

Within two years, however, ratings of the television show had tumbled, and Robin began to emerge from Batman’s shadow.
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In 1966 ABC’s wildly successful Batman series made the Dynamic Duo pop icons and catapulted actor Burt Ward into instant stardom in his role of Robin. Robin was now clearly a teenager, and he began to come into his own, joining other powerful adolescents as the Teen Titans in The Brave and the Bold no. In 1964 DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz revitalized the Batman franchise, banishing the Batman Family and restoring Gotham City’s costumed rogues to prominence. Sales dropped precipitously, and the Batman titles teetered on the brink of cancellation.

Writers responded by introducing a Batman Family that included female love interests for both Batman and Robin. Condemning their relationship as “ homosexual,” Wertham sparked a backlash that nearly put comics out of business. Psychiatrist Frederic Wertham fixated on Batman and Robin in his 1954 indictment of the comics industry, Seduction of the Innocent. The biggest threat to the Dynamic Duo came not from a costumed supervillain but from a self-appointed moral guardian. Beginning in 1947 and continuing for several years thereafter, Robin was even awarded his own series in Star Spangled Comics.Īre you a princess of Pop? The king of Culture? See if you’re an entertainment expert by answering these questions.
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Robin appeared alongside Batman on the Superman radio program, and two movie serials, Batman (1943) and Batman and Robin (1949), were produced. Robin accompanied Batman on a host of 1940s and ’50s escapades in Detective Comics, Batman, and World’s Finest Comics, protecting Gotham City from routine thugs and a growing contingent of colourful rogues, including the Joker, Catwoman, and the Penguin. Thus, one of the most famous superhero teams-Batman and Robin, the Dynamic Duo-was born.

Wayne took the youngster under his wing and, as his alter ego Batman, trained him as his partner. This murder was also observed by wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne. Robin the Boy Wonder was actually Dick Grayson, the youngest of a family of circus aerialists, who witnessed his mother and father plunging to their deaths from a sabotaged trapeze.
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