Do You Acknowledge Stephanie Brown as Robin?

**Young Avenger** · 10-14-2006, 09:29 PM

Personally, I don't view Steph as being Robin. Sure she used the identity for a while but she was nothing more than a place holder. I see her as that chick that just wore the costume until the "real" Robin returned. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against her as a character but I don't acknowledge her being Robin.

**Headhunter** · 10-14-2006, 09:30 PM

Yes, but with a heavy qualifier. I'd put her on roughly the same level as Jean Paul Valley as the Dark Knight.

**Kaos** · 10-14-2006, 09:31 PM

not even close to being robin

**knightsintights** · 10-14-2006, 09:33 PM

I think she should be recognized as Robin. I think it would have been cool to see her in the Uniform for a while Longer, She was in it for what? 2 months before she was killed off.

I wasnt that much of a fan of hers but when they killed her off I was dissapointed. Anyone else feel that way? After the Vesper Murder, the Bat Universe has really lagged.

**Magneto_X** · 10-14-2006, 09:42 PM

Yes.

Such uptapped potential with Steph as either Spoiler and Robin. Would have been great if she had permanently took over Robin from Tim.

**Damo** · 10-14-2006, 09:49 PM

The newspapers said she was.

The press releases said she was.

Batman said she was.

Meanwhile the writers were planning to screw her over and kill her, but come on.

**Armless Penguin** · 10-14-2006, 09:57 PM

She certainly should not have been killed/written off, but I also don't think she should have permanently been Robin. The outsider perpective was much more interesting, in my opinion.

**Doom** · 10-15-2006, 05:14 PM

I will maintain that if she wore the uniform, it was HER uniform. I really don't like the idea that an idendity can be immutable and more important then the people who assume it.

**Lester C.** · 10-15-2006, 05:35 PM

Yes. Damn shame I finally started enjoying her as a character when they um removed her from the bat family after War Games.

**Bloody Thumb** · 10-15-2006, 05:36 PM

Spolier became Robin for one reason, and one reason only. The Writers wanted to Kill Robin, without getting rid of Tim Drake. So they wasted all the potential of the Stephanie Brown character. That Sucked. I liked Spoiler, I liked Spoiler with the Cassandra Cain Batgirl. Thier was a lot of potential story telling involving Batgirl dealing with Spoiler going from the outside, that far inside. It could have been some fun story telling. I really don't MIND that they killed her, they just should have used for awhile to establish her in the identity so that we actually CARED when she died. I like the idea of a female Robin and i think it could have worked. Truth is though, no one really wanted it to work, they just needed a body and didn't want to kill another "Real" Robin.

**The Shadow** · 10-15-2006, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Damo

The newspapers said she was.

The press releases said she was.

Batman said she was.

Agreed.

Batman said she had the job.
She was Robin #4 (or 5 if you count Carrie Kelly)

**Lester C.** · 10-15-2006, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by The Shadow

Agreed.

Batman said she had the job.
She was Robin #4 (or 5 if you count Carrie Kelly)

She would still be four in any case as, from a chronological point of view, Carrie is still five as she is a baby if that in the modern DCU.

**the goddamn batman** · 10-15-2006, 06:27 PM

I would, except her time was all too brief. During a rather lack luster era of Batman's history.

I think she will be the Robin that time forgets. If she's even remembered, people willmost likely think she's Carrie Kelly.