Batman & Robin. These characters are bound together in the public conscience just the same as Tom & Jerry, Laurel & Hardy, or Starsky & Hutch. They just go together.
Most casual comic book readers or television watchers are aware of Dick (Robin) Grayson. But how many know there have actually been over a dozen characters who have assumed the Robin mantle? On this tour, we'll take a look at the many Robins to appear in the pages of DC Comics since Dick Grayson's debut in 1940.
Robin was the very first superhero sidekick, debuting in 1940. Robin was created with the notion that a juvenile sidekick might give youngsters reading comic books a character they could more closely relate to. Another benefit to having a sidekick is that it allows writers to present more dialogue and fewer narration boxes.
