Robin is investigated a series of abductions of rich kids. He is making progress, and has a chance of taking them down, when Dodge appears. Robin trys to adapt to his interference, as much as possible, but because of his inexperience, he just makes to many mistakes. Robin can't compensate enough, and his assault on this criminal team is thwarted. Tim scolds Dodge, but he doesn't make much headway because Dodge is determined to be a hero. Tim's frustrated, but at the same time has to think, ". . . . . what would I have done if Bruce had blown me off?". So now he has to go at it from another angle. So he get's a magazine article published, talking about Bruce's adoption of him, to set himself up as a target. This of course works, and he is taken to where all the rest of the kids are being held. While in the cell, he starts to formulate a plan on how to gather intell on the group, and then how to use that info to get everyone out of this situation. All is going according to plan until, again, Dodge shows up. Now, Robin is in a position ready to pouce, but he has to hesitate to figure out how he's going to compesate for Dodge's intervention. Adam Beechen, is really doing a good job with this character. His stories have progressively gotten better over the course of his run. And Freddie E. Williams II, is doing a decent job on pencils. I wasn't thrilled with them at first, but he seems to be adapting his style a bit to better fit the feel of this book and it's characters. Like Nightwing, I think that Robin is a much more important, and integral, part of the DC universe than most people give him credit for. He's no longer a character living in Batman's shadows.
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