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The Definitive Robin Costume Ranking
Happy Thanksgiving, comic book lovers! To help make your Turkey Day a bit more palatable, and because most of the Internet is probably shut down today, I’ve decided to have a lot of fun by ranking all of the comic book Robin costumes! I am a huge Robin fan, and his costume is a pretty notorious hallmark of the character.
1940 was a hell of a year
Fortunately, Robin has been through quite a few changes and retcons over the years, producing a whole wardrobe of different outfits, styles and designs. Robin has had almost as many costume changes as Batman! And from hundreds of different highly skilled artists. So I looked up as many as I could find and decided to rank them from my least to most favorite.
This list is as ‘definitive’ as I felt I could get featuring in-canon comic book costumes from throughout DC’s nearly 100-year history. If I’ve forgotten any, let me know in the comments and I’ll find a place for it. But I’ve left out the Elseworlds costumes, the movie, cartoon and video game costumes, and most of the one-off alternate reality costumes. Maybe I’ll throw all of those into a second list somewhere down the line.
For now, join me after the jump for the Definitive Robin Costume Rankings!
Did We Know That Harper Row Was Bisexual? If Not, It’s Super Cool!
I’ve been following Harper Row since she debuted in Batman comics a few years ago, because I think she’s a perfect choice for a new Robin. Even with Duke Thomas now filling the sidekick roll (another solid choice), he’s not Robin, so there’s still hope for Harper!
At any rate, today’s new issue of Detective Comics drops a pretty interesting tidbit about Harper. I don’t remember anyone ever mentioning that she was bisexual before, but here we go!
Now that’s subtlety
I think this is great news! I am all about adding diversity to comics and all entertainment, and new LGBT characters are always a plus. So this is a cool move on the parts of DC and writer James Tynion IV, who is also openly bi.
And it’s another reason why Harper should be the new Robin!
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Damian Wayne as Robin is Like Donald Trump as President
I’ve been pondering for a while now the best way to express my thoughts on the current state of Robin at DC Comics. This month’s election has helped put everything into a new perspective.
Damian Wayne as Robin is like Donald Trump as President.
Yes, he’s an interesting and entertaining person, but he’s sullying an honorable position, has pushed better candidates to the wayside, and it’s probably going to be a while before everything straightens back out again. Until then, we’re just stuck.
This is just Damian. I can’t bring myself to get a matching picture of the other guy.
Provocative headline aside, I’m just not happy with the current state of Robin at DC Comics. Robin is one of my all-time favorite comic book characters, and with Damian Wayne sporting the ‘R’, I just think both characters are being wasted.
Damian is a R.I.N.O.
Robin In Name Only.
Join me after the jump to find out what I mean.
Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 11/19/16
Oof. What a crummy week for comics. I don’t know if it’s just me, but this whole week was kind of a dud. And I even read some of my favorite comics! Squirrel Girl! Hellcat! Wolverine! I don’t know what happened, but everything just felt kind of…flat. They were all still pretty good, but there just seemed to be something missing. Some magic…
As such, I’m not even sure which comic to award Comic Book of the Week. I kind of want to just not give it to anybody. But I’m not ready to set that precedent, so I’m gonna give it to Infamous Iron Man #2 because it has the most potential.
It’s a good look for him
My actual reviews are going to be kind of light this week, because after reading a bunch of comics, I just didn’t feel like reviewing them. Plus sometimes I skip over storylines, like I’m currently doing with Patsy Walker and All-New Wolverine. Both are fine, but eh…also, the fill-in artist they got for All-New Wolverine was just bad. Like, make you question what Marvel was thinking bad.
Still, we got a handful of comics to check out this week.
Comic Reviews: Infamous Iron Man #2, Jessica Jones #2, Nightwing #9, Thanos #1, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #14.
My 6 Favorite Spider-Man Villains
I honestly think that Spider-Man has the best Rogues Gallery in comics. Batman may have the Joker and Catwoman, and the X-Men may have Magneto, but nobody does super-villains like Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. He’s got big bads like Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus, but he’s also got a metric ton of medium to minor-sized foes who have been tussling with the wall-crawler for decades.
There’s just so many of them!
I’ve done a list of my favorite Batman villains previously, and this week I’m in the mood to explore some of Spidey’s better bad guys. A lot of them have been brought back from the dead in the pages of Clone Conspiracy, and we’ve finally had it confirmed that the Vulture will likely be the main villain in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming movie. So this is a pretty good time to take a look at some of my all-time favorite Spider-Man villains!
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