Newsarama have taken a look back at the Boy Wonder since it's launch back in 1993 and how Tim Drake has grown from novice sidekick to a confident and capable hero while undergoing a series of tragedies that would have psychologically and emotionally crippled virtually anyone else.

Also Fabian Nicieza talks about his last run on Robin up to #183 and the importance of the character to the Batman universe.

Newsarama: In a single sentence – if you can - summarize Tim Drake’s journey from amateur detective discovering Batman’s identity to his role as a potential successor to Batman in Battle for the Cowl.

Fabian Nicieza: Tim Drake's journey from adolescence to young adulthood has shown the evolution of an individual who has gone from wanting to do the right with his life to an individual who is living his life in order to do the right thing.

Now, I could say a million things that build on that sentence, but you do have your rules and I must respect them.

NRAMA: Most members of the Bat-family have some area where they excel beyond the abilities of their allies (Barbara Gordon’s technical savvy, Dick Grayson’s natural leadership, etc.). Is there any characteristic for which Tim Drake is more talented than Batman or his close allies?

FN: Well, I'm sure some readers and previous writers might disagree, but taking into account everything that has happened to Tim since he became Robin, and the fact I had the opportunity to write a Tim Drake who had to take all those things into account, I would say what sets him quite apart from the others now is his increased understanding of the need to manipulate events to achieve the desired results, combined with the savvy of knowing how to manipulate them.

Tim knows he can't out-punch the majority of his opponents just as he knows he can't out-punch crime in Gotham (much less the world). So... I see him now as someone who begrudgingly accepts the need to be a little Machiavellian in his approach.

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(Source - Newsarma.com)