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“Duke is a character who believes that heroism and the Robin mantle can exist entirely separate from Batman himself.”

Quote by Scott Snyder

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Scott Snyder is a renowned American writer known for his work in the comic book industry. Born in 1976, he began his career in the 1990s and has since gained recognition for his contributions to comics. Snyder's works are celebrated for their emotional depth and complex storytelling, with his most notable series including 'American Vampire' and the 'Batman' saga. His impact on the comic book world has been significant, earning him numerous awards and critical acclaim. more

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“I spoke to Geoff Johns a lot. We went back and forth, and found a way to bring up the best qualities in his personality and psychology and also fill a niche in Gotham that we've never seen. It became about is there a way to really plant this hero in Gotham and say this is someone you haven't seen before - both in terms of who they are as a person and who they are as a hero.”

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“The hope that they have legs. That's the biggest fear you always have creating new people. You love them, but then they kind of dissipate. Sometimes you don't get to write them as much as you'd like, like me and Harper Row.”

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“I really wanted to make sure that if we set Duke up, that he's set up the right way and he's his own hero for the right reasons.”

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“[Bruce] sees a lot of himself in [Batman], you know? You could argue that something even worse than what happened to Bruce happened to [Duke's] parents, who are now Joker-ized*. They're not just gone or irretrievably lost. And I'm NOT curing them, so you can put that out there! There's no relief from that.”

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“There's nothing comparative to Damien [the current Robin] or any of the other characters. I love those characters. And this isn't, "This is better than that." I think a couple of people misread what we had said in the first issue about that stuff.”

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