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CBR News: First off - and perhaps the most obvious question - is Tim different than the last time you wrote him? Well, because he was Robin before and now he's Red Robin.
Fabian Nicieza: I think he is the same exact person, but he's grown up a little bit, taken on more individual initiative and responsibility and most importantly, he is in a much better place emotionally than when I last wrote him.
One of the frustrations I had when I wrote Tim to end his series run was, well, first that his series was ending and I knew I wouldn't be writing the relaunch, but just as importantly, it was hard to write him in the darker place he needed to inhabit at that time. In order to acknowledge everything he had gone through in the DCU the previous couple of years - the loss of his father, Bart, Conner - to everything Tim was going through - Batman going nutsy in "R.I.P.," leading to Batman going bye-bye in "Final Crisis" - to everything I knew Tim would be going through - namely Dick becoming Batman, Damian becoming Robin, Tim's book relaunch, renaming, re-costuming and Chris Yost's first year on the book - Tim had to be in a darker, grimmer place to end the original "Robin" series.
It's not who the character is, but it is where he was at that time, so I accepted that as part of what I had to do to get Tim to where he had to go.
Now, after Chris's excellent first year, I'm already having more fun, because 1) I'm assuming I'll be writing the book forever, and 2) I get to write a the character who can comfortably have some levity and humor in the book.
This won't be "Ambush Bug" or "Deadpool," of course. Tim will still bring an intellectual, Machiavellian sense of planning to his role as Red Robin, because I think that is part of the character's modus operandi as he matures, but at least he's allowed to smile now after he kicks someone's ass [laughs].
When we spoke, prior to "Battle for Cowl," you said of Tim, and I quote, "Tim is far more prepared for the role [of Batman] than Bruce was at the same age." Do you still feel that way or was that all posturing?
Posturing? Feh. Tim could have put the Batman suit on, it just didn't fit him very well around the armpits and crotch. Of course, Tim is better prepared than Bruce was at this same age, considering Tim has been fighting crime since he was about 14 (and he is almost 18 now), has led both Young Justice and Teen Titans, has more field experience, physical training, etc. than Bruce did at the same age.
Not the least of which, Tim has had Batman to train him for the last several years and Bruce didn't have that. Bruce didn't become Batman until some amorphous early-20s age, so at Tim's age, he was still a high school student who, though clearly focused in his educational endeavors and physical regimen, hadn't traveled the world in borderline pathological preparation for his eventual role as Batman.
So I stand by what I said and I have the evidence of published material to back me up.
During Chris Yost's run on the book, we've seen Tim traversing the globe in search of Bruce Wayne. Will his globe-trotting Bat-hunt continue in your run, or is Red Robin heading back to Gotham?
We expect that the stories in "Red Robin" will allow Tim to operate both in Gotham City and internationally, depending on the nature of the pursuit. Since Tim will be far less reactive to crime and far more proactive in his approach, he will initiate investigations and operations that will take him outside of Gotham at times.
So we're looking at roughly three-fifths Gotham, two-fifths international and maybe a tiny fraction for the occasional interplanetary or extra-dimensional jaunt, as well.
Actually, there is a whole virtual realm I want to develop down the line that involves Grant's "ubernet" idea for the Secret Society and Tim's developing communications with the former-Anarky and current catatonic electronic ghost, Lonnie Machin. But, that's getting way ahead of myself.
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