DC Comics Needs To Embrace A Child Robin
Modern fans tend to know Dick Grayson primarily as Nightwing, with his past as Robin only a part of his backstory. While DC Comics has aged up the various Boy Wonders in mainstream canon, the publisher should embrace a child Robin again. Before he was a solo hero, Dick was Batman’s young sidekick, bringing a brightness to the Dark Knight’s adventures through his contrasting sense of optimism and fun.
When Robin was first introduced in Detective Comics #38 (1940) written by Bill Finger with art by Bob Kane, he provided a way for kids reading comics to imagine themselves as Batman’s crimefighting partner. As an audience surrogate, Robin turned the Caped Crusader’s war on crime into an interactive experience. In terms of his practical function within stories, Dick Grayson AKA Robin gave Batman someone to share dialogue with. Finger had previously made the Dark Knight a solemn and mysterious figure, mainly utilizing narration boxes. Now, Batman finally had a Watson to his Sherlock Holmes, assisting him during investigations and helping him lock up villains. In recent years, the various Robins have grown up into heroes of their own, moving on from the Boy Wonder persona.
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Although the notion of a grown-up Bat Family might seem more grounded in reality than a child sidekick, DC Comics has frequently missed out on the dynamic between a young Robin and the Dark Knight. This continually missed opportunity was recently emphasized in Robin & Batman #1, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Dustin Nguyen, in which a school-aged Dick Grayson becomes the Boy Wonder for the first time. Dick’s time in class is put side-by-side his adopted life, and his ambition to become
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