Price: 4.95 USD; 5.95 CAD
Pages: 196
On-sale Date: 1991-05-02
Editing: Denny O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (editor); Kelley Puckett (assistant editor)
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Issue Data

Series Data

  • Color: color
  • Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
  • Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
  • Publishing Format: collected edition
  • Publication Type: book

Indexer Notes

Collects first stories of Tim Drake as Robin from Batman #455-457 and Robin (1991 mini-series) #1-5.

On-sale date from Comic Shop News #195.

[Table of Contents]
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Indicia
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Publisher information and indicia

Introduction
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Introduction from Chuck Dixon dated April 11th 1991, Lancaster Pa.
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[Batman #455]
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Identity Crisis: Part One
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Batman / comic story / 22 pages

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Kevin Breyfogle (art assist)
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Vicki Vale; Tim Drake; Alfred Pennyworth; Legs; Fozzy; Beeker; Josef Macky (death); Obeah Man (flashback); Dick Grayson [Nightwing]; Jack Drake; Lieutenant Stan Kitch
Synopsis:
Tim mourns his mother and feels he is ready to be Robin, but Batman disagrees. Meanwhile, something is causing ordinary people to suddenly go on murderous rampages.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #456.

Tim's mother died in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #621.

[Batman #456]
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Batman (shadow image); Tim Drake; Robin [Dick Grayson](spectral image); Robin [Jason Todd](spectral image)
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Identity Crisis Part Two: Without Fear of Consequence ...
(Table of Contents: 7)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lieutenant Stan Kitch; Vicki Vale; Rico Marcuse; Yazz; Jake; Tim Drake; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Robin [Dick Grayson] (spectral image); Robin [Jason Todd] (spectral image); Joker (flashback); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (flashback); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (flashback); Ra's Al Ghul (flashback); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (flashback); Riddler [Edward Nigma] (flashback); Killer Moth [Drury Walker] (flashback); Anarchy [Lonnie Machin] (flashback); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (flashback); Tweedle Dum (flashback); Tweedle Dee (flashback); Ventriloquist [Arnold Wesker; also as Scarface] (flashback)
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Vicki Vale is captured as she tracks down those responsible for causing ordinary people to go on sudden killing sprees. Batman attempts to rescue her. Meanwhile Tim has discovered the culprit, but is unable to reach Batman to let him know who he is up against.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in Batman #457.

[Batman #457]
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Scarecrow
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Master of Fear
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Batman / comic story / 22 pages

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Rico Marcuse; Hammy; Leon; Joe Chill (Scarecrow fear image); Thomas Wayne (Scarecrow fear image); Martha Wayne (Scarecrow fear image); Obeah Man (Scarecrow fear image); Jack Drake (Scarecrow fear image); Janet Drake (Scarecrow fear image); Jeremy (Scarecrow fear image); Robin [Jason Todd] (Scarecrow fear image); Robin [Dick Grayson] (Scarecrow fear image)
Synopsis:
With Batman and Vicki captured by the Scarecrow, Tim risks his potential future as Robin by disobeying Bruce's orders to go rescue them. After successfully rescuing Batman and defeating the Scarecrow, Batman presents to Tim a new Robin costume for him to wear.
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Indexer Notes

First appearance of Tim Drake in the new Robin costume as he officially takes over the role of Robin.

[Robin (1991 series) #1]
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Keith Wilson (logo design)
Todd Klein (logo design)
Curtis King Jr. (logo design)
  • Genre:superhero
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Robin [Tim Drake]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page, used with permission. Klein says designed by Wilson and Klein "with" King.

Big Bad World
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Robin [Tim Drake]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lady Shiva; Rahul Lama; Shen Chi; Lynx [Ling]; Billy Hue; Clyde Rawlins
Synopsis:
Batman is ready to officially make Tim Drake the new Robin. Tim isn't ready and goes to Paris to learn ancient Tibetan fighting and healing techniques from Rahul Lama and Shen Chi. While out on the town one night he meets a girl, Ling, who's involved with a local gang. It seems like she might be in trouble so Tim, disguised as Robin, goes to help her. As he is trying to help Ling he comes upon the gang who are in the process of beating up Clyde Rawlins. Clyde and Robin take on the gang.
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[Robin (1991 series) #2]
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Pencils:
Brian Bolland (signed)
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Brian Bolland (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
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Robin [Tim Drake]; Clyde Rawlins
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The Shepardess
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Robin [Tim Drake]; Lynx; Lady Shiva; Clyde Rawlins; Billy Hue; King Snake [Sir Edmund Dorrance]; Henri Ducard
Synopsis:
Clyde and Robin chase off the gang and head back to someplace safe to recover. Lady Shiva is seen in the shadows observing. Sir Edmund is unhappy with the gang's work and sends them back out to find Clyde and Robin. A hitman, Ducard, is hired to follow Sir Edmund out of the country and off him. Meanwhile Lady Shiva shows up where Clyde and Robin are hiding to warn them that they've been found. The three evade the gang and Robin and Clyde end up at an old farm house where Clyde starts to teach Robin a different style of fighting.
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[Robin (1991 series) #3]
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Brian Bolland (signed)
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Brian Bolland (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
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Robin [Tim Drake]; Clyde Rawlins
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The Destroying Angel
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Robin / comic story / 22 pages

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Robin [Tim Drake]; Shiva; Clyde Rawlins; Lynx; King Snake [Sir Edmund Dorrance]
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Lady Shiva drops in on Robin and Clyde at the old farmhouse to aid in tracking down Lynx and the gang Sir Edmund sent to retrieve an old WWII weapon for him. They figure out where to find the gang and go to intercept them in order to stop them from taking the weapon. They do catch them but the gang still gets away with part of the weapon. A biological weapon. The three head to Hong Kong to meet the plane carrying the weapon.
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[Robin (1991 series) #4]
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Brian Bolland (signed)
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Brian Bolland (signed)
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Robin [Tim Drake]; Lady Shiva
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Strange Company
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Robin / comic story / 22 pages

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Robin [Tim Drake]; Lynx; Lady Shiva; Clyde Rawlins; King Snake [Sir Edmund Dorrance], Henri Ducard
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Robin, Lady Shiva, and Clyde track the gang down in Hong Kong and find out where the plane carrying the weapon is landing. They meet the plane and follow the offloaded weapon to Sir Edmund's business headquarters downtown. Robin, Lady Shiva, and Clyde lay low while preparing to break into Sir Edmund's. At the same time Lady Shiva continues Robin's training.
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[Robin (1991 series) #5]
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Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page

Pencils:
Brian Bolland (signed)
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Brian Bolland (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
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Robin [Tim Drake]; King Snake [Sir Edmund Dorrance]
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The Dark
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  • Job Number:G-6130
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Robin [Tim Drake]; Lynx; Lady Shiva; King Snake [Sir Edmund Dorrance]; Clyde Rawlins; Henri Ducard; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Secrets of the New Robin Costume
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Schematic of Robin's new costume by Eliot R. Brown
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Back cover with quote from Encyclopedia of Magic and Superstition about masked identities.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Robin
  2. [Table of Contents]
  3. Indicia
  4. Introduction
  5. [Batman #455]
    Batman
  6. Identity Crisis: Part One
    Batman
  7. [Batman #456]
    Batman
  8. Identity Crisis Part Two: Without Fear of Consequence ...
    Batman
  9. [Batman #457]
    Batman
  10. Master of Fear
    Batman
  11. [Robin (1991 series) #1]
    Robin
  12. Big Bad World
    Robin
  13. [Robin (1991 series) #2]
    Robin
  14. The Shepardess
    Robin
  15. [Robin (1991 series) #3]
    Robin
  16. The Destroying Angel
    Robin
  17. [Robin (1991 series) #4]
    Robin
  18. Strange Company
    Robin
  19. [Robin (1991 series) #5]
    Robin
  20. The Dark
    Robin
  21. Secrets of the New Robin Costume
    Robin
  22. [no title indexed]
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