Batman is arguably one of the scariest heroes in DC Comics’ 80-year-plus history, with his partner in crime, Robin , being the countering light to Batman’s ever-present darkness. In a new cosplay of Damian Wayne’s version of the character, Robin goes from a brightly colored Boy Wonder to his own kind of Dark Knight, showing how Damian’s current comic costume can be translated into the live-action space in a fearsome way.
Proving that Robin can be just as daunting as Batman, Jaden (@thatsubscriberguy) is a cosplayer who consistently posts his comic-inspired designs on Instagram, with each new look showing Jaden’s progress as a creative person dedicated to the demanding craft that is cosplay creation.
Previously putting together and wearing other custom costumes that have turned Jaden into Batman, Red Hood, Joker, and more, Jaden has also tried his hand at embodying Marvel’s Spider-Man, with him having at least four different variant suits that he rotates between depending on what kinds of super-powered criminals need a good thwipping on any given day.
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Cosplay Design by Jaden (@thatsubscriberguy)
Introduced as Batman’s biological son in 2006’s Batman #655, by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, Damian’s been on one heck of a ride since his inception nearly twenty years ago and has overcome the initial animosity among fans to become an integral part of DC Comics. Going from a bratty, borderline sociopath raised by ninjas to a less bratty, borderline best Robin ed by the entire Bat-Family, Damian has had his fair share of costumes, with Robin’s traditional black, red, yellow, and green color scheme more recently giving way to a new design that Jaden brings to life perfectly.
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Poised with measured menace high above a dirty Gotham City alley, Jaden’s Robin is the real-world equivalent to Damian’s current character design, with the suit’s more prominent black, grey, and red colors, along with his more tactical-looking straps, utility belt, shoulder armor, shinguards, ninja-toed boots, and subtle “R” logo selling this look in a realistic yet still comic-accurate way. Looking even more broody and Batman-like in the following image, Jaden’s all-white eyes up the creepiness of Damian’s already stone-cold facade, with the slash of dirtied yellow under Jaden’s pulled-up hood completing a look that goes just as hard as Batman’s.
Damian Wayne’s Current Comic Costume Looks Even Better in Cosplay Form
Photography by Asuka (@asukauzu)
With the DCU’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold still on track to cast not only a different actor to play a new version of Batman separate from Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight, but the actor who will play Damian Wayne in his live-action debut as well, it stands to reason that Jaden’s (@thatsubscriberguy) cosplay is a great taste of what fans can expect once the character is brought to the big screen proper. Damian Wayne’s Robin has a couple of other comic costumes that deserve to be adapted into a film, but until they are, the cosplay community will provide.
Source: @thatsubscriberguy
