Editing Robin (character) (section)

==Creation==
[[File:N. C. Wyeth Robin Hood Nottingham 1917 illustration detail.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Characters from an illustration by [[N. C. Wyeth]] for "Robin Hood" (1917) by Paul Creswick. The look inspired Jerry Robinson's design for Robin.<ref name="ComicsJournal271" />{{Rp|83}}]]
About a year after [[Batman]]'s debut, Batman creators [[Bob Kane]] and [[Bill Finger]] introduced Robin the Boy Wonder in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #38 (1940). The name "Robin the Boy Wonder" and the medieval look of the original costume were inspired by [[Robin Hood]]. Jerry Robinson noted he "came up with Robin because the adventures of Robin Hood were boyhood favorites of mine. I had been given a Robin Hood book illustrated by [[N. C. Wyeth]]&nbsp;... and that's what I quickly sketched out when I suggested the name Robin Hood, which they seemed to like, and then showed them the costume. And if you look at it, it's Wyeth's costume, from my memory, because I didn't have the book to look at."<ref name="ComicsJournal271">[[Groth, Gary]] (November 2005). "[http://www.tcj.com/jerry-robinson-been-there-done-that Jerry Robinson: Been There, Done That]". ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' #271</ref>{{Rp|83}} Although Robin is best known as Batman's sidekick, the Robins have also been members of the superhero groups the [[Teen Titans]] (with the original Robin, [[Dick Grayson]], as a founding member and the latter group's leader) and [[Young Justice]].

In Batman stories, the character of Robin was intended to be Batman's [[Doctor Watson|Watson]]: Bill Finger, writer for many early Batman adventures, said:<ref name=Steranko>[https://archive.org/details/historycomics11/History_comics_1_%281%29/page/n45/mode/2up?q=robin ''The Steranko History of Comics''], vol. 1; p. 44; by [[Jim Steranko]]; published 1970 by Supergraphics; via [[archive.org]]</ref>

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"Robin was an outgrowth of a conversation I had with [[Bob Kane|Bob]]. As I said, Batman was a combination of [[Douglas Fairbanks]] and [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Holmes had his [[Doctor Watson|Watson]]. The thing that bothered me was that Batman didn't have anyone to talk to, and it got a little tiresome always having him thinking. I found that as I went along Batman needed a Watson to talk to. That's how Robin came to be. Bob called me over and said he was going to put a boy in the strip to identify with Batman. I thought it was a great idea."
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