| abstract | - Grayson's background is initially unrelated in the plot of The Dark Knight Strikes Again. However, the later work All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder, which is said to be the canonical start of Miller's Batman works following Batman: Year One, showed Grayson with a tragic background. During the events of All Star, Robin is shown as part of The Flying Graysons performing as Bruce Wayne watches in the audience. His parents are shot and killed by a thug Batman tracks and beats. Just to make things worse for the child, Grayson is abducted by Batman who says that he'll be his new ward and that he's "drafted into this war". Batman's training of the boy consists of physical abuse as well as keeping him entrapped in the Batcave while forcing him to forage for his own food (which leads to a brief confrontation when Batman threatens Alfred for giving the boy food). Over time, Grayson becomes obsessed with finding his parents' killer and starts to become all the more aggressive as Robin. In one of the comic's most notorious incidents, Batman and Robin lure in Green Lantern and provoke him into a fight in a completely yellow room when Robin steals his ring. Robin comes close to murdering Green Lantern before he is oddly stopped by Batman. With this background in mind, it sets up an understanding of Grayson's role in The Dark Knight Strikes Again where he is a villain. Thus, he is the tragic consequence of Miller's Batman.
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