User blog comment:Baneares/Haly's circus here we come!!!!!!!!!!!/@comment-1038387-20120403133635

4 days: Tim's main emotional point is that all his loved ones die - his dad, Stephanie (faked death), Conner (got better) - while Joker and Ra's cheat death, and Jason Todd and Captain Boomerang (Boomer killed Jack Drake) return to life. The whole "death is unfair" thing.

Nonetheless, he has potential: Ra's remarked that he's a better detective than Batman, just like Dick is a better athlete.

But yeah, Dick can't die. (I can imagine a revolt against Dan DiDio. I've heard the story before, but never with a reliable source.)