10 Worst Things Batman Has Done To Robin

Being Batman is the most thankless job since teachers and fast food employees existed. You get cool weapons, sure, and some solid cardio, but it's also kind of the worst job of all time, and leads without fail to an untimely death.

That said, the fact that Batman so often insists that Robin No.1, Dick Grayson, take his place should he go missing or die is actually kind of a dick move, as it's more or less a death sentence for his eldest child. The whole reason Dick left Gotham and his mentor in the first place was to attempt to gain some independence away from Batman, and so making him come back to take that role takes a steel crowbar to any freedom he did gain while away.

It's clear Gotham needs a protector, but given Dick has been protecting it since he was in green boy-shorts it seems only fair that someone else takes one for the team or, at the very least, that he gets to choose to instead of Batman volunteering him for the pointy-eared death sentence.