Tim Drake’s first Robin costume designed by Neal Adams. Cover of Robin vol. 2, 0 (Oct, 1994). Art by Tom Grummett and Ray Kryssing. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The days of teen sidekicks seem to be long behind us. Even Robin is treated more as a partner who does his (and occasionally her) own crimefighting when not with Batman. What happened? And is Spider-Man to “blame”? Chris Sims digs into the history of teen heroes.




