Spiderman vs. Robin

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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.

Spiderman is the alias of Peter Parker, the orphaned nephew of Ben and May Parker of New York City.  Having acquired superpowers when he was bitten by a radioactive spider, he is the hero of his own Marvel comic books series, debuting in 1962, various animated television series, beginning in 1967, a live-action television series in 1978, and various films, starting in 2002.

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.

The three-picture series "Spiderman vs. Robin" was commissioned from the artist jackcrowder through DeviantART in 2016.

This series was inspired by the episode "Pop Goes the Joker", featuring the Joker.  Robin's attempt to rescue Bruce Wayne from the Joker ends in failure when the Boy Wonder falls face first into some soft art putty, which sticks to his mask, rendering him temporarily sightless.  The cute, cocky, colorful crime fighter looked so helpless and humiliated, with putty still stuck to this mask, Joker's henchmen grabbing Robin's arms, and the Joker laughing in amusement at the defeated Boy Wonder.  

This picture is fan art and is intended to promote the appreciation of Burt Ward's portrayal of Robin in the 1966 television series "Batman".  I introduced Spiderman as a potential antagonist.  This is an original scene and did not appear in the movie, the television series, or any other derivative material.

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