Robin the Boy Wonder is the eager, youthful sidekick of Batman, the Caped Crusader, the vigilante crime-fighting alias of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Introduced in 1940 as orphaned acrobat Dick Grayson in the DC comic book series Batman, Robin was played by Burt Ward in the 1966 television series on ABC. As played by Burt Ward, Robin has a cute, boyish face, clean-cut, brown hair, and a compact, athletic physique which fits perfectly with his character's acrobatic background. His colorful outfit, with his dark green mask, gloves, and booties, his bright, red shirt, his shiny, yellow cape, his tight, green panties, and his form-fitting, flesh-color leggings, certainly catches the audience's attention.
Due to his youth, inexperience, and smaller size, the Boy Wonder is clearly the weak link in the Dynamic Duo, which their opponents often seek to exploit. Robin is also cocky, enthusiastic, and overly eager to prove his independent crime-fighting abilities, especially to Batman. He is often in trouble and in need of rescue.
This week's villain is Black Widow.
In the first episode, recoiling from Black Widow's de-pursing of one of her electronic weapon devices, Batman and Robin step back into a giant spider's web, in which they become stuck. Her henchmen unleash two big spiders which crawl up the web in order to bite the Dynamic Duo.
In the next episode, Batman manages to reach his utility belt and use an electric shock which kills the spiders, destroys the web, and frees them both.
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For fans of Robin peril, this is an excellent pair of episodes.
In the first episode, during a fight, Robin is cornered by a pair of Black Widow's henchmen and cries for Batman's help to rescue him from their punches.
In the second episode, Robin loses one of his electrodes which were intended to protect him against Black Widow's Cerebrum Short-Circuit device. However, Black Widow reversed the polarity on her device, which then puts Batman under her control and leaves Robin unaffected but isolated in the villainess' lair.
Robin misses the opportunity to make the smart move and play along and pretend that he is under Black Widow's control too. As a result, outnumbered and alone in the villainess' lair, the defiant Boy Wonder is quickly subdued and tied to a chair. One of Black Widow's henchmen even takes the opportunity to grope the young sidekick in his green panties.
In a series of uncharacteristically deft moves, Robin manages to untie himself, steals the Black Widow's Cerebrum Short-Circuit device, reverses its polarity, convinces Batman to sing loudly in order to drown out its sound, and manages to release the Caped Crusader from her mind control. It is actually refreshing to see Robin succeed on his own. Moreover, in light of the Boy Wonder's frequent past blunders, the risk of failure is extremely high, as is the associated lack of suspense and excitement as the sidekick proceeds to rescue the hero.
Later in the episode, during a fight, Robin is stunned and carried by a pair of Black Widow's henchmen, but rescued by Batman.
This blog is intended to promote the appreciation of Burt Ward's portrayal of Robin in the 1966 television series "Batman". You may purchase both episodes at the following link:
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