The Dark Knight kept an eye on him. Later, when Batman was incapacitated in "Knightfall", it was Azrael who was chosen to take up the mantle of the Caped Crusader temporarily. He was a much more unhinged take on the hero, though, as he wasn't afraid to kill. Later on, the power went to his head and Batman had to forcibly remove him from the position.
He would be higher on this list if he didn't end up going insane. After the threats of the world became larger, Bruce Wayne knew that he couldn't handle it all and created the organization known as Batman Incorporated. It's there that many vigilantes were brought in to the Bat-Family around the world to essentially be everywhere at once, protecting the world from any threats. Among them was the man known as David Zavimbe.
Showing a prowess to combat, Batman brought him into Batman Incorporated as Batwing. Primarily operating in Africa, Batwing had numerous adventures where he would deal with terrorists in Congo or ancient villains threatening the country. However, Zavimbe's career wouldn't last, and he would pass on the mantle to Lucas Fox, the son of Lucius Fox. If there were ever a more resilient person than Stephanie Brown, we'd like to meet them.
Being the daughter of the Cluemaster, Stephanie always had a connection to crime in Gotham City. Disappointed in her father's actions, she one day decided to take up the name of the Spoiler and work to bring him to justice.
Along the way, she encountered Tim Drake, who was Robin at the time. Her connection to Tim Drake grew, and she began a relationship with the ward as well as a mentorship with the Dark Knight. However, in Batman , she got caught in a brutal gang fight and seemingly died in the field. It was later revealed that she was alive, and she became the Spoiler again, but also took Cassandra Cain's place as the new Batgirl.
The Bat-Family seems to know no bounds, as even a dog was able to join their ranks. Ace the Bat-Hound was the name given to several dogs owned by Bruce Wayne, but they're all equally important. While most of them existed to keep Bruce company at the Batcave, one of them would actually go out on missions with him to help solve clues and move forward in cases, but he disappeared during "No Man's Land".
Naming the dog Titus, this one seems to be a much more present version of the character and will likely stay for a long time. Ace helps to make the Bat-Family feel real as well as provide some of the classic campiness from the '60s.
Everyone has to make do with the hand that life deals them, and Kate Kane wasn't given a very good one. Her parents were higher-ups in the military and this led to her family being captured by a terrorist. After her sister and mother were killed, Kate was never the same. She went to the military to try and impress her father, but was dishonorably discharged due to her sexual orientation. After this, she didn't have much motivation in life until she was saved by Batman in Detective Comics She chose to be a vigilante and trained around the world for two full years just to make it happen.
She would operate on her own as Batwoman, but eventually gained the attention of Batman and was made an official member of the Bat-Family.
Just like Robin, the mantle of Batgirl has been passed down to many different people over the years. One of the best ones was Cassandra Cain. This young girl was the daughter of David Cain the man who trained Batman and Lady Shiva a murderous assassin. She was born to create the perfect soldier, and wasn't even raised to speak -- only to fight and kill.
After denying the order of her father, she was eventually brought into the Bat-Family. The Dark Knight gave her all kinds of lessons on keeping her humanity, and she was given her own, sleeker Batgirl costume. While she may not be the highest-ranking Batgirl on this list, she was definitely one of the most capable ones to ever have that moniker. When " Son of the Demon" revealed that Batman had a son with Talia al Ghul, people wondered which way it would go from there.
However, DC Comics editors have been adamant about the fact that, despite having donned the Robin suit, Brown was never Robin. Additionally, she was Batgirl only for a brief time, and her plan to impress Batman -- no matter her good intentions -- were intrinsically flawed, which ultimately led to her untimely death. There have been many Robins throughout Batman's rich history -- some of which have gone on to become full-fledged superheroes in their own rights -- but not all of them have been great.
Damian Wayne is one of them. However, unlike all of the other Robins in history, Damian is the only one who is the genuine son of Bruce Wayne ; the rest were adopted. Not only is Damian the son of Bruce Wayne , but he is also the son of Talia al Ghul, thus making him the grandson of the Demon's Head and Batman supervillain Ra's al Ghul, who trained him to become his eventual successor.
Damian Wayne has been part of Batman stories since , but it wasn't until that the character was integrated into the main DC Comics continuity. While introducing Damian into continuity allowed for intriguing concepts and relationship, such as his penchant for mortal violence versus Batman's aversion to it, the character became more of a disappointment to long-time Batman fans.
As the newest addition to the Bat-family on this list, Duke Thomas has a rather intriguing history with Batman. Although made his debut appearance in Zero Year , Duke Thomas went on to star in multiple Batman stories, being featured in a possible future timeline as well as in Batman's dream.
Both of these stories served as teasers for Thomas' future in the Bat-family. In the possible future timeline -- taking place five years in the future in the story arc Futures End -- Thomas temporarily became Robin, replacing the lamented Damian Wayne. The reason Thomas isn't higher on this list is because he is still a new character and, while we've seen him in action, there is still a lot we don't know about him. Perhaps the most intriguing character on this list, Cassandra Cain aka Batgirl is the daughter of assassins David Cain and Lady Shiva, who intentionally withheld Cassandra from any form of social interaction, including speech so that she would become superior at reading body language.
After all, she was raised by assassins. With a history like that, what better job is there than being Batman's sidekick? Despite having murdered a businessman at a young age, Cassandra Cain showed her dedication to the preservation of life by taking several bullets to save someone else. Her novel history and unique set of skills -- she was not only trained by her father but also people like Bronze Tiger and Merlyn the Archer -- allowed her to excel as Batgirl, while not hindering the memory of Barbara Gordon's time as Batgirl.
Cassandra Cain is one of the most efficient sidekicks Batman has ever had , which is why she was the first Batgirl to receive her own solo series following the Dark Knight's apparent death in Final Crisis.
But, ultimately, she couldn't continue as Batgirl in Gotham, so she moved to Hong Kong and took up the identity of Black Bat. After spending a decade as the crime-fighter Huntress, Bertinelli assumed the identity of Batgirl when Batman disappeared, and realized that criminals feared her as Batgirl more than as Huntress.
So she kept the title, for a short time. As any Batman fan will tell you, if you don't follow the Dark Knight's orders, you'll be fired -- and that is what happened to Helena Bertinelli, following her reckless behavior and failure to keep Two-Face's henchmen at bay. However, Helena's brief tenure as Batgirl was more than enough to prove that she could have been Batman's vital sidekick, but, ultimately, they couldn't cooperate, for she reminded Batman too much of Barbara Gordon. Still, after becoming a prominent member of the Birds of Prey, Helena Bertinelli would later become a full-fledged member of the Justice League under Batman's sponsorship.
We're stretching the term sidekick with this character, but it seems only fair to include the Angel of Death himself, Jean-Paul Valley aka Azrael, for he has not only fought alongside Batman against the criminals of Gotham but also temporarily took up the mantle of Batman. As the latest in a long line of assassins who work for The Sacred Order of Saint Dumas, Jean-Paul Valley was tasked with finding his father's killer, who was also a member of the Sacred Order. Since Batman was, too, investigating the murder of Valley's father, their paths crossed -- at least, Valley's path crossed with Alfred Pennyworth, who helped Valley find Batman following the Dark Knight's capture.
It's during this story arc that Jean-Paul Valley demonstrated impressive detective work, thus proving to Batman that he could be a worthy apprentice and potential successor. Seeing Azrael turn from a blood-thirsty assassin to a full-fledged hero -- someone who shared the values of Batman -- made for a compelling story. Unfortunately, his training and inherent violent tendencies ultimately led to Bruce Wayne taking the cowl back from Jean-Paul Valley after he had succumbed to fighting criminals on their terms.
Shortly after Dick Grayson became Nightwing, Batman appointed Jason Todd -- who he found attempting to steal the tires off the Batmobile -- the second Robin. However, the effort by DC Comics to replace Grayson would be short lived, despite the character initially being popular amongst Batman fans. The thing is, not many people like Jason Todd as Robin -- which is what led to the decisive telephone-polling that killed off Todd in the famed story arc Batman: A Death in the Family the first time a member of the Batman family was killed.
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