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Before he wasRobin , Damian Waynewas one of the mankind ’s bad villains , and not evenBatmanknew about it . Damian Wayne has add up a recollective means from being an assassin . However , Robin ca n’t fully escape his past , even the parts very few citizenry know about . While he ’s mostly open about his yesteryear to his family , booster , and teammates , there ’s one part of his life he maintain hidden .
Damian Wayne always plannedto keep one part of his life as an al Ghul secret , as explored in the first bulk ofRobin : Son of Batmanby Patrick Gleason , Mick Gray , and John Kalisz . He reckon no one who bang him as Robin or Damian Wayne — including his own Fatherhood — is mindful ofthe bad part of his sprightliness : the so - called " Year of Blood . “He is wrong .
One person knows who he is now and what Robin did as Damian al Ghul . While the sin he committed and the inhumanity he took part in are in his past , they cover to haunt him . specially as one of the the great unwashed that Damian hurt threatens to bring out what he did to Batman and the Justice League .
Damian Wayne is in the end reunite with his girlfriend , Flatline , but not all reunions are happy ace when heroes and villains are involved .
Damian Wayne’s Year of Blood Proves He’s Batman’s Darkest Robin
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Robin commits some of his darkest actsduringthe Year of Blood , which is a trial by Talia al Ghul , Damian ’s mother , and Ra ’s al Ghul , his grandfather . The goal of the trial is to not only examine his artistry as an assassin , but to ready him to one day become the Demon ’s Head as his grandfather ’s heir . The method of testing him involves take him do one project each day , ordinarily some sort of atrociousness . This unremitting insistence not only desensitizes him to killing , but makes vote down something Damian is lofty of .
After all , for most of his life , Damian Wayne was n’t human : he was a daimon or a weapon .
While Damian al Ghul was proud of the atrocities he committed , Robin is not . Damian distinctly fear his father ascertain out the truth , even though Batman knows he was an assassin . This fear shows how evil Robin ’s criminal offense were when compare to other despicable acts like execution . InRobin : Son of Batman , he ’s referred to as " the daimon tiddler " by those he hurt during his Year of Blood . After all , for most of his lifetime , Damian Wayne was n’t human : he was a demon or a artillery . Despite this tragic past , Damian was n’t assume iniquity ; alternatively , he was forced to become evil .
Robin is first referred to as " the demon child " inRobin : Son of Batman#2 by Patrick Gleason , Mick Gray , and Andy Kubert .
Damian Wayne’s Past Will Always Haunt Him
Can He Absolve Himself by Serving as Robin?
Even thoughDamian Wayne regrets his retiring action , he feel that he will never full be absolved of the horror he cause . The guilt because of his Year of rake is a batch for a kid to cope with , but it will always remind him of why he ’s Robin . Damian does n’t want another Year of Blood . Now , Robin can help mass get through suffering — or he can prevent woe rather than cause it . Despite his yesteryear , Damian Wayneis quick to create a unexampled future for himself byBatman’sside asRobin .
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