Warning: contains major spoilers for Robin #3!

Robin's new series pits the son of Batman against numerous other fighters in a deathmatch tournament. In addition to revealing some secrets that Damian Wayne harbors, Robin #3 also reveals some belonging to the Dark Knight himself. In fact, it spills the secret of the one thing that makes Bruce Wayne lose control when it comes to his foes.

Robin has placed the titular character on Lazarus Island, the site of the Lazarus Tournament hosted by the League of Lazarus. The League is rather repetitive in how they name things, but they are also a means of letting Damian start paving his own way. It seems that he will face not only other fighters in this tournament but also himself and his perception of his family.

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Created by Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov, Luis Guerrero, and ALW's Troy Peteri, Robin #3 gives Damian the opportunity to attempt unwinding and having fun. While at a party on the island's beach, he finds himself beginning to loosen up, just before tightening right back up again. His father has had a major influence on some of his fellow competitors and they have stories to tell. One in particular talks about Batman dragging him after he threatened a couple in an alley.

Batman's life was defined by the loss of his parents due to them being infamously shot in an alley. He became a hero because of their death and while he tends to maintain a certain level of control when he fights criminals, he isn't perfect at doing so in every instance. The caped crusader has a special kind of aggression saved particularly for those who try and replicate the death of his parents with new potential victims. It isn't as simple as beating them to a pulp or personally escorting them to the Gotham Police. Instead, Batman has found a way to inflict lots of pain for an extended period of time without killing them. Some might call this torture, but for Batman it is just an alternate method of punishing scum whose crimes hit too close to home.

Regardless of the reasoning behind it and the scars these actions open, this is still excessive - even for Batman. There is really nothing to be gained from dragging people around, apart from perhaps a small taste of revenge. Considering how serious the offense is to him personally, it does seem like the caped crusader could get a morbid feeling of catharsis from dragging alleyway robbers through the streets of Gotham behind him. With enough story spreading and audience, this show of force could be a deterrent to anyone who is thinking of taking the same kind of action. Batman may show a lot of restraint when it comes to guns and killing, but Robin reveals that criminals who stick up people in alleyways test his patience and nearly break it.

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