This year marks the most iconic sidekick's 80th birthday. And what better way to celebrate than a collection of 80 years of comics. This serves as a collection of Robin tales over the years. Starting with the introduction of Robin in 1940's Robin the Boy Wonder (Detective Comics #38) and includes issues from the Silver and Bronze Age, Modern Age Comics and a few issues from various New 52 and Rebirth titles. We get to see the five main Robins for an issue or two. Those being: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne. Robin: 80 Years of the Boy Wonder is an enjoyable commemorative of an iconic DC character.
Fun Fact: I believe the Robin on the cover is Jason Todd. It could be Dick Grayson as both had a pretty identical outfit back in the day, but how the two pieces in the front curl, that was a distinct feature of Jason Todd's Silver Age Robin look.
Robin the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years collects a number of the iconic Robin stories over the first seventy five years of Robin's real world life (1940 to 2015) and includes pretty much everyone who took the title of Robin (Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne as well as Carrie Kelley) gets their own section. These include Robin's first appearance, the iconic end to Jason Todd's run in Death in the Family, Tim's introduction in Lonely Place of Dying and Damian's introduction in Batman and Son to name a few. An for those of you who are staunch defenders of Stephanie Brown as Robin, there is an issue or two of her time in here as well.
Fun Fact: The Robin on the cover is probably the first Robin, Dick Grayson.
Robin: 80 Years of the Boy Wonder can be found in our Adult Graphic Novel section at South while Robin the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years can be found in out YA Graphic Novel section at Main. Both are good reads for Teen and Adult audiences.
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