Robin: Everyone Love The Drake Podcast

Howdy partners! On this here episode we are celebrating the eightieth anniversary of Robin with another special guest and their choice of topic. Today we welcome to the show for the first time Sean Ross from the Secret Wars & Beyond Podcast! His choice for this episode is the western pulp classic, 1997’s Robin Annual […]

It’s time to head back to 1996 as Gotham City has reopened after the plague, because they flattened their curve, right? We catch back up with Tim Drake and a very blonde Ari in Robin #29-30. While Tim tries to figure out why she dyed her hair, he has to escape Maxi Zeus and the […]

Terence and Rob talk about some of their favorite memories and stories that Denny was involved with either as a writer or an editor. They also talk about the unreleased interview they had with Denny, which the show opens with a brief excerpt from. Join us as we pay our respects and geek out about […]

It’s time to give you another special Robin eightieth anniversary episode with a very special guest, former TBU contributor Clinton Robinson of the Coffee and Comics podcast. In this episode, Clinton chose to go back to the always fun Showcase series with Showcase ’93 #11-12. This takes us back to the Knightfall era where Dick […]

JLMay is here! The Drake takes part of their first JLMay crossover event. This year’s event is Countdown to Infinite Crisis. We decided to bring a rad friend to help us with this event, Justin Kowalski of the Let’s Go Comic Show! Justin helps fill in holes from the multiverse. Rob, Terence, and Justin well […]

The eightieth anniversary of Robin continues here on the show as this episode goes back to school. We are joined by special guest Professor Alan Middleton and he is handing out detention slips to Rob with Detention Comics #1 (1996) from Denny O’Neil and Norm Breyfogle! Follow along to learn why the Professor chose this […]

The conclusion of Batman: Contagion has arrived. Gotham is on the brink of being taken down by a plague and Tim Drake is clinging to life. It seems all hope for a cure has been lost or has it? Terence, Ryan, and Rob discuss The Batman Chronicles #4, Azrael #16 and Robin #28. Should this […]

We have a very special episode for you! Last episode we discussed the Robin anniversary special and while we really enjoyed the issue, we couldn’t help thinking about a few people that were missing from the landmark issue. So we decided to reach out to one of them and talk about their time drawing Pre-Flashpoint […]

We continue our yearlong celebration of Robin’s eightieth anniversary with the release of DC Comics’ Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1. Terence, Ryan, and Rob take you through this collection of stories from some of the top writers and artists from the past and present. This book looks at all the Robins with stories […]

A week late means a larger episode! A longer episode might be good right now given the world’s current situation. Oddly enough the citizens of Gotham City are in a similar situation and the timing of our coverage of Contagion is hard to tell where fiction starts and reality begins. Join us as we try […]

The 80th Anniversary celebration for Robin starts here! In our first episode for the yearlong celebration, Rob welcomes to the show the host of Silent Knight: The Cassandra Cain Podcast, Mike Staley! Mike and Rob do a commentary track for Young Justice: Outsiders episode “Triptych”. Mike also talks about his favorite Robin, but it’s not […]

Something has finally arrived in Gotham City and to the podcast. CONTAGION! How can Batman and the Bat-Family fight something they can’t punch their way out of? Tim’s world begins to radically change and it all starts with this story and sets in motion the building blocks that will be used for future stories. The […]

Happy New Year from the Drakes! On our first episode of 2020, Rob and Terence take a look at Tom King’s run on Batman and more importantly, his usage of Tim Drake. There was punching, stabbing, the acknowledgment of his “death”, but not his reappearance? We also can’t forget “Love you Bat, Love you Cat, […]

It’s Christmas time here at the Drake house. What is all the talk about? Well, Batman’s eightieth anniversary and Tim Drake’s thirty anniversary! Terry and Rob look back at 2019 with the release of classic movies back in theaters, a lot of Funko Pops, animated films, Detective Comics #100, the return of Young Justice and […]

Robin #25-26 deals with something that is all too real and unfortunately, still part of today’s current events; school shootings. At the time of putting together this episode, another such incident happened in California just this month. In 1996 when these two comic issues were released, the same discussions were still happening. How does Chuck […]

In a not so shocking situation, Black Mask is selling guns in Gotham City. So while Batman follows Black Mask, Robin is left follow the buyer and that leads him the latest team-up with Conner Hawke’s Green Arrow. It’s crossover time as Tim starts a new friendship. Terence, Ryan, and Rob welcome the fantastic Chris […]

It’s time to get back to what we love talking about the most, the comics! Terence and Rob take you through the DC Comics’ Underworld Unleased event from 1995. Does Killer Moth really need an “upgrade”? On this episode, the guys look at Robin #23-24, while also taking a quick look at Detective Comics #691-692 […]

Rob here. Where do I start? Almost six years ago I started this journey to make a podcast about my favorite superhero, Robin. But not just any Robin. My favorite character Tim Drake, THE DRAKE. It’s funny to say that now.   Six years ago, my shtick has been saying the Drake in reference to […]

Welcome to the last episode of the countdown to episode one hundred! We couldn’t think of a better way to wrap up this series with none other than Superman himself. Please welcome to the Drake house, our very own Mr. Oz from the radio drama, the one Michael Bailey. If you listen to different comic […]

Tom Panarese of Pop Culture Affidavit, Required Reading with Tom and Stella and the former host of TBU’s Taking Flight makes his return to the Drake House after a four-year absence to discuss his love for the Tim Drake character, Robin as a whole, and what Robin really means to Batman. Aside from a few […]