This issue was entitled "Sidekicked" and featured Supergirl and Robin instead of Superman and Batman. The lack of Superman and Batman did not bother me in this comic because it showed so well the comparison of Superman's idealist views and Batman's dark realism.they show this key difference between the two heroes through their sidekicks. In the second panel Supergirl says "this city's is so not Metropolis." Metropolis is the perfect city compared to Gotham's Criminal filled streets. Their differences are even shown in their villains in this comic, you can see that Supergirl is shocked at the twisted-ness of the arkaham inmates. Superman's villains all want something logical world domination, revenge, money etc where as the majority of Batman's villains to quote the dark knight "just want to see the world burn."
These differences are what make Superman and Batman such an interesting team and the same applies to their sidekicks. I really enjoyed this comic despite the fact that I've never really enjoyed the characters of Supergirl and Robin, it was however a rather interesting look into their characters and I have to say I have a new found respect for the sidekicks. It was good to see the sidekicks take out a lot of Batman's rouge gallery.
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