There have been numerous young men and women who have taken on the identity of Batman’s famed partner, Robin, and each of them has had a unique and memorable design for their Robin suit. The mantle of Robin has been adopted by such beloved DC Comics characters as Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Carrie Kelley, and Damian Wayne, each of whom has become a legendary DC superhero in their own right. Essentially, Robin acts as a tool of sorts for Batman to train and shape young apprentices into warriors with his own skill set and sense of justice, and like Batman, every Robin hides their identity behind a disguise, albeit a much brighter and more colorful one than that of the Caped Crusader.
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With so many different Robins who have fault alongside Batman, making each Robin stand out from the rest is of paramount importance. That extends not just to the personality and backstory of each individual Robin, but also to their crime-fighting attire giving each of them a unique identity all their own. Here are the five best versions of Robin’s costume in DC Comics.
5) The Classic Robin Suit
While there have been many variations of Robin’s suit, the OG version deserves a place of honor on this list for setting the template and overall image of what the world thinks of when they think of Robin. A combination of red and green in the main suit with a yellow cape, the original Robin suit was donned by both Dick Grayson and Jason Todd in their early beginnings as Robin, while Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns even passed the suit on to the first female Robin, Carrie Kelley. While it might seem like a somewhat dated version after the many updated takes on Robin’s suit, the Boy Wonder’s original crime-fighting attire is nonetheless an iconic suit in the DC canon.
4) Jason’s Todd’s Red Hood Suit
Technically speaking, the suit worn by the ruthless vigilante the Red Hood wouldn’t normally qualify as a Robin suit, but the fact that the wearer is none other than the second Robin Jason Todd gives it all the qualification it needs. Jason Todd was infamously murdered by the Joker, only to be resurrected in the Lazarus Pit. Jason then took to the streets of Gotham City in a new red cowl and a policy of killing criminals out of what he believes is the folly of Batman’s restraint allowing them to inflict the kinds of tragedies Jason experienced on others. Jason’s Red Hood suit reflects his darker personality and the much more bloodletting methods he operates on with his red cowl and the sinister scowl built into it. Far more than simply the costume of a formidable adversary of the Dark Knight, the Red Hood suit is also a dark but worthy variation on the Robin suit.
3) Tim Drake’s Red Robin Suit
Batman’s third Robin apprentice, Tim Drake, eventually transitioned into a new superheroic identity not unlike Dick Grayson’s evolution into Nightwing, with Tim becoming Red Robin. Tim’s Red Robin suit not only retains the fiery red flair associated with every Robin costume, but emphasizes it with red being the suit’s primary color, alongside the addition of a set of black gloves and boots, a Batman-worthy black cape and cowl, and a black and gold utility belt across his chest and waist signaling the Tim is always prepared for whatever challenges any new mission may throw his way. Tim’s legacy as Robin will always be legendary, but his Red Robin suit shows his identity as a crime fighter has evolved as much as that of the rest of the Bat Family’s.
2) Damian Wayne’s Robin Suit
Among the many who have taken up the mantle of Robin is none other than Bruce Wayne’s own son, the highly formidable Damian Wayne, trained to be a killing machine by the League of Assassins and donning all all new Robin suit as Batman’s young crime-fighting partner. Damian’s suit is influenced by his various predecessors, combining black, red, yellow, and green into one of the most foreboding variations of the Robin suit, along with a classically metallic “R” emblem ready to be wielded as a bladed weapon of combat. Even at the young age of 10, Damian Wayne has carved out a memorable place in the legacy of Robin with an iconic suit all his own.
1) Tim Drake’s Original Robin Suit
When Tim Drake finally became the third Boy Wonder, DC Comics was not simply bringing in a new Robin, but re-inventing the character for a new generation. That also made it necessary to give Tim an all-new suit in his comic book debut as Robin, and it remains an all-time classic. Tim’s original Robin suit retains the red, green, and yellow essence of the suit worn by Dick and Jason, but changes the cape up to be yellow inside and black outside, along with giving the suit ninja-style boots perfect for the kind of combat that a member of the Bat-Family will inevitably face. The “R” emblem was also given a sleeker re-design of metal (also enabling it to be used as a ninja shuriken) that set the template for future designs of Robin’s emblem. Tim Drake’s suit proved so popular that 1995’s Batman Forever even used it as the design for Dick Grayson’s suit in the movie. Even with so many great designs of the Robin suit, the original version worn by Tim Drake in his beginnings as the Boy Wonder remains the greatest version of Robin’s suit ever seen in DC Comics.
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