Tim Drake Confirms the Bat-Family’s Greatest Fear About Batman
Spoiler warning for Batman #125
DC has opened a new Batman chapter, and with it Tim Drake has confirmed the whole Bat-Family's greatest fear: that Batman himself doesn't spend enough time as Bruce Wayne. Tim is the latest in a long line of Robins and other Batman allies to show concern for Batman's alter ego-management. As this new Batman arc begins, Tim's vocal worry also serves as a key to understanding this issue's major theme: secret identities.
Batman #125 sees Chip Zdarsky join the title as a writer, with Jorge Jiménez returning from his previous run with James Tynion IV. The Tynion and Jiménez-led run saw a lot of changes to Batman's day-to-day life. The biggest change came at the conclusion of The Joker War event, at which point Bruce lost Wayne Manor and the majority of his fortune. Since then, Batman has been operating from the basement of his smaller brownstone, returning to basics as he tries his best to keep Gotham—and his ragtag family—from imploding.
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In Batman #125 by Zdarsky, Jiménez, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles, Tim Drake, serving as Batman's Robin, recognizes the toll this fight is taking on Batman—and so on Bruce Wayne. Tim approaches Bruce with condolences, as Bruce Wayne's old friend Colin Fitzroy was killed in the Penguin's attacks against the über-wealthy. Bruce deflects the sentiment, claiming that Fitzroy was mostly a useful tool for his ditzy Bruce Wayne persona, then claiming the city will never allow him to be as happy as Fitzroy was. "We've all been a little concerned," Tim says then. "You're never just… Bruce Wayne, you know? Night and day, you're out there, as Batman. It's too much, even for you."
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