Robin is going to be a very good soldier. A very good soldier.

-- Batman

Appearing in "The Gauntlet"

Featured Characters:

• Batman
• Robin

Supporting Characters:

• Alfred Pennyworth
• Captain Gordon

Villains:

• Gotham Organized Crime

• Delcaine
• Joe Minette (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Carlton Tate
• Gotham City Police Department
• Ricky Terranova

Locations:

• Gotham City

• Batcave
• Crime Alley
• Gotham City Police Headquarters
• Wayne Manor

Items:

• Batarangs
• Bat-Signal

Vehicles:

• Batmobile
  
  

Synopsis for "The Gauntlet"

Dick Grayson has been training for a very long time, and Batman is giving him a final exam before he's allowed to go out on patrol as a crime-fighter. The challenge is that he will be given a six-hour headstart at dusk, and then Batman will hunt him down and try to find him within city limits... if he can make it until sunrise without being caught, he passes. Dick ventures out into Gotham City dressed as Robin for the first time, and quickly finds himself embroiled in a criminal plot that he must stop while evading his mentor and many gangsters all across the city. Batman catches up to him and is content to watch him from the shadows, and observe the way he handles taking down a syndicate of Gotham Organized Crime... surpassing expectations. Robin takes down a crimelord by recovering crucial evidence, and Batman tells him that he has passed, then goes to introduce him to Captain Gordon.

Notes

• No special notes.

Trivia

• There is a criminal who is reading an issue of House of Mystery.

See Also

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Recommended Reading

• Batman Recommended Reading

• Batman (Volume 1)
• Batman (Volume 2)
• Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
• Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
• Batman Confidential
• Batman: Gotham Knights
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat
• Batman: Streets of Gotham
• Batman Incorporated
• Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
• Detective Comics
• Detective Comics (Volume 2)
• Superman/Batman
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Volume )

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