Warning: This post contains spoilers about the most recent issue ofDetective Comics.
One particular high point?
EW talked to Tynion about the genesis of the twist and the future ofDetective Comics.
Credit: Eddy Barrows
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How does it feel to have set up all these dominoes and now knocked them down?
James TYNION IV:It feels pretty great, honestly.
How does it feel to have taken Tim Drake out of the picture for now?
Eddy Barrows
Tim Drake is my favorite character in comics.
This is the character that I grew up with.
In the story were seeing lots of different paths to that.
Eddy Barrows
Then the conversation turned to: Okay, we are going to need to take Tim off the table.
In terms of the largerRebirthstory, this is the beginning of Tim Drakes story.
How do we make his death show the potential of all these characters?
Eddy Barrows
Hes a young guy, he has more to learn, there might be other ways.
Hes not locked into it.
Like you, I think of Tim Drake as the iconic Robin.
Eddy Barrows
What do you think makes Tim special even in that long lineage of Robins?
It was two things.
Back when Dick Grayson was Robin, it was a completely different era.
Eddy Barrows
He was Robin on the Teen Titans, but then he became Nightwing and all of that.
He was originally trying to convince Dick Grayson to put on the costume again.
This was all after Jason Todd died.
But all of that proved that no, this is the kid who should do it.
And then on top of that, hes a fun, light-hearted, deep character whos good with computers.
Hes a good reader stand-in.
All those things kind of put him together to be the apex Robin in my view.
And then the bo staff is just cool.
How would you describe the situation Tim Drakes in?
The best way to describe it is having my cake and eating it too.
Now, at the same time, we get to use him to make all the characters cry.
The second arc ofDetective Comicsis going to deal with all of this.
Well be digging more into why exactly Batman trusts him to be on the team now.
Like, permanently ingrained.
All Id say is what Mr. Oz says to Tim Drake when Tim is pulled into the side world.
Youll be slowly discovering why over the next few months or years.
