Robin III Part 15: Batman #450 (Early July, 1990)

Tim visits Tokyo…courtesy of Bruce Wayne.

I have this issue.

A boarding school class arrives in Tokyo for a week-long trip, and Tim confirms with his teacher that Bruce Wayne paid for the excursion.

Notes of Interest:

1) No character development here…unless you count the opportunity for Tim to brush up on his Japanese.

WTF? Moment: Tim’s presence is trimmed back even more than it was in Detective Comics #616 - all of two panels here – but it’s understood that Bruce is keeping him as far away from Joker as possible. My only gripe is that Bruce doesn’t let Tim know what’s going on! Tim isn’t dumb enough to think he’s ready to fight Joker…  Jason  …but considering how he was written back in Batman: Bride of the Demon, better safe than sorry.