Robin #2
The Shepardess
- "I brought you scum up from the gutters of Hong Kong and all I ask is that you serve me loyally. Not too much to ask, is it?"
Summary
Volume: 1
Issue: 2
Month: February
Year: 1991
Credits
Head Writer: Chuck Dixon
Cover Artists: Brian Bolland
Pencilers: Tom Lyle
Inkers: Bob Smith
Colourists: Adrienne Roy
Editors: Dan Raspler and Denny O'Neill
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Robin (Tim Drake)
- Billy Hue
- Bobbo
- Clyde Rawlins
- Henri Ducard
- King Snake
- Lady Shiva
- Lynx
Locations:
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- Hotel St. Germain
Items:
- Batarang
- Bat-line
First Appearances: Bobbo
Final Appearances: Billy Hue (dies in this issue)
Synopsis: Robin and Clyde Rawlins continue to fight off the Ghost Dragons while Lady Shiva watches on. Clyde proves that he is no pushover, and easily mows down just as many of the gangsters as Robin does. The Ghost Dragons retreat, and Robin and Clyde take off to tend to their wounds.
Billy Hue and the other Ghost Dragons report their failure to the boss, the King Snake. King Snake does not tolerate Billy's shortcomings and promptly kills him with a swift blow to the face. He places Lynx in charge of the Ghost Dragons.
Meanwhile, members of British Secret Service hire a french mercenary named Henri Ducard to assasinate the King Snake. Henri negotiates for a steep price and accepts the contract.
Robin brings Clyde to the Hotel St. Germain. The following morning, Lady Shiva appears in their room and warns them that they are both in danger. Members of the Ghost Dragons have tracked them to the hotel and are presently coming up the stairs. Robin and Clyde follow Shiva out the window and the proceed to scale the side of the hotel. They escape from the Ghost Dragons and part company. Robin has no idea who this strange woman is.
Robin takes Clyde to a cottage safe house far away from Paris. While Clyde recuperates, Robin does a background check on him and learns that Clyde once worked as an undercover DEA agent. When Clyde’s investigations brought him too close to the King Snake's doorstep, the drug lord had his family killed. Clyde has spent the past two years trailing King Snake's every movement in the hopes of getting revenge. Clyde is grateful to Robin for saving his life, and decides to expand upon his physical training by showing him a few basic combat tecniques.
Notes
- Henri Ducard last appeared in Detective Comics #600.
Trivia
- Actor Liam Neeson played Henri Ducard in the 2005 blockbuster movie, Batman Begins.
Recommended Readings
| A Lonely Place of Dying | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part I: Batman #440 | Part II: New Titans #60 | Part III: Batman #441 | Part IV: New Titans #61 | Part V: Batman #442 |
See also:
- Batman
- Detective Comics
- Robin (Volume 2)
- Robin (Volume 3)
- Robin (Volume 4)
- Teen Titans (Volume 3)
- Young Justice
Related Articles
- Robin cover art gallery
- Robin Supporting Cast
- Ghost Dragons
External Links
- Robin article at Wikipedia
- Robin biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Robin biography page at Titans Tower
- Robin (Volume 1) index at the Grand Comics Database
- Robin (Volume 1) index at the Unofficial Guide to the DCU
References
- Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins #1
- Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2003)
- Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2005)
- Young Justice Secret Files and Origins #1
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