Which I realize is not an answer to Sumi's question, but a response to the answers, which are roughly -- as I recall, Dick was eight when his parents died; he's maybe nine or ten tops when he becomes Robin, and he's now mid-to-late 20s.
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Michele T. - May 10, 2004 10:40:40 am PDT #2483 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
P.M. Marc - May 10, 2004 10:46:54 am PDT #2484 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The Dick's age continutity mess is just that.
The solution is not to think about it too hard, or you'll be wiping brains off the screen for HOURS.
In Robin: Year One, he's around 12/13. Middle school age.
Volans - May 10, 2004 2:35:03 pm PDT #2485 of 10000
move out and draw fire
OK, meta-comic question. What are the key points of the superhero form? I'm thinking:
- Superpowers
- Weakness
- Origin Story
- Secret Identity
- Kickass Villain
- Love Interest
What else? Does the love interest have to bounce off the secret identity (a la Tim Drake)? Should the origin story be revealed after the superhero's introduced or before?
§ ita § - May 10, 2004 2:37:59 pm PDT #2486 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How are you defining superpowers?
sumi - May 10, 2004 2:42:24 pm PDT #2487 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Tights -- I think tights are probably important, or at least a silly mask and one of your superpowers is keeping the mask on your face with no visible means of support (see Robin and Nightwing).
Also, Cataclysm arrived here and since I came home during a tornado warning -- well, it just all seems so right.
§ ita § - May 10, 2004 2:45:06 pm PDT #2488 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tights are more popular than superpowers.
amych - May 10, 2004 2:45:58 pm PDT #2489 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Well, superpowers don't look nearly so good stretched over those lovely superhero quads.
Gris - May 10, 2004 2:46:51 pm PDT #2490 of 10000
Hey. New board.
no visible means of support
Spirit gum. Clearly. That stuff is awesome.
P.M. Marc - May 10, 2004 2:52:03 pm PDT #2491 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Well, superpowers don't look nearly so good stretched over those lovely superhero quads.
Two words for you:
Clark/Bruce.
IJS.
Volans - May 10, 2004 2:56:58 pm PDT #2492 of 10000
move out and draw fire
How are you defining superpowers?
As what makes the hero a superhero. Be it being a brick, or shooting energy bolts, or being really fast, or squirting sticky goo out of your wrists, or being bugfuck insane.
Mmm, yeah, tights. Good point.