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Who is your favorite son of Batman? (Poll)
- Thread starter Lunar Wolf
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It happened in JLU, yeah, but it was always planned, although if they had executed the idea during Beyond itself, the one behind the project would have been Catwoman.
Tim is the one who made Robin cool to begin with. It's fucking awful what DC has done to him the last decade plus.
Dick and Damian. Best Robins by far and absolutely love their dynamics. Wish DC would stop messing around with Grayson. It's amazing how popular he is in spite of all the stupid things they do to him. Wish they'd let Dick be a contracted Spyral spy working as a favor of sorts to Tiger for his day job and Nightwing during his free time. Also, let him be competent and style on people often.
Damian is great and adds some visible diversity to the family. Batman Reborn, Robin Son of Batman, SuperSons, and the Tomasi Batman and Robin runs are good stories for those who don't like Damian. Although the tomasi run kind of ignores some of his growth, but that could be explained by Bruce sucking as a dad and it also leads into some strong moments in Son of Batman. Damian's dc animated movie depictions aren't very good. He's too competent and his relationship to his brother aren't depicted well, imo. He could never fight Deathstroke hand to hand and win, or do any real damage to Dick. Getting supersons back for Damian would be amazing and keep his Titans running too, but add kid Jon to it too :)
Not a big fan of Tim anymore he's probably my least favorite. Tim was cool when he had a family and didn't want to be a super hero forever. Tim Wayne completely ruined the character for me, and Robin was cool before the Robin comics imo. Really hate that they dumb Dick down to push Tim so much. Random nerdy rich kid should not be able to hang with someone with Dick's skill, dedication, and training. It blows my mind that there are fans who don't think Dick isn't at least as dedicated to heroism as Tim. Not counting that "elsewhere" McGinnis crap lol Completely ruins Terry for me.
P.S. just realized how large this is. Sorry guys! Huge Batman nerd
Damian is great and adds some visible diversity to the family. Batman Reborn, Robin Son of Batman, SuperSons, and the Tomasi Batman and Robin runs are good stories for those who don't like Damian. Although the tomasi run kind of ignores some of his growth, but that could be explained by Bruce sucking as a dad and it also leads into some strong moments in Son of Batman. Damian's dc animated movie depictions aren't very good. He's too competent and his relationship to his brother aren't depicted well, imo. He could never fight Deathstroke hand to hand and win, or do any real damage to Dick. Getting supersons back for Damian would be amazing and keep his Titans running too, but add kid Jon to it too :)
Not a big fan of Tim anymore he's probably my least favorite. Tim was cool when he had a family and didn't want to be a super hero forever. Tim Wayne completely ruined the character for me, and Robin was cool before the Robin comics imo. Really hate that they dumb Dick down to push Tim so much. Random nerdy rich kid should not be able to hang with someone with Dick's skill, dedication, and training. It blows my mind that there are fans who don't think Dick isn't at least as dedicated to heroism as Tim. Not counting that "elsewhere" McGinnis crap lol Completely ruins Terry for me.
P.S. just realized how large this is. Sorry guys! Huge Batman nerd
I'm sorry I'm Dan Didio.
...oh no that boogeyman is gone. Uhhhhhh Jim Lee?
I just like Damian the most as an actual Robin.
I would also argue non-mainline DC is pretty damn good right now
I was going to pick Grayson, but then I saw that Terry was included as an option, so I had to pick him.
Prime Dick, whether it be Batman or Nightwing, is the purest hero DC has. He's the best of both Bruce and Clark.
Easily Dick, but I do love Damian's arrogance and his relationships with the other Robins lol.
Dick and Damian are the most fun duo as well imo.
Dick and Damian are the most fun duo as well imo.
you can tell who were too young to watch Batman Beyond
Terry is the only answer. GOAT batman cartoon
Terry is the only answer. GOAT batman cartoon
Fifth on the list is Terry McGinnis. Better known as the protagonist of Batman Beyond. The other biological son of Bruce Wayne but unlike the rest he starts off as Batman not Robin. He's also never raised by Bruce either and neither did he know of his parentage until much later in his adult life. If you haven't watched this show, you're doing yourself a disservice. Also he's voiced by Will Friedle aka Eric Matthews/Ron Stoppable.
I won't even bother making a poll option for the last and third biological son of Batman which is Matt McGinnis because that wouldbe the joke answer.
Terry is the only correct answer. Both Bruce's son and an actually competent Batman. Plus he actually started as Batman, not just some elevated Robin of all things.
I don't know if The Golden Child is any good (haven't read it yet), but Miller and Grampá's new design for Carrie looks dope.If we're straying from the polI, I respectfully submit that Carrie Kelly is both the best Bat(wo)man and best Robin at the same time. All due respect.
A lot of people hate the idea of Terry as Bruce's son though even if they like Terry's character.
I thought it was good, Miller's best work in a while and Ganmpa's art is amazing.
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Bruce has a lot of adopted sons.
Tim Drake even adopted the Wayne name after he was formally adopted. He's Tim Drake-Wayne now, I believe.
I get that, but since these adopted sons are also his proteges, the name of the poll and thread might as well have been who is everyone's favorite Batman successor/Robin
The idea that Damian and Terry are extra special because they share a biological connection to Bruce will never not rub me the wrong way. It's an unnecessary aspect of Terry's character and it actively makes me dislike Damian because it's one of his defining traits that continually gets shoved down our throats.
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A way to really make it work is to make Damian Wayne as the eventual Mordred to Bruce's King Arthur where his adopted sons, Dick and Tim are his true successors.
There was a pretty cool Alternate Future where an adult Damian Wayne sold his soul to the devil to become immortal and took the mantle of Batman which ended with half of Gotham razed but later Tim Drake killed him and took the mantle of Batman from him.
Damian is a little shit. Everyone else is better than him.
Terry would likely be my pick, with Grayson being a close second. Tim is a good kid, too.
Jason got the short end of the stick, but is still better than Damian.
Terry would likely be my pick, with Grayson being a close second. Tim is a good kid, too.
Jason got the short end of the stick, but is still better than Damian.
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Anyone remember when Dick became Batman and chose Damian to be his Robin rather than Tim after Bruce had "died"?
I love that dickhead biological son versus good adopted son dynamic.
Tim outsmarted Ra's Al Ghul
and took a fight off Lady Shiva.
Damian... Got his ass handed to him by Tim the one time he went off on Tim (again) and Tim actually took him seriously.
and took a fight off Lady Shiva.
Damian... Got his ass handed to him by Tim the one time he went off on Tim (again) and Tim actually took him seriously.
The answer is Tim, but he also needs to quit at some point since older Tim always becomes a villain.
Older Tim always becomes hardass Batman, not a villain (except to Younger Tim because he doesn't want to be hardass Batman).
If Dick, Jason, and Damian would just stop fucking up all the time then this wouldn't be an issue.
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Won't lie. Red Robin being this synthesis of his Robin and Batman costume is awesome.
I dunno what else you call the guy who appeared in Rebirth besides a villain.