
I hope you enjoy. If you do, go buy all his and Jimmy Palmiotti’s books as payment. Every moment I keep him away from his desk is another that he can’t script. So thank him in the comments.
Elisabeth: Hearing Captain America’s movie was going to include Bucky immediately provoked a lot of complaints and comparisons to Robin. People fear sidekicks and yet they’re an integral part of the hero’s arsenal. Why is that, my dear Mr. Gray?
Justin: Back when the majority of the comic book reading audience was made up of children, sidekicks were created to help foster a connection between the reader and the material. Kids were to imagine that they could go along with their heroes on adventures and that they were integral to the hero’s success. It didn’t take long for the innocence of the teen sidekick to be twisted by “concerned” members of society into something perverse.
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