Today in Comics History, July 19: Happy birthday, Tim Drake!

Born on this day: Tim Drake, aka Robin III! You know, the one that didn't get beaten half to death and then blown up. I know that only narrows it down by one.

Let's look at Tim's sweet sixteenth birthday! Here's his parents Jack and Diane Dana prepping for it:


from Robin (1993 series) #116 (DC, September 2003), script by Jon Lewis, pencils by Pete Woods, inks by Andrew Pepoy, colors by Noelle Giddings, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Willie Schubert



For the apprentice to the World's Greatest Detective™, Tim's kinda slow on the update. Here's girlfriend Stephanie dropping a...hee hee hee...spoiler about the event!


The traditional birthday pizza!


I wonder what Spoiler got him...ooooh, wocka-cha-wocka-cha-wocka!


What did Batman get him? Ehhh..nothin'. But Alfred got him a cake. Good ol' Alfred!


Happy birthday, Tim!