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Dick Grayson , the firstRobin , is widely love as not onlyBatman’sfirst sidekick , but quite possibly the first sidekick in strip ever ( and for certain one of the most democratic and most imperishable . First appearing on March 6th , 1940 in the pages ofDetective Comics # 38,Dick Grayson would be one of the very few sidekicks in both Marvel and DC Comics to in reality " fine-tune " and move on from the roleand finally become Nightwing . In the process , he even impart behind his honest-to-goodness costume - which was right thinking on his part , seeing as the costume was in a flash stolen from a Flash Gordon comic that debuted years before the Boy Wonder .
Flash Gordon began life as a comic flight strip in 1934 , and was created in the main to compete with the then - popular Buck Rogers theatrical role . Flash was an ordinary Yale University student when he and his acquaintance Dale Arden decide to travel through space on a rocked develop by Doctor Hans Zarkov to block Earth from collide with the major planet Mongo . There the trio have many adventures and interact with notable characters including the dashing Prince Barin and the evil Ming the Merciless . The property was quite a hit at the fourth dimension , spin off into radio dramas andeventually a Flash Gordonmovie with a theme song memorably written and performed by Queen .
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In a 1937 Flash Gordon comic plot line ennoble " Beast Men of Mongo " , Flash and Dale make the journeying to Prince Barin ’s kingdom . The story drive place in the Forest Kingdom , many member of Barin ’s force jade green clothes mold after medieval attire - but Dale ’s appearance seems awfully conversant to those who ’ve committedRobin ’s original costume to memory . The base is dark-green , the undershirt is red and the accent colors - bang , gloves , and cape - are yellow . If one were to absent the hat , one could easily mistake this panel as one from an early Batman comic at a glimpse .
In the stake of candor , both Robin and Dale ’s costume here seems to be based on dress worn by the fictional Robin Hood . As one of noble birth , Robin would n’t recall double about wearing bright coloration and standing out . Yet Flash Gordon was quite popular , and artists do incline to " borrow " generously from other reservoir material ( like Captain Marvel in an notorious other serial ) ; perhaps this was merely unintentional , as printers could only faithfully impress certain colors at the time .
Today , Robin is one of the most popular sidekick characters in comic history while Flash Gordon has wean in popularity considerably , particularly from the heyday of the thirties . Indeed , the Flash Gordon filmwas more of a tongue - in - impertinence clowning than a straight - tied version of the beginning cloth . Most readers are more familiar withRobinas part of theBatmanmythos than the origin of his costume - and they ’re certainly not intimate with Flash Gordon or any associated characters .
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