Robin: Everyone Loves the Drake Podcast

In this episode, Rob and Jay discuss the 1996 mega-crossover event at DC Comics, The Final Night.… The post Episode 137: The Final Night appeared first on The Batman Universe.

In this episode, we come to the conclusion of our Robin/Superboy event with the second book of… The post Episode 136: WF3: World’s Finest Three #2 appeared first on The Batman Universe.

It's been the better part of FOUR MONTHS since our last episode. First off, thank you all… The post Episode 135: WF3: World’s Finest Three #1 appeared first on The Batman Universe.

It's been too long, but we are BACK! We manage to take two done-in-one stories with Robin… The post Episode 134: Single Issue Stories appeared first on The Batman Universe.

It has taken seven months to complete our journey of Batman: Legacy, but in typical Everyone Loves… The post Episode 133: Batman: Legacy Part 5 appeared first on The Batman Universe.

The Drake is back after a bout of Windows ‘95 crashing on Tim. Luckily Oracle fixed Tim's… The post Episode 132: Batman: Legacy Part 4 appeared first on The Batman Universe.

The second part of our thirty-year anniversary brings us to Robin II: The Joker’s Wild. Terence, Ryan,… The post Episode 131: Robin II (1991) appeared first on The Batman Universe.

It is hard to believe that this year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the landmark Robin miniseries!… The post Episode 130: Robin (1991) Part 1 appeared first on The Batman Universe.

Our coverage of Batman: Legacy continues with our special guest Michael Bailey! In this part, Rob, Terence,… The post Episode 129 appeared first on The Batman Universe.

Happy New Year! 2021 has arrived and after a short month break, we are back to jump… The post Episode 128: Batman: Legacy Part 2 appeared first on The Batman Universe.

It’s the end of 2020, which means our yearlong celebration of Robin’s eightieth anniversary is coming to a close. But that also means we have arrived at our annual holiday…

We have reached the final special guest edition of the year for the eightieth anniversary of Robin. If you saw the run time of the episode, you might have guessed that this episode is longer than normal. That is because our guest is no stranger to long episodes, Stella Bowman, host of Batgirl to Oracle. […]

The 80th Anniversary Celebration is winding down now that were are in the month of December, but that doesn’t mean that we’ll go quietly into the New Year! This episode ramps up into high gear with a great friend of the show, Ryan Lower (@lower_ryan), the host of The Batman Book Club (@thebatmanbc). His topic […]

Batman: Legacy continues with the landmark Detective Comics #700! Recently, we have also hit some milestones with DC’s Batman (volume 3) #100 and Detective Comics #1027. Not only is Detective Comics #700 the start of a major storyline, but it’s also a huge milestone in publication for DC Comics. This was originally intended to be […]

Two months left for our eightieth-anniversary celebration, and for this episode, we are giving you an extra-sized episode. Our guest Javi Trujillo (@JaviTru) picks two fantastic items for us to take a look at. First is Batman #416, the first (post-Crisis) meeting of Nightwing (Dick Grayson) and Robin (Jason Todd). The second pick is a […]

Batman: Legacy has arrived! For the next few episodes, we will be looking at every issue that takes the Bat-Family on a globetrotting journey to save one of their own from the Clench. The citizens of Gotham thought they were safe from this man-made virus, but it’s back and is threatening to wipe Gotham off […]

On the latest episode, the dynamic duo is joined by Jay Yaws, formerly of Comics Now and the co-host of Everyone Loves Young Justice. Jay stops by the Drake House to help Ryan and Rob celebrate Robin’s eightieth anniversary. Jay picks an episode of the sixties Batman television series and the triumphant trio takes you […]

It’s back to the continuity of the 1990’s continuity for Tim. Terence, Ryan, and Rob discuss the lead-in issue of Batman: Legacy with Robin #31. Be sure to listen for Ryan’s audition for Wildcat on this episode, but before that, Rob talks about his 2020 Robin’s Partner Day (Batman Day) haul and the recent appearances […]

The 80th Anniversary of Robin continues, this time Rob is joined by Siskoid (@Siskoid) who is the host of Zero Hour Strikes Podcast, First Strike Invasion Podcast as well as the host of his own Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery. On this episode, Siskoid brings 1949’s Star Spangled Comics #97. The Clock is out to steal […]

Batman: Legacy is right around the corner, but before we get there, Terence, Ryan, and Rob look at some of the upcoming comics that will get us there. In this episode, Lock-Up plays a major role as we cover Detective Comics #697-699. Fresh from Batman: The Animated Series, this new character is brought back into […]

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 […]

Let’s GO! On this episode, we welcome a good friend of the show, Justin Kowalski, who was our radio drama Batman and is the host of Let’s Go Podcast and Let’s Go Comic Show. Outside the obvious discussion regarding Tim Drake, we also talk about the Ramones and KISS. The discussion also turns into an […]

This episode brings us closer to episode one hundred as we continue our interview series. This episode features our good friend and fellow Drake fan Andy DiGenova. Andy is best known for his Holy Bat-Cast podcast and he was also once the co-host for The Batman Universe Podcast. So sit back and hear why Andy […]

We continue our interview series of why fellow fans love the Drake. On this episode, Rob welcomes first time guest Chris Clow to the Drake house. You have heard him on the Batman On Film podcast and his own shows Comics on Consoles and his latest podcast, Discovery Debrief: A Star Trek Podcast. Chris and […]

Continuing our celebration of Tim Drake’s 30th Anniversary and the countdown to our one hundredth, we continue our interview series. This time Jay Yaws stops by the Drake house. As the co-host of Everyone Loves Young Justice and the host of his own show Comics Now, Jay is certainly not new to listeners. Jay talks […]

Remember the saying, “Life is what happens when you make plans”? This plan is one that has a good change. This next series of episodes will be all about what this podcast is meant to be. It will showcase the “Everyone” part of the Robin: Everyone Loves the Drake. This was originally planned as a […]

2019 is both Batman’s eightieth anniversary and Tim Drake’s thirtieth anniversary, so how does the show celebrate? Rob and Ryan travel to Ohio to speak at Bowling Green State University’s Batman Conference! This is the first part of a two-part crossover episode with the Batman on Film Podcast. On this episode, Rob and Ryan talk […]

Easter was here and that means only one thing; Rob is alone for this episode. Rob asked for help and you chose to return to Arkham City. On this episode, Rob takes a look at the 2013 Batman: Arkham Unhinged series. Robin and Nightwing must battle their way through the Batcave and Wayne Manor as […]

If you listened to the last episode, you know that it was cut short due to a fight with Rob’s washing machine. Since they were able to clean up the mess, Rob, Ryan and Terence finish discussing Robin Annual #2. The trio then follows Robin over to Catwoman #25, which was also written by Chuck […]

The number 89 is a great number if you’re a Batman and Robin fan. 1989 was the release of the Michael Keaton Batman film and the year Tim Drake first appeared in the comics, making it the 30th Anniversary of both of these things from the Batman Universe. Rob and Terence discuss everything 1989 by […]

This podcast is about two things, Form and FLUIDITY…and that’s all that really needs to be said. Rob, Terence, Ryan and you the listener are in for a treat. The joke that they made a while back has actually become a real thing….and they never even knew it was! Robin #21-22 will spell it out […]

Happy New Year 2019! This first show of the year is a solo show for Rob as he looks at three issues of the Walmart 100-Page Giant (#4-6) which closes out the first arc of the series. Rob also talks about upcoming events for the thirtieth anniversary of Tim Drake. Welcome to the show!