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Damian is captive in Blackgate Penitentiary under Zur-En-Arrh and his new Robin in Batman #148 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jiménez, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles. The sidekick of Zur-En-Arrh boasts that he and his friend will be saving Gotham by doing what the Bat-Family never could. But Damian taps out a secret message in Morse code via the equipment in his suit as the warped Robin drones on. Zur-En-Arrh zaps the subdued Robin and walks off his sidekick to keep observing Damian.
Elsewise, the Bat-Family meets Batman, who apologizes for his recent actions and develops a strategy to save Robin and stop Zur-En-Arrh. Batman, Nightwing, Red Hood head to stop Zur-En-Arrh as Tim Drake heads off to find Damian while Oracle coordinates their reaction. Tim is attacked by Zur-En-Arrh's Robin before the older Robin finds the younger one in a study can liberate Damian. After one glance at the new Boy Wonder, Tim discovers that Bruce has been cloned by Zur-En-Arrh to produce a Robin. Tim fights Zur-En-Arrh's Robin and discovers he, with the same skills and training, is equally strong as Bruce. Tim throws a birdarang at Damian's shackles to release him even though Batman's clone has the upper hand. Together, the two Robins combat their warped opponent. While Tim brings the clone down with a strong kick, Damian receives a good smack on the jaw. Tim shackles the new Robin before Damian and Tim rib one other and head down to fight against Zur-En-Arrh.
Saying Tim Drake and Damian Wayne have had challenges in the past would be an understatement. Tim initially got to know Damian in the "Batman and Son" narrative arc when the Bat-Family formally first encountered the latter. Tim was Robin, which Damian objected to as something his birthright was. Damian faced Tim in the Batcave, and the two got into a fight that nearly claimed Tim. Sadly, that marked only the start of the two Robins' hostile relationship.
Damian was appointed the new Robin not too long after he first arrived. Bruce was absent, and Dick filled in as Gotham's Dark Knight to defend the choice by stating Damian needed direction. Stripped of the title he so famously acquired, Tim changed his name to Red Robin and turned away from Gotham and Damien. Bruce finally came back, then Tim returned too. Still, Tim and Damian harbored a mutual contempt. Damian had thankfully moved past his more aggressive tendencies and stopped trying to kill Tim at least.
As two heroes at last discover common ground, the most intense Robin rivalry in DC Comics history can at last be laid rest. At last, a tremendous struggle enables Tim Drake and Damian Wayne to go past their years of hostility.
Given a squad the size of the Bat-Family, there will inevitably be some bad blood. But hardly has ever been a feud more intense than Bruce Wayne's adopted son's against his biological one. When a fresh threat arises, though, the two Boys Wonder set aside their problems in a combat scene that suggests a bright future.
A team the size of the Bat-Family is certain to have some degree of interpersonal friction. Not the first Robins to have a rivalry leading to physical altercations are Tim and Damian, least anyone remember about Dick Grayson and Jason Todd's past. Tim and Damian's antagonism mostly results from the latter, who had been nurtured as Batman's "true legacy," being resentful of Tim, his technically adopted son. Tim was therefore furious that Damian received the identity he had laboured so hard to get.
But whatever nasty emotions they two have had for one another are past, as Batman # 148 illustrates. After all, Tim rather than someone much closer to Damian is the one who could have gone to help him (say Nightwing, his former mentor). Damian tries to warn Tim before Zur-En-Arrh strikes the older hero, even though he insults him. Tim also realizes he cannot beat Bruce's clone by himself and frees Damian so the two Robins may cooperate to defeat their opponent. Particularly once Tim and Damian begin cooperating, the battle sequence is short. But their great cooperation reveals just how much the two Robins have developed since their Batcave first battle. There is not yelling or argument here. Just two heroes cooperating to conquer a shared adversary. Something very difficult to envision back when the two initially crossed paths, they even engage in some lighthearted banter later. Though Tim and Damian's Robin rivalry is almost certainly over, they might not be great pals.
Damian's always likely to show a little attitude toward Tim, but the two have developed to be a great combination. Now that their strong animosity has calmed down significantly, maybe supporters will see them working together more regularly. Alternatively they can just follow their own rhythms and only cooperate when called for. In any case, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne are at last at a stage where they might coexist harmoniously with minimal to no Robin turmoil.
Currently available from DC Comics is Batman # 148.