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| Issue |
Robin 37 |
| Subtitle |
Who Dies With the
Most Toys... |
| Date |
January 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Staz Johnson, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Toyman and the
General went to rob Gotham's biggest toy collector. Robin
intervened when Toyman turned on his partner. Robin was able to
rescue Armstrong and take both criminals down. The only
casualties of the General's war were the collector's toys. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 38 |
| Subtitle |
Watchin' the
Detectives |
| Date |
February 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Staz Johnson, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Slyfox and his
gang began making their presence known as Tim continued to
struggle with his social life. Robin burst in on them while they
were stealing records for future heists from an insurance
company. A reality based TV show also arrived. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 39 |
| Subtitle |
Gotaway Gone |
| Date |
March 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Staz Johnson, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Slyfox's team
escaped with Robin right behind them (after he destroyed the
footage that had been shot). He used the TV crew's van to catch
up with and take down the thieves. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 40 |
| Subtitle |
Nowhere Fast! |
| Date |
April 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Staz Johnson, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Tim visited Ariana
while her family was away. She opened up to him and wanted for
them to sleep together. Tim told her he wasn't ready for that as
her aunt and uncle came home. Spoiler foiled an attack by the
Ghost Dragons. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 41 |
| Subtitle |
Rebound |
| Date |
May 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Staz Johnson, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Tim escaped
Ariana's Uncle Vari's wrath and went out as Robin. Spoiler
caught up with him and told him about the Ghost Dragon incident.
The next night, they went out to take the gang down, but were
only able to bust up some of their merchandise - none of the
Ghost Dragons were captured. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 42 |
| Subtitle |
Crock Around the
Clock |
| Date |
June 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jason Armstrong,
Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
Robin investigated
a crime spree where the perpetrator was dressed as a popular
children's TV character, Crocky the Crocodile. The investigation
led to another children's TV personality which had dropped in
the ratings due to Crocky's popularity. He helped Sheriff
Shotgun Smith take the man down. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 43 |
| Subtitle |
The Quarry |
| Date |
July 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jason Armstrong,
Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
Robin tried to
follow his friend Ives, but lost him. At school the next day,
Tim learned Ariana's uncle transferred her to an all girls
school. Ives' secret came out - he went out nightly in a mask,
as Ricky the Rat at a children's fun park. Robin went to look
for Spoiler, who'd been captured by Titus Czonka, an associate
of her father's, calling himself Baffler. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 44 |
| Subtitle |
The Stupid Death |
| Date |
August 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jason Armstrong,
Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
Baffler caught and
tied Robin up in a building that was set to be demolished the
next morning. Czonka later tripped and knocked himself out.
Robin got free and helped Spoiler and Czonka to safety. The two
vigilantes delivered him to the police. When Tim returned home,
his father was back. He'd heard from Ariana's uncle, and Tim was
grounded. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 45 |
| Subtitle |
Grounded |
| Date |
September 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Staz Johnson, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Grounded and
confined to his room, Tim learned of a hostage situation in town
from TV. While mowing the next day, Bruce told him about how it
went down. Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong, aka The General, hooked up
with Arabs preparing for war with a neighboring country while
they were in town at an arms show. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 46 |
| Subtitle |
Dark at Dawn |
| Date |
October 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Cully Hamner, Sal
Buscema |
| storyline |
With his father
away, Robin snuck out. False Facers on an arms deal got into a
shootout with the police. The perpetrators split up; police
followed the False Facers, Robin followed the buyers. Young El,
the boy who killed one of Tim's friends at school, was in the
car he chased. It wrecked and Tim chased the boy into an
abandoned building. Young El was caught inside when it
collapsed. Tim was unable to save him and he died. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 47 |
| Subtitle |
Warchild chapter
1: The Prepubescent and the Dead |
| Date |
November 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Eduardo Barreto,
Bob Smith |
| storyline |
Tim, still beating
himself up for Young El's death, learned Ulysses Hadrian
Armstrong was leading a nation to war in the Middle East. He
asked Nightwing to help him out, and they borrowed a WayneTech
prototype jet. Robin parachuted into the middle of the
battleground. |
|
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| Issue |
Robin 48 |
| Subtitle |
Mission Creep |
| Date |
December 1997 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Eduardo Barreto,
Bob Smith |
| storyline |
Jack Drake
reported his son missing. With Robin going in to capture the
General, Nightwing used the plane's gun power to take out a dam.
The ensuing flood separated the armies. The General was ousted
by the country he led and was arrested for treason and murder.
Nightwing dropped Tim off in Paris to get in touch with his
spiritual side. |
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