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Spoilers for Robin 80th Anniversary 100 - Page Super Spectacular below !
Dick Grayson , the originalRobinand the formerNightwing , is the Batman crony that all the others look up to . The brightly - colored poor boy receive the most mentorship from Batman and is also the only sidekickto successfully replace himin the primary continuity . More than anyone else , Grayson is defined by Batman ’s lessons - but that does n’t entail that Grayson is defined by in reality following his lessons . In the newRobin 80th Anniversary 100 - Page Super Spectacular , readers see Dick break all of Batman ’s normal … except the most important one .
DC ’s newRobin 80th Anniversaryspecial extend an anthology of tales about Robins old and young from a tenacious listing of Maker who have stepped up to create history of the Boy Wonder in the past . Every geological era in the Robins ' life is presented here ; for Grayson , that means his time as Robin , as Nightwing , and as Agent 37 , a maskless secret agentfor the villainous Spyralin the ledger simply titledGrayson . The serial God Almighty fromGraysonreturn here – writer Tom King and Tim Seeley , artist Mikel Janin , colorist Jeromy Cox , and letterer Tom Napolitano – for an8 - page story called " The Lesson Plan " .
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" The Lesson Plan " takes reader along on a grooming mission with Dick and his new protege , a Spyral agent in training named Paris . Whenever Grayson want to make an important determination , he retrieve back to the object lesson Batman gave him when he was first learning to crusade by the Dark Knight ’s side . " Plan everything . " " Stick to the shadow . " " Trust no one . " Then he does the reverse .
It ’s a fun look into Dick Grayson as a character that , no matter of the mask he wears , will never be Bruce Wayne . No matter how much grim purpose and hardened cynicism Bruce tried to bore into his first pal , Grayson stay the smiling circus performing artist . The Batman Who Laughsis extremely popular among fans justly now , but Grayson is something even more defiant and muscular : a Batman who smile .
Dick point Paris how to take down foe agents his way , seemingly in direct opponent to everything Bruce occur on . But as the last battle for the humankind loom on the horizon , the former Robin passes on one last lesson exactly how Bruce delivered it : " disregard your mentor . Do what you do well . Be you . " In an anniversary special that sets out to catch the inwardness of the character Robin , in all of its avatar , " The Lesson Plan " offer a crucial lesson of its own : Robin is not mean to be Batman at all . Robin is what Batman is not , because Robin provides what Batman is missing . Robin is the spontaneousness to Bruce ’s caveat , the light to his darkness , and the joy to his sorrow . Regardless of what identity Grayson takes , he ’s never forget that .
Robin eightieth Anniversary 100 - Page Super Spectacular # 1is available from comics stores and digital providers now .
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