If you read the last part of this series you’ll know that Robin, Damian Wayne was murdered by his clone brother. But they couldn’t let him lie and Damian was dug up by his evil grandfather before being dunked in every life restoring Lazarus pit from Gotham to Timbuktu. But for a while there was a … Continue reading
One of the troubles with Robin is that he’s prone to getting himself killed. In part one of my history of Batman’s perky teenage pal we discovered that this is nothing new. Back in the 1980s DC comics held a phone vote to decide whether troublesome Jason Todd (Robin #2) should die at the hands … Continue reading
The last 80 years haven’t been kind to Robin. During that time he’s made some terrible fashion choices and been dogged by persistent rumours over his sexuality. He became a girl for a while. His parents keep getting murdered. He’s died himself, repeatedly only to be resurrected and finally came home as Bruce Wayne’s demon son. Continue reading
Oh, hello there, friends! Did you know that physics is a very important part of our everyday lives? In my new book Professor Astro Cat’s Atomic Adventure I investigate the laws of the Universe, those fundamental rules that describe the nature of our world and beyond. Joining me is for the ride is illustrator Ben Newman who … Continue reading
One of the current Batman storylines has seen the Dark Knight travelling the world in search of his son’s corpse. The former Robin, Damian Wayne has been murdered by his clone brother and dug up by his evil grandfather and is being dunked in every life restoring Lazarus pit from Gotham to Timbuktu. But a … Continue reading
The trouble with Robin is that he’s dead. If you’d bothered to read part one of my history of Batman’s perky teenage pal then you’d already know that this is nothing new. Back in the 1980s DC comics held a phone vote to decide whether troublesome Jason Todd (Robin #2) should die at the … Continue reading
Part one of the painfully prolonged adolescence of the Boy Wonder. The last 80 years haven’t been kind to Robin. During that time he’s made some terrible fashion choices and been dogged by persistent rumours over his sexuality. He became a girl for a while. His parents keep getting murdered. He’s died, repeatedly only to be … Continue reading
I’m not a big fan of the Christopher Nolan Batman films, they were just way too serious for my tastes. Heath Ledger’s amazing turn as the Joker aside, they missed what for me is the main attraction of Batman – his innate freakiness. Tim Burton got the character far better – and in fact Adam … Continue reading
