Robin's Redemption Is the Perfect Pay-Off to His Villainous Origin
The thrilling conclusion of DC’s Shadow War event has brought many changes for characters, including Robin, who has finally been redeemed from his villainous origin. Shadow War takes place directly after Robin (Damian Wayne) and his new friends defeat Mother Soul’s demon, winning the Lazarus Tournament. After a change of heart, Ra’s al Ghul decides to turn himself in and give the world access to the Lazarus pits. However, he is murdered during a press conference by former hero Geo-Force, who disguised himself as Deathstroke. Enraged by her father’s murder, Talia al Ghul orders the death of Deathstroke, with Robin suiting up to take down the villain «dead or alive.»
First introduced in Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert’s Batman #655, Damian Wayne has undergone immense growth to become a hero. As the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul, Damian was trained by the League of Assassins since birth, and was presented as eminently comfortable taking lives. In his early appearances, Damian was known for his callousness and brutality, attacking Tim Drake and even beheading the villain Spook. While Damian seemed to have left his assassin instincts behind, the death of Alfred Pennyworth sent him spiraling, rejecting Batman and seemingly willing to embrace his legacy as a villain.
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Although his superhero career may have had a rocky start, becoming Robin helped Damian Wayne develop his own moral code — one that grew out of, but remains separate to, his father's. Beating the Lazarus Tournament by uniting with his fellow competitors was a good start on Damian's road to redemption, but it's the death of his supervillain grandfather that takes him the rest of the way. In Shadow War Omega
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