Robin,
the current Boy Wonder.
Tim Drake Post Crisis
Born c.1977. (adjusted to c.1980 by Zero Hour)
Started career c.1990. (adjusted to c.1993 by Zero Hour)
First comic book published in 1990.
When Tim Drake was little more than a toddler, his parents took him to see the circus. He had his picture taken with the Flying Graysons, and was in awe of boy acrobat Dick Grayson. During the show Tim saw Dick do an amazing flying maneuver as the ringmaster announced that Dick was the youngest person ever to master that stunt.
Then Tim saw Dick's parents fall to their death, followed by Batman's arrival on the scene.
Some time later, Tim saw Batman's new sidekick Robin do the amazing flying maneuver on the TV news that he'd seen Dick do in the circus. Tim realized that Dick had become Robin! Being a very bright lad, it didn't take long for Tim to figure out that Bruce Wayne was Batman. Tim kept the secret to himself, and followed the careers of Batman and Robin with his special insight. He was aware of Dick's move to New York and subsequent transition into Nightwing, as well as Jason Todd's brief career as Robin and his death.
Tim believed that Batman's self-destructive behavior after Jason's death was due to the fact that Batman needed a Robin to help keep him sane. He sought out Dick Grayson and tried to get him to resume his role as Robin, but Dick knew that phase of his life was done for good. Still, Dick had to admit that this impressive kid had a point about what Robin meant to Batman.
Along with Alfred Pennyworth, Dick managed to convince Bruce to accept Tim as the new Robin despite Bruce's serious reservations.
While Tim was just beginning his training as Robin, his Mother was killed and his father was put into a coma, both poisoned by a criminal.
Now hungering to take up the fight against crime like never before, Tim was restrained by Batman, who was determined not to repeat the mistakes he'd made with Jason Todd. Eventually Tim would go into action against Batman's orders. He knew that this would end his dream of becoming Robin, but it had to be done to save Batman's life. Even so, Tim rescued Batman and others wearing street clothes and a ski-mask, unwilling to risk discrediting the identity of Robin the Boy Wonder.
Instead of rejecting Tim, Batman responded to his heroic actions by putting him on active duty as Robin. Batman and Nightwing designed a new Robin costume for Tim, both to provide him with state of the art protection and tools, and to somewhat reduce the burden that the history of the old costume carried with it.
As Robin, Tim impressed Batman by being brave yet never reckless. He could be trusted to act unsupervised without getting in over his head. He followed orders and never got cocky. This was a Robin whose head was always in the game, and who was more likely to save Batman than need rescuing himself. Despite his wise caution, Tim Drake turned out to be a match for some of Batman's most dangerous foes even when working solo.
When Bruce Wayne was injured and Jean-Paul Valley took over as Batman, Robin found himself busy with damage-control as Valley became violently unstable. Along with Nightwing, Robin would help Bruce defeat Valley and reclaim his place as Batman.
Tim's struggles to balance his career as Robin against the normal demands of growing up as well as the life-changes imposed by his father's slow recovery are being chronicled in various DC publications.