For me he just makes all the other Robins look redundant. And I can't accept Batman as the world's greatest detective if he's encountered Talia a dozen times in the past and NOT known about her having his kid. I liked him a lot more when it suggested he was a clone of Bruce like the Heretic was of Damian and how the clone Superboy was of Superman. It made much more sense if Talia would've cloned Bruce and artificially aged the kid a bit, then it would've made sense when Batman stormed the League of Assassins fortress all those times and never saw his kid around. Easier to program a clone than train a 10 year old assassin. ~KL~