Patrick Gleason Talks Robin: Son Of Batman

Damian Wayne has his own series with Robin: Son of Batman. Writer/Artist Patrick Gleason talked with CBR about Robin: Son of Batman and how the series will explore Damian’s origins and his trying to atone for actions he committed while under the tutelage of his mother Talia Al Ghul and his grandfather, Ra’s Al Ghul.

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Gleason talked about the first major arc for Robin: Son of Batman, which is called “The Year of Blood”:

"The Year of Blood was this period in Damian’s life that was this insane run of tests that Ra’s and Talia put him through to initiate him into the al Ghul family and to prepare him for his role as the heir to the line. For one intense year, he was charged with specific tests that he had to carry out every day. We’ve seen that Damian likes to collects trophies. [Laughs] He takes things and holds onto them. And the Year of Blood was something that he held onto, dearly, for some time. And now he sees it as something completely different. Now that his world has flipped and he is a hero, he sees that it might have been dragging him down. It threatens his future and his own legacy. And now he has set out to atone for these sins. And through that, we’re going to peel back the layers and see what he got into in the past and how that all affects him now. The actions of his past are still there in the present and there’s going to be a reckoning."

Read the rest of the interview at CBR to find out more, including the expectations and pressure Damian has being the son of Bruce Wayne/Batman, and all about his new best buddy/muscle, the man-bat called Goliath. The first issue of Robin: Son of Batman is out now wherever comics are sold.

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