DC's Round Robin #1 is a chapter in the digital-first series DC's Round Robin (Volume 1 (Digital)) with a cover date of May, 2021.
Synopsis for "Robins"
Preview of Robins #1.
A small group meets at Dick Grayson's apartment. But what's brought them here isn't that they're all former sidekicks to Batman: They're being hunted by one claiming to be the first.
Appearing in "Robins"
Featured Characters:
- Bat-Family
- Nightwing/Robin (Dick Grayson) (Flashback and main story)
- Red Hood/Robin (Tim Drake) (Flashback and main story)
- Red Robin/Robin/Drake (Tim Drake) (Flashback and main story)
- Robin (Damian Wayne) (Flashback and main story)
- Spoiler/Robin (Stephanie Brown) (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Devotees of Anarky (First appearance)
- Drang (First appearance)
- Mr. Neg (Single appearance; dies)
- Neophyte (Single appearance; dies)
- Storm (First appearance)
- The First Robin (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- John (Single appearance; dies) (Cameo)
- Anarky (Mentioned only)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned only)
- Bludhaven Police Department (Mentioned only)
- Lieutenent Svoboda (Mentioned only)
- Cluemaster (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Bludhaven
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- New Jersey
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Suicide Squad Seven"
Appearing in "Suicide Squad Seven"
Featured Characters:
- Suicide Squad Seven (First appearance)
- Acero (Single appearance)
- Dulce (Single appearance)
- El Dorado
- El Gaucho
- Harley Quinn
- Monstruo (Nadège Toussaint) (Single appearance)
- Silbón (Single appearance)
- Zach Zatara
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- New Church of Blood
- Sister Sin (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Amanda Waller (Mentioned only)
- Batman Inc. (Mentioned only)
- Demons (Mentioned only)
- Dulce's parents (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- El Dorado's family (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Justice League (Mentioned only)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Mentioned only)
- Spyral (Mentioned only)
- Super Friends (Earth 1956) (Mentioned only)
- Batman (Earth 1956) (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Earth 1956) (Mentioned only)
- Wonder Woman (Earth 1956) (Mentioned only)
- Looney Tunes (Mentioned only)
- Madonna (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- North America
- Central America
- Haiti (Mentioned only)
- South America
Items:
Vehicles:
- El Gaucho's Motorcycle
Concepts:
- Fourth Wall
- HBO Max (Mentioned only)
- Doom Patrol TV Series (Mentioned only)
- Magic
Notes
- This issue combines the first 10-pages of issue one of the final 2 pitches out of 16 featuring characters from all around the DC Universe, voted on by readers. Robins ended up winning, leading to its own miniseries.
Trivia
- The other pitches from the Round Robin that didn't make the cut were:
- Green Lanterns: Underworld on Fire, written by Sina Grace, art by V. Ken Marion
- Etta Candy: Holiday Hero, Inc.
- The Brave and the Bug: Crisis on Infinite Ambush
- Zatanna and the King of Nightmares, written by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska, art by Vanessa Del Rey
- Lobo/Animal Man: Scorched Earth, written by Heath Corson, art by Scott Hepburn
- Son of the Creeper
- JLQ
- Paws off the Justice League
- Jesse Quick: Control, written by Stephanie Phillips, art by David Lafuente
- Blue Beetle: Graduation Day, written by Josh Trujillo, art by Adrián Gutiérrez
- Nightrunner: Love in Paris
- Swamp Thing: A House of Secrets
- Asteria: The Last Amazon
- Superman & Lois: Ignition, written by Collin Kelly, art by Jackson Lanzing
- Despite losing in the semifinals, Blue Beetle: Graduation Day would be released as a six-issue miniseries.
- Another occurrence is Justice League Queer would later appear in DC Pride #1.
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