COMICS: Scott Snyder Coy On Harper Row Rumors

Damn. I REALLY wouldn't mind if Harper Row became Robin. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a female Robin, and since Stephanie Brown is nowhere to be seen (thankfully-- I didn't like her Robin, short-lived as she was), Harper seems like the best choice available.

I just hope we don't have a big lull between Damian and the next Robin. Frankly, the sooner all trace of Grant Morrison's Batman run is brushed aside and forgotten, the better.

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Why does everybody like Harper Row so much based on her few interactions with Bats i haven't gotten the obsession with her, id prefer Helena Wayne to give up on The Huntress stic and become Robin again if anything! Given she claimed Damien as her not so Brother it would make better sense!

but i just KNOW they are going to turn her into a great supporting character i actually like every member of the bat family bats has a wonderful supporting cast

oh oh oh, pick me pick me! what about the idea of a "Robin Academy"?
America's Next Top Robin
The Young Robin's
Wolverine and the Robin-Men
West Coast Robins.



seriously though. trial periods and training through Batman Inc. to become the next Robin.

I like Harper, but I'm hoping she becomes an Oracle of sorts, rather than a Robin.

Make Tim Drake Robin again. Done deal. You're welcome.

Batman should be without a Robin for a year or two. It would make for some great stories where a team up is necessary.

I like Harper. I really do. And if she DID end up becoming a character that would be the focus of a title (either as Robin in Batman & Robin or Catwoman in... well, you get it) I would instantly add that title to my pull file.

That being said, I can see points in favor of both ideas.

On one hand, it doesn't make much sense to have a title CALLED 'Batman & Robin' if there's no Robin, and short of bringing Tim back into the role and dropping the god awful "I so badly need to be Robin cause I have no other identity, so I just added 'red' and tweeked the costume" identity, I can't really see who else it would be.

It would also have me quite excited in terms of having sort of punky looking girls pulling out Robin cosplays at cons and the like cause... yes... please.

On the other hand, Catwoman does make sense with her costume (and would look badass if she kept letting the blue streak in her hair hang out the front like she did in Batman #18. The downside being I just can't make myself care about the Catwoman role. Maybe she could change that... I doubt it, but maybe.

Just get her into SOMETHING central. I love this [frick]ing character and want more of her like... yesterday.

Harper Row is the best ORIGINAL supporting character for Batman since the early 2000's. She's got wit, she's got a desire to help Batman without becoming a "sidekick", she's god an awesome younger brother, she's got an interesting past, and she's got no desire to find out Batman's identity. She's a proxy for the fans, a character we can look at and say, "I wouldn't be a superhero like Tim Drake or a Barbara Gordon if I were in Gotham, but I COULD be her". It's the same reason that Jimmy Olson has a decent fanbase. People, especially people who look up to these characters, like proxy characters that they can look at and admire. I honestly do look up to superheroes, especially and almost exclusively DC characters. However, I LOVE it when there are characters at ground level who can act as outsiders looking in on the scenarios and lifestyles of these heroes and offer something of a deconstruction of them.