10 years ago, when I saw Batman Forever in the theaters, I instantly became a comic book fan. Looking back, now, I can see that it has it's major flaws, but I still cherish the film as my "opening" into comics.
Anywho, shortly after I saw the film (a week?), I went to the local grocery store, and while I was there, picked up a nifty little "three pack" of comics including two Detective comics and a Robin (I believe issue 7)...all from the "Knightquest" storyline.
Believe me, I was confused all fuck to hell. "Why isn't Bruce Wayne Batman? Why isn't Dick Grayson Robin? What is going on here?" After reading the two different Detectives, I was just about to give up on my very short lived comic book hobby.
But then I read Robin 7, and boy was Timmy Drake cool. I believe the issue opens up with Tim waking up in the morning in his Robin costume, after fighting crime all night, and ends with Bruce letting Timmy know that all will be well because he will be reclaiming the mantle.
Anywho, that single issue got me hooked, and if it wasn't for Robin, I probably wouldn't be into comics at all.
For that and that alone, I will always say that Robin is a "really goddamn great idea". But that's just me. There could be 20 billion people in the world that left comics because of Robin. Just thought I'd share.
