Created on October 1, 2012 and written by TommyZimmer
Category: Comic Book Reviews

Rating: 5/5
Publisher Name: DC Comics
Writer: Scott Lobdell
Pencils: Tyler Kirkham
Number of Pages: 32 pgs.
Price: 2.99
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: T+ TEENS AND UP – Appropriate for most readers 13 and up, parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children.

Publisher’s Blurb:
Focusing on the origin of Tim Drake; how a would be Olympic star and computer genius went on to become Batman’s third Robin.

• Plus: The beginnings of Skitter and Bunker.

Reviewer’s Comments:
Tim Drake never lost his parents. He grew up with them, and always wanted to make them happy for what they’d given him. However in trying to do that, he did not realize he was really slowly pushing them away.

After becoming obsessed with finding out whom Batman is, Drake spent most of his afternoons in search of this truth. He completed his work at the abandoned Gotham Aviary until he caught the attention of a curious Batman as to who he was. However when Tim endangers his parents by electronically transferring money from the Penguin’s accounts to others’ accounts, the young boy loses the one thing he was trying to make happy: his parents. Yet, he gets exactly what he wants: knowing who Batman really is, knowing his world, and being able to assist him. And he isn’t any old Robin…. he’s Red Robin!!

Scott Lobdell hits another zero issue out of the park. With minor revisions to Tim’s origin, we see a kid who is every bit worthy to be an apprentice to the famed vigilante but does not know the price to which he will have to pay. Lobdell paints that drama beautifully. Don’t be fooled by Brett Booth on the cover as its Tyler Kirkham doing the pencils, and he does a great job filling in for Booth. According to some news, he might be taking over the book, and I’d be perfectly fine with that as long as long as he keeps the quality up like he did here.

Lobdell reminds us in this zero issue why this is one of the best books DC puts out every month!!

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Tommy Zimmer is an upcoming writer of short stories, comic books, journalism/media reviews, screenplays, and anything related to writing. On zimmert101.wordpress.com, you can view his latest work, and see what exciting things he is currently doing!!

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About the Writer: TommyZimmer (133 Posts) Tommy Zimmer is an upcoming writer of short stories, comic books, journalism/media reviews, screenplays, and anything related to writing. He is headquartered in Detroit, MI where he attends University of Detroit Mercy. He is majoring in English Creative Writing with two minors in Business Administration and Multimedia Journalism. He currently helms his "zimmert101" blog at zimmert101.wordpress.com. He also writes for Paper Dragon Ink and Super Powered Fiction, and wrote for Modern Myth Media.

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