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by **LOLtron** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:13 pm

Some juicy DCnU news out of the DC: Young Justice panel at San Diego Comic Con today!

Dear readers, you might want to sit down before I tell you this. Tim Drake was never Robin in the DCnU.

Today at the DC: Young Justice Panel, DC head writer Scott Lobdell gave some info on the Teen Titans Zero issue coming out in September, saying that the issue is "Almost exclusively about Tim Drake, but we get some secret info about Skitter and Bunker...as near as I recall, as it is now Tim goes straight from being Tim Drake to being Red Robin in that there was no official period of time where he was Robin. We keep most of the origin in tact in that he was one of the few people who could get very close to learning who Bruce is...but it will be a much updated version of his origin."

Some readers might be confused by the fact that Drake was actually shown as Robin in Teen Titans #1 (pictured below), which shows that Lobdell has absolutely no concern for even the continuity within one of the twenty-seven books he writes for DC, much less the continuity of the DCnU as a whole, for which he has already shown a complete lack of regard when he listed the names of names of former Teen Titans members in Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 despite the current incarnation of the team being the only one in the DCnU. Drake was also named as a Robin in Batman and Robin #10, an issue titled War of the Robins, which proves once and for all that Lobdell is single-handledly destroying the credibility of the DCnU, as there is no possible way that this clusterfuck can be resolved by simply saying that being "Red" Robin counts as being a "Robin."

DC fanboys are well known to suffer from a very rare medical condition that prevents them from being able to comprehend changes to DC continuity. "If Tim Drake was never Robin, then how could Tim and Kon's secret love affair have happened exactly the way I remembered it?!" said Harold Winer, before his head asploded. Indeed, a small change like this could ruin the entire DC Universe, causing fans everywhere to declare that they are done with DC forever while continuing to purchase and read the books anyway.

Stay tuned to The Outhouse for more awesome Lobdell news from this panel.

Source: CBR
Written or Contributed by: Jude Terror

http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/convention-news/20539-sdcc-tim-drake-was-never-robin-in-the-dcnu.html/

by **oogy** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:19 pm

THAT'S IT!!!

I'M BURNING EVERY COPY OF A DC COMIC THAT I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!

by **Dragavon** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:20 pm

by **Zechs** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:20 pm

W.....T.....F?!

by **nietoperz** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:20 pm

LOUD NOISES!!!

by **Timbales** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:21 pm

If he was never Robin, then why'd he pick a stupid ass code name like Red Robin?

by **nietoperz** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:22 pm

The funniest part is when Lobdell was asked how it was that Tim could say in #1 that this incarnation of the Titans would be short lived, Lobdell made some comment about Tim referring to a comic book he liked. And also, the old Titans characters used to hang out together, but were never called Titans. :lol:

by **Regulator** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:22 pm

Timbales wrote:If he was never Robin, then why'd he pick a stupid ass code name like Red Robin?

He really likes hamburgers.

by **alaska1125** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:29 pm

Regulator wrote:
He really likes hamburgers.

Overpriced ones at that.

by **Zechs** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:30 pm

nietoperz wrote:LOUD NOISES!!!

Maniacal laugh. Maniacal laugh. MANIACAL LAUGH!!

by **alaska1125** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:33 pm

Really,though, if they can't be bothered to keep track of continuity from, what, a mere 10 months ago, why would they expect anyone else to?

by **Juan Cena** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:37 pm

I guess that makes it more convenient when Morrison is done with Batman Inc. and DC can make Dick Grayson Robin again.

by **Zechs** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:39 pm

alaska1125 wrote:Really,though, if they can't be bothered to keep track of continuity from, what, a mere 10 months ago, why would they expect anyone else to?

I'm... just going to be quiet. Gonna let Herald have his moment and take in all the fun.

by **alaska1125** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:48 pm

I just thought of an awesome plan that will revolutionize the industry: Reboot. Every. Month! Think about it for a minute. It wouldn't just be someone's first issue...it would be everyone's first issue...every month! It's genius, I tell ya! DC/Marvel, just PM me for the address you can send my royalty checks to.

by **Zechs** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:50 pm

alaska1125 wrote:I just thought of an awesome plan that will revolutionize the industry: Reboot. Every. Month! Think about it for a minute. It wouldn't just be someone's first issue...it would be everyone's first issue...every month! It's genius, I tell ya! DC/Marvel, just PM me for the address you can send my royalty checks to.

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