We Are ... Robin!/Vigilante Business

*Vigilante Business* is the first story arc of the series *We Are... Robin!*. This storyline follows Duke Thomas' life in the wake of the events of Endgame and his introduction to the We Are Robin movement. This storyline was written by Lee Bermejo with art by Jorge Corona, Rob Haynes, and Khary Randolph, and is featured in *We Are... Robin! #1-6*.

## Plot

*Issue #1*

Following the disappearance of his parents after the Endgame attack, Duke was placed into the foster system. Duke grew jaded as it became apparent that the authorities were not making any progress locating his parents. desperate to find them, he began regularly breaking away from his foster homes to investigate for himself. Because of this, Duke was placed in home after home and perpetually circulated the foster care system. During his time in foster care Duke went from an upstanding student to becoming a bit of a delinquent, receiving poor grades and racking up an extensive police record due to his investigations into his parents.

Dr. Thompkins was placed in charge of his social case and tried to keep him out of trouble. After getting into yet another fight, she tried reassuring Duke by telling him that the police are still looking for his parents and they had recently found some Joker toxin victims wandering the sewer system. In the meantime, she had Duke placed with Joanne and Roy Dawson and asked that he stop picking fights and try to be respectful of his foster parents.

The Dawsons lived in a dirty run-down apartment and expected Duke to clean things and babysit the other foster kids. When he was left alone for a few minutes to organize his things into his new bedroom Duke immediately escaped. Feeling guilty about letting Leslie Thompkins down, but thankful for her tip, Duke climbed out the window and in order to continue his search for his parents in the sewers. While in the sewers looking for his parents, Duke accidentally stumbled into an underground meeting of homeless people who had created a small city. There he overheard their plan to bomb different landmarks in Gotham, starting with the Hall of Records. Just after hearing this, he was discovered and attacked. Luckily, this was also when the Robins joined the fight to save him.

*Issue #2*

Together with the robins, Duke fought his way out of the sewers, only to lose consciousness after a blow to the head. When the police came, the other robins were ordered by the mysterious "Nest" to abandon him and run. Reluctantly they did as they were told.

Duke awoke inside a police interrogation room. There a skinny man with facial hair and dark glasses asked him what he was willing to do in order to find his parents. When Duke expressed confusion and told the man that that was the police's job, the man left the room. After waiting and then getting frustrated, Duke tried the door handle only to find it unlocked. When he stepped out of the interrogation room, he realized that he was not in a police station at all, but actually inside an abandoned warehouse.

This was when he discovered the red biker jacket with a yellow R on the breast, atop a motorcycle. Inside the jacket, he found a cellphone. The cellphone in his new jacket instructed him to go to a new location where he met the robins who had saved him earlier.

*Issue #3*

Together they found the bombs Duke had heard about, beneath the Hall of Record. Using instructions sent to their phones from a mysterious sender called the Nest, they were able to disable one of the bombs. The second bomb proved more difficult, however, as it was on a subway train track and they had to jump out of the way of trains every few moments.

Finally, the Nest instructed them to get on the next train and leave the second bomb there. However, one of the robins, Troy, refused to leave. Determined that he could disable the bomb himself, he stayed behind alone. As the others rode away, he was caught in the blast and killed instantly. the other robins were ordered by the mysterious "Nest" to continue their retreat. Reluctantly they did as they were told.

*Issue #4*

Riko's story

*Issue #5*

The Robins continue to deal with the fallout of Travis' death and deal with Izzy family drama.

*Issue #6*

The Robins fight a Talon

## Featured

**Characters:**

* Duke Thomas

* Gotham

## Continuity

* The origin of Jim Gordon's Batman is explained in the *Superheavy* storyline*.*
* Alfred’s missing a hand, which was a consequence of the “Endgame” storyline.
* Batgirl mentions a recent run in with Jim Gordon's Batman, which happened in the *Family Business* story arc of *Batgirl*