Batman Reveals the Truth About His First, Secret Robin
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Robins #6
In the final issue of DC Comics' Robins, the former and current sidekicks of Batman finally learn the truth about Bruce Wayne's first child sidekick and «Robin» before Dick Grayson officially stepped into the role. Batman and the Robins have been manipulated since the miniseries' first issue, but the Dark Knight has finally come clean about his tragic history with a young girl named Anita Jane (otherwise known as Jenny Wren). While Bruce may have failed her, it seems as though she was foundational to the formation of the official Robins that followed in the DC Universe.
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. 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. 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.
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Forced 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). 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). Having done so, the Robins learn about
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