harrisonp
Sr Member
I always,always HATED Robin the only reason I started to like Batman was because I read some of the lone Batman stories like Gothic where he fought the monk.
To me the whole "sidkick" idea was a thing of the 1930's and 40's and it needs to die NOW,Batman does not need a young boy in bright colors tagging along (or dark colors ether) if,and I mean IF Batman needs someone with him a female is a better choice to me,so Carrie Kelly is a more appealing idea.
In fact I've come to like the idea of "Robin" staying in the batcave and doing logistic work for Bats while he's in the field,running computers,finding answers and such.
Now if this person decides to go out on their own at some point and becomes Nightwing fine.
I should clarify that I don't particularly care about the "boy wonder" 12 year old Robin (something we really don't see anymore besides Damian but he's a trained assassin) but more Robin the partner of Batman. I get it that sidekicks came on as a way to sell the books to younger kids and get them interested in jr. characters like Bucky, Robin, Speedy, but things really have evolved in that most of these former "sidekicks" have become compelling characters of their own. I will also concede to being pretty "anti-Nolan" in the way I look at the Batman and Robin relationship, so I feel that the negativity towards Robin is unwarranted. The absurdity of golden/silver age sidekicks and their respective heroes is a point I will give you, but that really isn't how it is anymore.