While the actual Robin name came from Dick, the name itself and its connection to AJ was why Batman knew he could successfully bring Dick into his crusade (and those that followed). Although Jenny Wren is eventually defeated by the Robins, her secret role in their lives is huge. Choosing the name Robin, the coincidence was not lost on Batman as a sign to make sure he'd give his Robins what they needed. This was evident when Dick Grayson came along and began his training. Regardless, she served as a tragic reminder for Bruce Wayne to never again fail anyone as he'd failed her. ![]() As such, the girl who eventually took the name Jenny Wren (taken from the popular poem about robins) used a gun on the Escape Artist, thinking that it would make Batman happy.įor years Batman believed Jenny Wren to have died the same night as the Escape Artist. Batman was focused only on a mission of revenge without giving the young girl what she needed in return (a father). AJ was a ward of the villain known as the Escape Artist whom Batman ultimately failed by using her in his battle to take the villain down. Having done so, the Robins learn about Gauntlet Zero and Anita Jane's history as Batman's first sidekick in Robins #6 from Tim Seely and Baldemar Rivas. They're also shown Batman's predictions for what their lives would be if they'd never become Robin (determining that joining Batman was just as much to help them as it was for the Dark Knight himself). Related: Red Hood Secretly Knows He Should Never Have Been a Robinįorced to play Jenny Wren's game against deadly hard light holograms wielding dangerous data taken from the Batcomputer, the Robins have no choice but to look back at their first defining missions as Robins (what Batman calls their gauntlets). This dangerous young woman claims to be the first Robin, looking to prove the lie that Batman has only ever used Robins as weapons before discarding them. While they attempt to decide if becoming Robin was actually a good thing or not, it turns out the entire meeting and the events that followed are all part of a revenge quest by Jenny Wren. ![]() In previous issues of Robins, Dick Grayson gathered Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne, all of whom had been or still are Robins under Batman, operating as his partner in his fight against Gotham's criminal elements.
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