Story: "Always Starting Over" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Bill Willingham (plot, script)
Damion Scott (pencils)
Sandra Hope and Damion Scott (inks)
Jared K. Fletcher (letters); Guy Major (colors)
Michael Wright (edits)

Feature Characters:

Robin III

Guest Star:

Batman

Supporting Characters:

Dana Winters (last in issue #130)
Alfred Pennyworth

Villain:

Rising Sun Archer (behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

Doctor Hostler (from Dana's clinic)
Cecily
Courtney
Chloe ('the three C's' - students at John Wayne High School, Blüdhaven)
Terrence McBride (an attorney)

Comment: The flashbacks in this issue are all to previously-published stories and have therefore not been indexed

Comment: Story continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Robin is beginning to settle in to Blüdhaven, although he doesn't fit in at all at his new high school, and Dana is showing encouraging signs of recovery at the clinic. However, one problem does present itself - Tim's legal status. His father is dead and Dana never adopted him, so he could be considered a ward of state. Batman offers to adopt him in his identity as Bruce Wayne, but in Jack Drake's will, a brother - Eddie - is mentioned, and named as Tim's guardian. Tim is suprised to learn that he has an uncle, but as the man is apparently a globe-trotter, he may be hard to track down. Back in Blüdhaven, he runs into a gang of street thugs and then gets shot by several arrows out of the blue.