Pressured to combat his former protégés who’ve develop into possessed, Batman confirms whether or not Dick, Jason, Stephanie, Tim or Damian is his hardest Robin.

Bruce Wayne formally declares Dick Grayson/Nightwing his hardest Robin in Batman vs. Robin #3.

Batman vs. Robin #3 comes from author Mark Waid, artists Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski, colorist Jordie Bellaire and letterer Steve Wands. Within the subject, Batman heads to Lazarus Island in an effort to avoid wasting his son, Damian Wayne, from the Satan Nezha and Mom Soul. Unbeknownst to Batman on the time, the Satan Nezha and Mom Soul haven’t solely corrupted Damian however Batman’s different former protégés as nicely, together with Dick, Jason Todd, Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown. The villainous duo additionally gave every former Robin a magical merchandise to battle the Dark Knight with, such because the Cloak of Cagliostro, the Trident of Poseidon, the Coup-Stick of Black Bison and the Sword of Sin.

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Batman Enters the Battle of the Robins

As Batman makes his approach by Lazarus Island, he is confronted individually by every protégé. Tim comes first, adopted by Stephanie and Jason. Every former Robin additionally confronts Batman with some dangerous phrases, as they do their finest to get in his head and play into all of his shortcomings. “Why did not you seek for me?” Jason yells at Batman. “How might you haven’t spent each waking second making an attempt to avoid wasting me?”

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Whereas Batman would not have a solution to Jason’s query, he is in a position to knock him out. Understanding who is probably going coming subsequent, Bruce narrates, “That is Tim, Stepahnie, and Jason. If it is assault of the Robins, that leaves solely the primary one. Hand-to-hand, the hardest of all of them.” Armed with the Sword of Sin, Dick shortly lays into Bruce’s mentoring practices, saying, “The circus. Keep in mind? I used to be a grasp of the trapeze. Prince of the excessive wire. Folks used to come back by the hundreds to see the flying Grayons do our act. Their applause was electrical. The frenzy was unbelievable. You then — took me away from the enjoyment of recognition –and hid Dick Grayson behind a masks.” Bruce and Dick proceed to battle each other; nevertheless, the combat abruptly ends when Alfred jumps in the best way and is stabbed with the Sword of Sin, inflicting Batman to punch a shocked Nightwing within the face.

Batman vs. Robin #3 options cowl artwork by Asar and Nathan Fairbairn and variant cowl artwork by Alex Maleev, Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey, Mateus Manhanini, Mario “Fox” Foccillo, Prasad Rao (Pressy), Carlo Barberi and Matt Herms. The difficulty is on sale now from DC.

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