It's
1974, and
Dick Grayson has "grown up" and gone off to college at
Hudson University. But being rich and bored, he still manages to make it back to
Gotham fairly regular on "weekends" or "school vacations" to team up with his old chum
Batman.
Well, some folks thought
brightly-colored, wise-cracking Robin clashed too much with the new, darker direction on Batman. Which lead to a letter in
Batman #256 (1974) calling on DC to not bring Robin back anymore!!
Well, that caused a furor of responses, pro and con, so DC dedicated and entire
second letters page in
Batman #258 (1974) to this issue. Let's listen in ,shall we?
"
The Magnificent Manling"??
Really? Thank heaven that never caught on...
OK, there's a
pro-Robin!
All right, I'm
convinced!! No mustache for Dick!
"Once every three or four years"?!? That would be a good rule for the
Joker, perhaps...
You have to respect the capitalized
AND...
So you want Batman by himself, and you think Robin solo stories "
smell." Is this
Dan DiDio in disguise?
Fair and reasoned,
Marla Cummings. Although you really, really
shouldn't have phrased it "
done away with," as that would become DC's
preferred method for dealing with the Robin end of the partnership...Ouch.
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