Person: Bob Kane

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Robin: All hail the boy wonder

As Robin celebrates his 80th birthday, Donal O’Keefe looks at the history of Batman’s sidekick, and how the duo caused an infamous gay scare in Hollywood

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

80 years on, Batman still packs a punch

As the Caped Crusader hits 80 years of protecting Gotham City, Chris Wasser looks at the history of the world’s darkest superhero.

Mon, 15 Jul, 2019

75 years later Batman’s crime-fighting crusade continues

Batman is 75 years old today, still battling crime in Gotham City, in comics and film spin-offs, and in a camp TV show in the ’60s, but his appeal is his human frailty, says Jonathan deBurca Butler.

Thu, 01 May, 2014

Person: Bob Kane

Robin: All hail the boy wonder

80 years on, Batman still packs a punch

75 years later Batman’s crime-fighting crusade continues

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Person: Bob Kane

Robin: All hail the boy wonder

80 years on, Batman still packs a punch

75 years later Batman’s crime-fighting crusade continues

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Mick Clifford

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