10 Worst Things Robin Has Ever Done To Batman
Boy Wonder? Well, that's one way of putting it...
Whether on the pages of our favourite DC comics, on TV, in the movies or in video games, Bruce Wayne's relationships with the many and varied incarnations of Robin have been as complex and dynamic as the legendary duo title would imply.
Mentor, drill sergeant, surrogate father, literal father; Batman is many things to many people.
As for Robin, this mantle has been passed from sidekick to sidekick since Bruce first made the fateful decision to take the newly-orphaned Dick Grayson under his wing.
But what happens when things go wrong?
As with any relationship, and especially one as intense and emotionally charged as that of Batman and his Robins, things are not always great and often descend into chaos and trauma.
Whilst ultimately grounded in respect, admiration, trust and - ultimately - love, things have often gone very wrong for Batman and Robin, with the latter often being the aggressor in these tense and often violent situations.
It is more than fair to say that Batman has himself doled out some highly questionable treatment to his crime fighting charges, but all of the Robins are equally guilty of meeting out punishment of every kind to Bruce (except Carrie Kelley; she's pretty much infallible). Here are some of the worst examples...
10. Dick Knocks Out Bruce - Nightwing #30
His identity exposed, and his apparent death broadcast to worldwide audiences, Dick Grayson's time as Nightwing was over, to put it mildly.
Seeking to profit from the alleged demise of his former student, Batman asked the very much alive Dick to go undercover and infiltrate the organisation know as Spyral.
In order to fulfil this mission and discover vital intel on an organisation who had been gathering information on the secret identities of Superheroes, Dick would need to remain dead, so to speak, informing no one - not even Alfred - of his continued existence.
The former Boy Wonder did not take too kindly to this request at all, and a brutal, visceral, unintentionally sexy battle ensued between the Bat and the Bird.
With each consecutive blow backed not just by physical strength, but by frustration, pathos, anger, and pure, raw emotion, the battle was all martial and no art.
After cathartically dispelling who knows how many underlying tensions and declaring to Bruce in no uncertain terms that he is not his "Boy", Dick doubles his efforts and proceeds to absolutely beat the guano out of Bruce, finally putting the Bat on the mat.