead Robins, have you ever done a video on Stephanie's death and it's retcon?

[@zero2ultimate]

There was also that time he briefly mentioned it in the super sons comic

[@RickReasonnz]

That shirt.... oh man, I feel like we're suddenly in a mid-00's mosh pit.

[@nightblockprimecraft9284]

Does this have anything to do with Alex Lennon’s upcoming Batman video?

[@emmanuelojurongbe2469]

Jason Todd: Not so funny is it Damian.

[@marmato9332]

Can someone elaborate about 7:10? As far as I knew Jason's resurrection was caused by the lazarus pit, was this a retcon or something? I know New 52 canon is different, but is it still canon?

[@globesnow6377]

this might be one of the coldest comic book story in DC history ..

[@lukestarkiller441]

This is a good example of why no one Fucks with Batman. Even without powers, he'll go straight to Apocalypse & Punch Darkseid in the face, all just to get his son's corpse back. Thanks for the video, it was really interesting.

[@lie1817]

I love how the batmfam casually hacked Cyborg and the other suoerheroes told them nothing lol

[@globesnow6377]

we need a video explaining the logos on your background 🙌🏾

[@IsamotKol]

Bro, you talk about the requiem issue of B&R and talk about how impacted that page of Batman holding ribbons uniform is, but you dont mention it's drawn by Pat Gleason. Tomasi "wrote" it but Gleason did the heavy lifting.

[@TheCreepypro]

man this turned out to be super interesting

[@ando5054]

great video, you should do a video on what sports batman could win in the Olympics

[@TevyaSmolka]

Great job man on this awesome video on death and return of Damian Wayne robin. :)

[@dallasgrey4247]

If they make a good comics encyclopedia, Drake needs to be a contributor

[@dannywanny1412]

I love seeing Alex Lennon popping up in more and more places on KZbin

[@KyleHope-pt2ku]

comic drake wearing a green day shirt is very cool as someone who listens to green day

[@okhmgm88]

The Green Day t shirt brings me back to high school

[@Soguwe]

Webtoons Damian is supposed to be main continuity Damian? Ma dude has different hair, different face and different skin color

[@Broswald_Inc]

Good video

[@ironcomics99]

Alex and Drake working together? hell ye!

[@tdkb3395]

Say it with me now "Nobody stays dead in comics except Uncle Ben and Bucky Barnes"

[@thomasraines1396]

Bucky Barnes is still alive and (retroactively) never died anyway.

[@tdkb3395]

@@thomasraines1396 true its just a phrase thats pretty popular among comic fans cause people be resurrecting all the dam time

[@thomasraines1396]

@@tdkb3395 oh no I got that, it’s just sad 2/3 of the phrase can’t be applied anymore.

[@takenname8053]

SUPER NICE, Never knew that he died

[@sadib100]

"My name is Drake. Let's talk about it." I agree. Let's.

[@robinlucifer6095]

I literally just learned about that a couple days ago

[@CyberstormSM]

Giving this video a like just for that shirt.

[@cofagrigusfan24]

the Wayne family tree is weird since even Harley Quinn in now part of it, in her show at least, not sure about the comics though

[@matti.8465]

Pretty sure Clayface was a part of the Batfamily at one point.

[@ethanmandengue3870]

​@@matti.8465He was

[@lillyy256]

bro did not open the video with the minecraft explosion

[@Extreme2566]

Hey, Drake. Can you talk about Nimona? It's a webcomic turned Graphic Novel by N.D Stevenson that would eventually become a Netflix film after blue sky closed down

[@ComicDrake]

I absolutely hated the movie, so probably not. There was a lot of really interesting stuff there that was completely overshadowed by Nimona's cringe 2003 "lol I'm so random and violent, RARR XD". It's the same reason why I can't stand Deadpool. i don't like making videos that are just tearing down a work, especially one that a lot of people love and yeah, I am REALLY GLAD that so many people enjoyed it and I appreciated its unapologetic. LGBT inclusivity. Humor is just incredibly subjective and it's very much not for me.

[@gulorful8488]

Do you have a reading order for the comics you covered here? I'm interested in checking it out.

[@natepreciado4874]

Believe they talked about it sorta when they were at the fast food place (dick, Damian, and Duke ) and talking about their deaths , could be wrong , and can’t believe you missed dicks and Damian’s reunions after they both died

[@josecostamartins2019]

Where are from the comic book illustrations shown in this video, and are they worth reading, or not so much?

[@thecavalry4]

Can you make a video about Tim Drake's Red Robin comics?

[@Green.Star_ks]

Fuck man I 100% saw some of those issues at the comic shop yesterday, was a little interested. But ignored them, looks like I gotta go back

[@CaptainCat101]

He's just lucky that he got his own Lego Minifigure

[@ShootingStar489]

Ive been hesitating to read the return arc of Damians related appearances since that Batman acts way WAY too nuts at times for me to handle without gagging

[@radiant_ways0746]

Was that Alex Lennen? Where are you keeping him Drake?