THE WONDER YEARS
SFX|April 2020
AS ROBIN CELEBRATES 80 YEARS OF TIGHTS AND FIGHTS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ULTIMATE COMIC BOOK SIDEKICK
NICK SETCHFIELD
THE WONDER YEARS

HOLY OCTOGENARIAN!

Kid sidekicks aren’t exactly designed to celebrate their 80th birthdays, but Batman’s partner-in-peril has survived a lifetime of deathtraps to reach that milestone. Sure, he may have been killed along the way, but that’s a mere blip in the career of a pop-culture immortal.

“Robin’s a narrative ambassador,” comic book writer Devin Grayson tells SFX. “Batman is a hugely compelling character with strong, immediate impact and Shakespearean depths, but there’s an unapproachable quality to him that can leave you looking for a way in. Robin creates that access point. Though clearly a loner, Batman has invited Robin to be part of his stories and in doing so implicitly invites the reader along, too.”

Forget the orphan-spawning tragedy of his origin tale: The Boy Wonder was really born out of pure creative necessity. “The thing that bothered me was that Batman didn’t have anyone to talk to, and it got a little tiresome always having him thinking,” recalled co-creator Bill Finger. “I found that as I went along, Batman needed a Watson to talk to. That’s how Robin came to be.”

As well as offering opportunities for Bat-banter, the character also targeted younger readers potentially put off by the grim, uncompromising tone of the Dark Knight’s early adventures. A blatant wish-fulfillment figure for the bubblegum crowd, his presence would temper Batman’s obsession, humanise this creature of the night.

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