That Adrian Toomes just can't stop picking on teenagers! Let's hope that Dick Grayson has some tricks up his short sleeves to make up for his lack of wings!
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Too bad this Robin doesn't have access to the costume that Neal Adams designed for twenty-something Dick Grayson of pre-Crisis Earth 2. That one, at least, had a glider cape.
ReplyDeleteThen, again, maybe this Robin has a trick or two up his short sleeves (temporarily stored there from his utility belt).
P.S.---see JLA v.1/#92. for that costume.
ReplyDeleteNice cover. Would fit right in with a fan story I recently wrote.
ReplyDeleteThe utility belt may give some real surprises to that old bird!! Robin did have his own series in the golden age.
ReplyDeleteWell, bird is the word!
ReplyDeleteAnd this is even funnier when you remember who played Vulture on the big screen!
I still hold that Dick Grayson, at least originally, had an unlisted superpower: bullets shot at him were somehow destined to miss. Hence, the bright red costume that basically yells, "Hey! Over here! Shoot at me!"
ReplyDeleteThat could even explain why the Joker used a crowbar on Jason....
There might have been a Kevlar vest underneath his red tunic the same way Batman had one underneath his gray shirt with that replica of the Bat-signal. Like the Dark Knight, himself, put it: "It's easier to bulletproof my chest than my head."
DeleteI always felt Adrian Toomes was a major pain in the...but even though Spidey had his super strength and agility and spidey sense to beat him, I'm still giving this bout to Robin. He's no stranger to aerial combat, and has had magnificent training from the toughest drill sergeant around.
ReplyDeleteHow about Vulture vs. Man-Bat?
ReplyDeleteROBIN ALREADY FOUGHT A VULTURE AS PART OF A TRIO (WHERE MARVEL GOT THEIR NAME 4 THIS 1 KNOCKOFF). YOUNG DICK WOULD B MAKING JOKES ABOUT WHERE HIS OTHER 2 PARTNERS WERE= THE BIG BARRED BIRDHOUSE OR THE SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
ReplyDeleteMore likely, he'd quip that the Shark was now permanently up the river while the Fox was in a padded den at Arkham.
DeleteFun fact Robin was co-created by Jerry Robinson (especially his costume) and Steve Ditko was his mentee. Ditko was a huge fan of Robinson's and you can tell.
ReplyDeleteDitko never drew the Joker, Robinson's other great co-creation, though he did draw an issue of Man Bat. I think it was a real crime.
So can we please see some Robinson/Ditko collages?