PULSATING PIN-UPS PART SIX: BATMAN & ROBIN...

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One thing that always bothered me about sidekicks

is that it sort of gave away a hero's secret identity.  Take

CAPTAIN AMERICA for example, and his teen sidekick

BUCKY - which also 'happened' to be the name of STEVE

ROGERS' sidekick (and Camp mascot).  Okay, in ROBIN's

case, his hero name was different from his real one, but an

older man kicking about with a teenager is a bit of a give-

away, right?  At the very least, it's liable to get him

talked about - in a reputation-damaging way.

That said, however, this is a great pin-up by BRIAN

BOLLAND, so let's put all these nasty thoughts out of

 our mind.  You listening, FREDRIC WERTHAM?