Tim Drake Robin's first SOLO adventure! | Robin: A Hero Reborn

After being deemed worthy by Batman to become the new Robin, Tim Drake sets off for France to study specialized fighting techniques under an ancient master. But before long, Robin's training is sidetracked when he finds himself working together with a maverick DEA agent and a deadly female assassin in order to stop the modern day release of the Bubonic plague. Learning street fighting and martial arts from his new companions, Robin endures a baptism of fire as he discovers the danger of living a life based on anger and revenge. Pick it up here! amzn.to/28VcjYA Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #batman
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[@r.babylon2885]

Tim Drake noticing Nightwing's acrobatics kind of makes sense. He saw the Flying Grayson's as a child, when people have their best impressions and fond memories. He probably saw that weird quadruple somersault that only Dick can do at the performance and as Nightwing.

[@robertt9342]

Allen Babylon maybe, but I think what is suppose to separate Tim from others is that he does remember. Amost all people wouldn't, or at most would say it reminds him of a performance he saw years earlier, but not make the actual connection.

[@kevontheoriginal4757]

@@robertt9342 but at the time Tim probably remembered it best bc that was also the last performance of the flying graysons when they died so it might’ve stuck out more or it was burned into his memory cause of tragedy

[@Atem_in_the_streets]

Tiffany is just adorable. I mean, you all are, but that hat is more than I can bear. #punz

[@comicpop]

lulz

[@jemitysfilms]

ComicPOP! Male genitalz ?

[@dieboyandy5150]

I GET IT!!!! LOL!!!!

[@alucardprinceofgayvampires8526]

@@jemitysfilms is that a question or a statement?

[@jemitysfilms]

@@alucardprinceofgayvampires8526 To be honest with you. I have no idea and don't have the slightest interest in figuring out the enigma, that once was my teenage mind.

[@comicbookbullies]

Yes it the first time Robin ever had his own solo series. Also the first time he wore pants.

[@collinschoenfelder677]

The early adventures of Robin included Star Spangled Comics #65-130 (1947-1952), his first solo feature.

[@stormking6332]

I enjoyed Tiffany's comment about King Snake not dying when falling from the building because he was blind and didn't see it coming.....good one.

[@comicpop]

snare drum

[@SeekerLancer]

Tim Drake's solo Robin adventures were some of my favorite comics in the 90's.

[@b1merio]

"Maybe you're poorly drawn and conceived" Ha! That's definitely a comic book reader's comeback.

[@ballsmcfinley8939]

I was born in '89, but i was given this tpb by some random dude in '93. Not only was this book my first introduction to comics - it taught me how to read. Watching this video made me feel nostalgia on a level that I have never experienced before. Seriously. I got the feels man! My memory is fuzzy but i think you missed a plotline involving a nazi nuclear weapon or poison gas or ... something of that nature that the King Snake was going to use to hold Tokyo for ransom ... or something. Thank you so much kind sirs and lady. Oh how I desperately need to find this tpb again! And also you have given me hope - smoking hot girls whom I can discuss comic books with do exist ... somewhere.

[@danielalbertovazquezrodrig9476]

It's a great episode, Tim Drake is my favorite Robin, I read that story, and i liked how you presented it. You're great, Tiffany is lovely.

[@Sicod79]

I always liked Tim Drake Robin, the only one who really chose to be Robin and didn't get drafted.

[@Thorfan85]

Huh, I think I found my Robin. Tim sounds like a very interesting and flushed out character.

[@sergnechaev]

I actually have most of these issues from back in the 90's, translated into my native Hungarian. One of the first Batman stories I read back then was the one when sir Edmunds tries to get revenge against Robin, thinking he was the one that crippled him, instead of lady Shiva. Thanks for this episode, gonna go give those stories a read again :)

[@mr.master2017]

Tiffany is wearing the same hat as she this Christmas back issues.

[@dmmc_25]

Do more Tim Drake stories, he is my favorite Robin and I feel that he should be a little more mainstream.

[@GankMo]

This actually made me want to read a Robin series. Well, this and Young Justice. Sweet episode as always people and it was cool to see Tiffany again!

[@pewerjenius]

Ethan made a Streets of Rage reference. This really IS my favorite channel.

[@williamgazca6641]

Tim is my favorite Robin but I do have an enormous soft spot for Jason. Nothing like revisiting the classics. Thanks for all the amazing content over the years CP.

[@SPKRFCKR1]

I love the thumbnail for this video, it looks like Sal's wearing Tiffany's favourite Robin weapon on his hoody. Another great Back Issues guys!

[@XEspadaSaDiosX]

Tim Drake invented the robin staff? So the Teen Titans cartoon was a lie? :(

[@OreoBrawl]

That show was a bunch of lies.... Entertaining lies, but lies

[@SeekerLancer]

The Teen Titans cartoon Robin is sort of a mish-mash of Dick Grayson and Tim Drake. Visually he's way closer to Tim Drake.

[@drakejackson7374]

Tiffany is the best this episode.

[@ONmedz]

Ben may have been sick, but he was here in spirit via Tiff's hat/scarf bear thing. Edit: Tiff is on her game with those references. D: Kraven eating spiders and the Superman S? Damn.

[@comicpop]

She's legit

[@deazy6453]

Tim Drake is, like, a super genius

[@irascendedkitten7450]

I hope you guys do more Tim Drake stuff.

[@MercysLittleShoww]

Why do we only get Tiff when Ben or Ethan is gone? If we got all 4 of you in an episode of Back Issues... uh... ya... nerdgasm.

[@comicpop]

I totally get what you mean! hm...

[@TerrenceYO]

I do like the hat Tiffany is sporting! She's so pretty! Anywayz...never read this one but I do have one of the miniseries after where Tim Drake goes up against Joker by himself with a little help from Alfred all while Batman is out of town. You mentioned it at the end of the video. It's great fun. Favorite moment in it is when Joker first sees Robin and yells "I killed you!!!" Classic! :)

[@TheKamaranPU]

what hair product does Tiffany use? I want fluffy ears too!

[@Sp0rkXNinja]

Love Tiffany's hat and good review as always. I know you have a big list of stories to talk about and I hate to bug you but I was wondering if the following under the radar stories were on your list: Sinestro Corps War, Fear Itself, and DC One Million? These are stories that I hear mentioned every once in a while but never seen a KZbin discussion on them.

[@tmjones4tmj]

Thanks4giving this to me. I'm so happy!

[@hotrode96]

I finally get it, I always knew that everyone loved Tim and I was okay thats the one they grew up on so it makes since but now I really understand and almost like Tim more than Damian as robin. Almost, I still think tim is independent enough to be his own hero if he only had the money for it.

[@logansmith2703]

This story does the sling shot dirty. Like that's straight up a weapon people used in war.

[@Helidokter1]

I love it how whenever Tiffany brings up the Toon Titans, Sal says "Thats Cool" with the same enthusiasim someone says "I don't give a shit"

[@Danrike]

Another great Back issues, Sal and team!

[@comicpop]

Thanks, Danrike!

[@charlesbutler8095]

This is probably my favorite graphic novel.

[@charlesbutler8095]

+Charles Butler I thought it was cool that King Snake ended up being Bane's dad.

[@charlesbutler8095]

+Charles Butler It was funny that Tim thought he was going to get laid with Lady Shiva.

[@comicpop]

I thought I remember hearing that. If it's true, I'm a fan of that!

[@charlesbutler8095]

+ComicPOP! Yeah it was when she woke him up and told him it was time to learn new lessons or something like that. The way the scene was, I thought he was going to get laid too. lol

[@comicpop]

Charles Butler I mean the Bane/King Snake thing. We talk about the sex thing in the episode, if memory serves.

[@tromusic7815]

Will you guys ever do the Red Hood story? Notice me, Salpai 😭

[@JoshMunroe]

Tim Drake = best Robin. Turning him into Red Robin (yummmm) was a travesty. Also, why does Bruce Wayne always seem to find white boys with jet black hair and tragic family backgrounds to be his Robins?

[@Impact_Player]

That last little face touch at the end was very cute and it went well with the ending theme. Are Sal and Tiff an item?

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

It's pronounced oh-BYAH man. The character is based on a archetypal witchdoctor figure from Jamaican and West African folklore and traditions.

[@TommyBaysMusic]

I see that Absolute Watchmen behind you there... i see ya

[@MrMikeyc087]

Rewatching all the batman episodes lately, any chance doing year 2 of injustice. Zack synder recently confirmed that the original plan of the dc movies was going down the line of injustice series. Thanks for the great content and keep it up

[@jphizzle011]

Tiffany's hat is awesome!

[@CosmicNerdStudios]

I own some of the Robin comics where he fights the joker and stuff. I love his comics

[@superluigiac]

My favorite Robin, but he has been under used since the New 52

[@karsoncompton2340]

superluigiac I know right

[@Testtube27]

Please do Ultimates 1-2!, or just more Alan Moore impressions ;)

[@MrMikeyc087]

love the show guys and you've spread to Ireland. I've learned a lot about comics and i actually enjoy the show based on attitudes of ye guys. i'd love to see a back issue based about other great joker stories other than the "death something the family," like killing joke, and about the age of apocalypse back issue, split it into separate episodes. Also please do the justice league kingdom come

[@123mgu]

Loved the mini as a kid.... was my first trade paperback...

[@robineveryonelovesthedrake6795]

Great Video

[@dieboyandy5150]

It's not an "R" Batarang, its an "R" shuriken! And its NOTHING like a huge cellophane "S", I don't even know WHAT the hell that was!!!

[@p.a.stewart5446]

Obeah, can either be pronounced O-bey, or O-bey-ah. Yeah I'm a fount of trivia

[@zachtaylor9467]

You guys are awesome. This channel is awesome. Everything. Is. Awesome.

[@comicpop]

Thank you!!

[@DavidTSmith-jn5bs]

34:54 "Maybe it's just poorly drawn and conceived." "Maybe YOU'RE poorly drawn and conceived!" I love it when pretty girls talk like boys in a locker room! It's so cute! Another great one folks!

[@alfiehagan438]

Hey speaking of teen titans how about maybe for the next dc back issues its something teen titans related. There are lots of good and dumb stories to choose from.

[@lukang3374]

“He wasn’t trained in the R” lmao

[@FloorTankMain]

It really hurts me that they knew nothing of Timmy

[@brandoncovert7514]

I need like three backissues a week

[@mossydodo8480]

Hey guys!There's an area on the Secret wars map that's called Mutopia.Maybe Marvel watched your Siege video!

[@comicpop]

Did not catch that! Awesome!

[@papinacho8716]

Really psyched that your doing more DC guys! What about Crisis on Infinite Earth's? I mean, you already went through most of the Marvel crossovers.

[@comicpop]

Crisis... Ehhh idk. We will be doing A Crisis shortly... Just not THE Crisis.

[@zorobusonora]

TV Little House Comics identity crisis? cause that would be great lol

[@Testtube27]

Some of the comments about Tiffanys hat are un-bear-able...

[@howardroark3208]

Any chance of you guys doing transmetropolitan at some point, I would ask for preacher but with the tv show supposed to be coming out next year from Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen and Ben having mentioned it several times it'll prob get plenty of coverage ... anyways hope bens allright

[@Cubelarooso]

You keep switching between "they kept the Joker dead for a good year" and "yeah they brought him back after only a year"

[@poisonsmoon]

this is one of my favorite Tim stories, he had such good writing and I really like him but at the same time I find tim extremely boring

[@orkess8634]

My favorite back issues setup is probably Sal, Ethan, Tiffany

[@RedShadow995]

It wsd a good show but you msde quite a few mistakes. First the ghost Dragon girl's name is Lynx not Jynx. And Tim Drake did not want to get laid because when he misunderstood Lady Shiva he said " I don't think I'm ready for this." and Shiva said "There will be plenty of time for that later but now we start your training."

[@comicpop]

Yeah, I was going off memory. Thanks for commenting.

[@EricMinimus]

Tim Drake is one of my favorite characters. This was a good story, but I remember thinking it was really sad and messed up that Snake just killed that guy and he didn't get any form of vengeance for his family. I really hate new 52 batman. Not the stories that Snyder has written, but the way they have handled the characters, Tim especially.

[@kingcoheed1208]

The biggest problem I have with new 52 is that everything has happened in only 5 years... it's a huge disservice to characters like Tim Drake, hell how is Damien explained he's 10 but Bruce has only been Batman for 5 years and he met Talia as Batman... they "fixed" their timeline by fcking up their timeline

[@collinschoenfelder677]

The early adventures of Robin included Star Spangled Comics #65-130 (1947-1952), his first solo feature.

[@YoungChainZ]

Oh-Bee-Ah Man A West Indian/Caribbean word

[@BalmierLotus]

I used to have that trade, but when i was 15 my mom sold it at a garage sale

[@Vinion51]

At least they replaced ben with Tiff. (But ben is cool)

[@FireflyTheory]

I want the IBSN of that novel!! Seriously.

[@ThatKevinBravo]

This story is in continuity with the new 52? And I remember that there was a story of Robin that there covers where 3D, it was this one?

[@comicpop]

Unfortunately it's not New 52 in continuity. The covers you're thinking of are for Robin 3: Cry of the Huntress.

[@TtL2024]

Love the show, will you do Court of the Owls and Night of the Owls

[@comicpop]

***** Not a bad idea, but Ben's read both of those. Maybe, though.

[@TtL2024]

K, Thanks. take it easy.

[@AnthonyMillerJr]

I like Tiffany's hat.

[@graysonred2641]

You guys probably already know by now but for much of continuity Gotham City would geographically be where Cape May, New Jersey is. And if you didn't now you know. #jerseystrong

[@frankievelasco1738]

Nolan's Tanooki Mario?

[@Moltar01]

Can you guys do a back issues of World War Hulk?

[@comicpop]

I have a good feeling that'll happen one day.

[@Moltar01]

more like never xD

[@buku43v3r]

TV Little House Comics he beat me to it

[@Moltar01]

buku43v3r That I do, that I do lol

[@spookyscarytruestories]

At around 7:58 Sal was about to bring up something about the new 52 retconning something but gets cut off about orioles, does anyone know what he was going to bring up?

[@Multifixated]

+Treestone Films How shit New 52 Tim Drake is.

[@Ansaman1]

In the new 52, Tim Drake skips being robin and becomes red robin.

[@comicpop]

+Treestone Films I was going to mention how Tim technically was never a formal Robin and segue into the Bluebird character.

[@irascendedkitten7450]

How dc ruined Tim Drake.

[@donkeyman9992]

Shang Chi? The master of Kung Fu? From Marvel?

[@firemonkey0291]

It is Tim drake in teen titans

[@OreoBrawl]

Its Dick Grayson in the cartoon, they just use the modern outfit

[@tj8682]

Is it safe to say whenever you see Robin with a staff its this Robin?

[@comicpop]

I think so

[@aizawa613]

Terrell Johnson minus the teen titans show cause that robin is dick greyson

[@tj8682]

aizawa613 That's what I thought. That's stupid.

[@charlesbutler8095]

+Terrell Johnson (Stark House) No because they started giving the Dick Grayson Robin the staff like in the animated series. In the comics it's true though. Lady Shiva taught him to use the staff.

[@vigorlilover]

Jason Todd got blown up, wouldn't it be Dick's costume in the glass case?

[@shaddowrealm]

They have multiple suits dude

[@vigorlilover]

In a couple of comics I've read, Bruce did hang up Jason Todd's tattered costume, others he has Dick's costume. So it depends on the version you read I guess.

[@TheEandIShow]

I've seen two back issues that before this being one....I'm confused as to why this is being touted as if it was new

[@comicpop]

What?

[@TheEandIShow]

I swear I've seen this episode before is it new or a reupload

[@comicpop]

Came out Thursday.

[@TheEandIShow]

Okay....i was like i watched this before and the age of ultron that came last Thursday

[@comicpop]

The order from present to past goes: Robin, Cameron Spidey, Age of Ultron. I think you might have missed the Spider-Man script episode.

[@keno4770]

Wasn't Tim drake 13 when he became robin.

[@comicpop]

+StrawHatLuffy 321 No

[@keno4770]

ComicPOP - He was 13 in Batman Year 3. And then it is said that he trained for several months - 10 At the most. So maybe 14

[@Owen-wx5ex]

#tiffanytostay