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

LOL Sundays #7: Anything you can do, I can do better

Pages from Batgirl v.1 #28 (July 2002), script by Kelley Puckett, pencils by Damion Scott, inks by Robert Campanella, colors by Jason Wright, letters by John Costanza

You dad-blasted kids, get off my universe! Dagnabbit!

The DCU: where sidekicks go to die:









But don't worry, kids...if you're lucky, we'll bring ya back!:

Oh, well, that explains it.

(Baffled? See Brandon.)