Coleen Coover's Dynamic Duo...

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I'm indebted to the excellent OzandEnds blogspot (Which has a regular Robin column) for pointing out this nifty little strip

It's a goodbye gift from Colleen Coover to Nate Cosby, the first editor to hire her to work for Marvel, and who was leaving the company.





Somehow I can just see this take on the Dynamic Duo, with Robin, the exhaustingly ever-eager, if well meaning, kid on an endless sugar-rush of excitement and adventure... and Batman, as Batman really.




I agree with the posters who A) Love "Robin as Muppet" and B) Want a T-shirt of "To hunt the night, I guess"

Comments

[uadlika]

I want a Robin Muppet SO bad now.

[icon_uk]

Here you go

What? :)

[uadlika]

I guess he just needs a tunic and a cape and some short pants and he's all set!

[icon_uk]

DA to the rescue

[goattoucher]

Flawless Victory

Had to do it.

[nefrekeptah]

FATALITY.

Re: Had to do it.

[icon_uk]

Nah, that would be Jason, not Dick! :)

And even then he respawned.

[punishermax]

It's pretty much impossible to read this without hearing Brock Samson and Dean Venture.

[glprime]

I think you mean Hank ;) Dean's... sensitive.

[blackruzsa]

Bruce misses the worry free days where Dick was a moron little boy and none of his Robins are dead.

[shadowpsykie]

well, at least none of his Robins are dead :)

[chipsnopotatoes]

Yay! Catwoman in her 90's costume. With long hair!

[icon_uk]

And her gang members are dressed as her usual crowd of henchmen from the 1960's TV show to boot!

[retro_nouveau]

Yay! I mean, motto.

[jelly_ace]

Aw, that last panel's adorable.

[pyrotwilight]

Haha, I love how Catwoman reacts to Bruce.

*Slightly shocked* Oh, hey Bruce.

[jarodrussell]

Flirterer!

[psychopathicus_rex]

I get the feeling that this particular incarnation of Dick was made Batman's sidekick largely so he would have some sort of outlet for his boundless energy. I can picture him going stir-crazy on nights when Bruce stays in to do research or heal from injuries or whatever, whining 'I'm bor-rred', bouncing off the walls, and generally driving everyone nuts.

[icon_uk]

Oh, he'd be worse then "bored" he'd be "finding something new to help with whether it needed help... or even doing.. at all".

[psychopathicus_rex]

Yeah, I can guess how THAT would go.

'Dick! What are you doing?'

'Oh, hey Bruce! I'm washing the Batmobile!"

'Washing the Batmobile.'

'Yeah! It's been looking kinda grungy, so I thought 'what kinda way is that to look for the faithful car of the DYNAMIC DUO?' So I'm cleanin' it!'

'Dick, that's... very nice of you, but...'

'Aw, no worries, Bruce! Gosh, when I'm done, it's gonna SPARKLE!'

'...but you do realize that there is a reason why we have an automated system to do that.'

'We do? Gosh, why?'

'Because there are fifty security systems installed in that thing, and if even ONE is...'

'Oh, THAT! Don't worry, Bruce, I'll be careful! Hey, what's this do?'

'NOOOOOOOOOOOO!'

ZZZZZZZZZT

FSSSHHH

BUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDA

ka-BOOM!

*silence*

'...Golly.'

'This is coming out of your allowance, but good.'

[icon_uk]

Win!

[psychopathicus_rex]

*preens*

[darkblade]

"I can picture him going stir-crazy on nights when Bruce stays in to do research or heal from injuries or whatever, whining 'I'm bor-rred', bouncing off the walls, and generally driving everyone nuts. "

And that is why the Teen Titans were formed.

[psychopathicus_rex]

In THIS version of the DCU, it's quite possible that ALL kid sidekicks are like this to some degree, which would make the Teen Titans more like a rather gonzo version of a daycare center. Not sure who'd be in charge of it - Alfred, maybe.

[darkblade]

So this comic is actually the future of the Tiny Titans universe?

[psychopathicus_rex]

...THAT would be interesting, wouldn't it? Although the Tiny Titans are nowhere NEAR this hyper.

[aelflar]

hahaha, priceless! XD

I love the "Let`s just go -__-" --> "YAY :D" panel.

[retro_nouveau]

Ouch! Too funny. Especially the idea that Bruce would let Selina carry off with the Hope Diamond. Setting up a booty call, I can see. XD

So there's the Burt Ward chum that made me not like Robin until BTAS -- complete with punching his palm. Only thing missing was a random "HOLY" phrase, like, I don't know ... "HOLY UNDERWEAR, BATMAN" or something.

[icon_uk]

Seems like a much younger (and therefore more forgiveable) version of the Burt Ward slightly hyper-keen Robin. With elements the 1940's Robin and a healthy dose of Calvin on a sugar-rush.

[retro_nouveau]

Oh, definitely agree, he's lovable here. Even though the dial is turned up to 11. :)

[icon_uk]

I confess the notion of Robin being a Muppet all along was kind of an amusing notion, then my head ventured into "What if Robin had been a sock puppet all along.. with Batman being delusional enough to see "him" as a real kid all this time." Would certainly add a new dimension to things like "A Death in the Family", where, in this universe, the Joker broke Batman's hand with a crowbar...

[retro_nouveau]

Heh! I can see the Joker backing off and saying "Ok, Batsy, now you're starting to scare me." Followed by Wesker kicking the door down and Scarface yelling, "Yeah, Gatman! Dat's OUR schtick, see!" XD

[retro_nouveau]

And now retro has new icon.

[darkblade]

It also raises questions about the wardhood/adoption of the various Robins. Did Bruce just randomly declare Hand puppets to be his children and no one said anything because he was too rich or something?

[icon_uk]

Yeah, when you're that rich a few little eccentricities are to be expected.

[viridian5]

So reality would look like Garfield Without Garfield?

[ejne7]

Pretty sure this is what Morrison has planned for the next phase of Bruce's career.

[glprime]

DAMN. Catwoman is bangin' on tonight's crime spree.