History ComicBook / RobinTheBoyWonder

-->''[[TheStinger Thrills thrills and more thrills]]...is what that amazing character the'' '''Batman''' ''and the sensational find of 1940'' '''Robin''' ''the'' '''Boy Wonder''' of the comic strips...give you in every issue...with their astounding exploits! Watch for next month's thrilling episode!''

-->''[[TheStinger Thrills thrills and more thrills]]...is what that amazing character the'' '''Batman''' ''and the sensational find of 1940'' '''Robin''' ''the'' '''Boy''' ''Wonder of the comic strips...give you in every issue...with their astounding exploits! Watch for next month's thrilling episode!''

* OriginStory: The comic serves as one for Dick Grayson, the first Robin.

->''The'' '''''Batman'''''. ''That amazing, weird figure of night, at last takes under his protecting mantle an ally in his relentless fight against crime...Introducing in this issue...an exciting new figure whose incredible gymnastic and athletic feats will astound you...a laughing, fighting, young dare-devil who scoffs at danger like the legendary Myth/RobinHood whose name and spirit he has adopted...'' '''''Robin, the Boy Wonder!'''''

The story begins proper in a travelling circus where the young Dick Grayson and his parents live and work. One night, the circus' owner Mr. Haly, is confronted by a group of thugs who order Mr. Haly to pay a "fine", but he refuses to pay. That same night, his bestselling attraction, the Flying Graysons, are killed in what seems to be an accident while performing that night. Dick is heartbroken and lonely from this turn of events, but things change when he overhears an incriminating conversation between Blade, the killer of his parents, and his employer Boss Zucco, who premeditated the "accident" purely to spite Mr. Haly. Dick plans to call the police, but Batman, who by sheer chance had attended the show as Bruce Wayne, takes in Dick Grayson under his wing, instead of immediately pursuing the thugs. Batman then trains Dick, already an excellent acrobat, how to become a crime-fighter. When a period of training is over, Dick is given a red, green, and yellow costume and adopts the identity of Robin, the Boy Wonder.

''Robin, the Boy Wonder'' was a story published in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics #38'' on March 6th, 1940 with a cover date of April, 1940. This issue marks the first appearance of Dick Grayson, the first (and most famous) ComicBook/{{Robin}} and eventual solo hero ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}

''Robin, the Boy Wonder'' is a story published in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics #38'' on March 6th, 1940 with a cover date of April, 1940. This issue marks the first appearance of the first (and most famous) ComicBook/{{Robin}} and future solo hero ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, Dick Grayson.

->''The'' '''''Batman'''''. ''That amazing, weird figure of night, at last takes under his protecting mantle an ally in his relentless fight against crime...Introducing in this issue...an exciting new figure whose incredible gymnastic and athletic feats will astound you...a laughing, fighting, young dare-devil who scoffs at danger like the legendary Robin Hood whose name and spirit he has adopted...'' '''''Robin, the Boy Wonder!'''''

->''The'' '''''Batman'''''. ''That amazing, weird figure of night, at last takes under his protecting mantle an ally in his relentless fight against crime...Introducing in this issue...an exciting new figure whose incredible gymnastic and athletic feats will astound you...a laughing, fighting, young dare-devil who scoffs at danger like the legendary Robin Hood whose name and spirit he has adopted...'' '''''Robin The Boy Wonder'''''.

->''The'' '''''Batman'''''. ''That amazing, weird figure of night, at last takes under his protecting mantle an ally in his relentless fight against crime...Introducing in this issue...an exciting new figure whose incredible gymnastic and athletic feats will astound you...a laughing, fighting, young dare-devil who scoffs at danger like the legendary Robin Hood whose name and spirit he has adopted...'' ''''Robin The Boy Wonder'''''.

->''The'' '''''Batman'''''. ''That amazing, weird figure of night, at last takes under his protecting mantle an ally in his relentless fight against crime...Introducing in this issue...an exciting new figure whose incredible gymnastic and athletic feats will astound you...a laughing, fighting, young dare-devil who scoffs at danger like the legendary Robin Hood whose name and spirit he has adopted...'' '''Robin The Boy Wonder''' ''.

->''The'' '''''Batman'''. ''That amazing, weird figure of night, at last takes under his protecting mantle an ally in his relentless fight against crime...Introducing in this issue...an exciting new figure whose incredible gymnastic and athletic feats will astound you...a laughing, fighting, young dare-devil who scoffs at danger like the legendary Robin Hood whose name and spirit he has adopted...'' '''Robin The Boy Wonder''' ''.

''Robin, the Boy Wonder'' is a story published in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics #38'' on March 6th, 1940 with a cover date of April, 1940. This issue marks the first appearance of the first (and most famous) ComicBook/{{Robin}} and future solo hero ComicBook/Nightwing, Dick Grayson.

* LighterAndSofter: A more nuanced example. While there are still some grim moments like Dick's parents getting killed in a sabotaged trapeze act and Zucco murdering one of his goons in cold blood, Robin's precense provides much more levity to help offset Batman's more serious personality, and Batman notably does ''not'' kill anyone like he did in previous issues--the closest thing he comes to it is [[ImpliedDeathThreat telling Zucco to his face that he'll likely get the Electric Chair for his crimes.]]