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In 1993, after the success of Tim Drake's 3-part miniseries chronicling his tribulations as the third [[Robin]], (succeding [[Nightwing|Dick Grayson]] and Jason Todd), Tim was given his own monthly ongoing series that began in 1993 and ran for more than 15 years, until it ended in early 2009. The series is notable for depicting Tim's personal life with his family and friends, and him balancing a delicate act between his superhero and civilian identity. The first 100 issues of the Robin series was written by [[Chuck Dixon]], which was acclaimed at the time for a high-profile [[Teen Pregnancy]] arc involving Tim's girlfriend, [[Batgirl 2009|Stephanie Brown]] (Spoiler). In 1998, Wizard magazine ranked the series as the best ongoing comic book of the year.

As the series went on, Chuck Dixon left the book and different writers came on-board. The first was Jon Lewis, whose short tenure on the Robin series built a stable relationship between Tim and Spoiler and had fondness for writing slightly sci-fi plots, which was jarring in a Batbook that focused more on street-level crime. Next was Bill Willingham, who forcibly retired Tim from being Robin after his dad found out his secret, and killed off Spoiler in the War Games crossover. Adam Beechen took over the series with Robin: One Year Later and had Tim leaving Gotham for a while and temporarily staying in Bludhaven with [[Batgirl 2000|Cassandra Cain]]. Dixon then briefly took over the series between issues 170 - 174, but was promptly fired and replaced with Fabian Nicieza, who wrote the last arc in the series before its cancellation (to make way for the Red Robin series).

As the series went on, Chuck Dixon left the book and different writers came on-board. The first was Jon Lewis, whose short tenure on the Robin series built a stable relationship between Tim and Spoiler and had fondness for writing slightly sci-fi plots, which was jarring in a Batbook that focused more on street-level crime. Next was Bill Willingham, who forcibly retired Tim from being Robin after his dad found out his secret, and killed off Spoiler in the War Games crossover. Adam Beechen took over the series with Robin: One Year Later and had Tim leaving Gotham for a while and temporarily staying in Bludhaven with [[Batgirl (2000 comic book)||Cassandra Cain]]. Dixon then briefly took over the series between issues 170 - 174, but was promptly fired and replaced with Fabian Nicieza, who wrote the last arc in the series before its cancellation (to make way for the Red Robin series).

Red Robin, which was launched in late 2009 and written by Chris Yost and Fabian Nicieza, depicted Tim Drake's search around the world to find evidence that Bruce Wayne was still alive after cutting himself off from the rest of the Bat Family. He was approached by Ra's al Ghul's assassins, who were also interested in finding out what happened to Batman. The series lasted for 2 years, until the DCU reboot in 2011.

As of current, Tim Drake no longer has a solo comic and is exclusively appearing in the post-reboot version of [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]].

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* [[Secret-Chaser]]: he knew Batman and Robin's civilian identity since he was ''nine'', and finally seeked them out when he noticed that Batman was getting more unstable after the death of Jason Todd.

** Vicki Vale in the Red Robin series -- she figured out 3/4 of the Batfamily identities, with the exception of Steph, Cass and Damian.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: Most Robins play this role on teams, but Tim is the Smart Guy amongst Smart Guys. It's usually acknowledged that he's the most intelligent of all of the Robins, and even Batman himself has said that Tim will one day make a better detective than him.

* [[Missing Mom]]

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

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* [[Rape as Backstory|Attempted Rape As Backstory]]: Both Ariana and Stephanie had a near-rape experience in their childhood, and both confessed it to Tim. It's no wonder that Tim has the '[[Let's Wait a While]]' mentality in the first place...

* [[Retcon]]: Stephanie's death in ''War Games'' -- it turns out that she was just hiding in Africa.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Arguably played between [[Batgirl 2000|Cassandra Cain]] (Batgirl II) and Tim shortly after ''War Games''. Also, with Wonder Girl after the death of [[Superboy]] (Tim's best friend and Wonder Girl's boyfriend).

* [[Ship Tease]]: Arguably played between [[Batgirl (2000 comic book)||Cassandra Cain]] (Batgirl II) and Tim shortly after ''War Games''. Also, with Wonder Girl after the death of [[Superboy]] (Tim's best friend and Wonder Girl's boyfriend).

* [[Secret Identity Identity]]: He sometimes addresses himself in the third-person in his thought dialogues, either as 'Robin' or 'Tim Drake'.

* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: The reason Tim is now an orphan and permanently dedicated to crime-fighting.