Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

Our first thematic episode focuses on minor sidekicks to adult heroes! What would convince a teenager to endanger themselves to join an adult? Anthony & Doc break down several famous pairings and how they work (or don't)! Listen now! SHOW NOTES: Intro Shoutout to new Patron Salvador Adventures in Poor Taste plug for Doc’s column Episode 50 - Mailbag Background (5:24) First teenage sidekick was Robin, the Boy Wonder, introduced in Detective Comics #38 (April 1940) Numerous teen sidekicks followed: Bucky (Captain America), Toro (Human Torch), Speedy (Green Arrow) 1954, Frederic Wertham published Seduction of the Innocent, claiming comic books were corrupting America’s youth – pointed out potential homosexual subtexts, along with graphic imagery, in several comic books – the Comics Code Authority was created to let the industry self-regulate rather than have Congress do it for them Later comics explore the role sidekicks have, and retcon the justification for the sidekick accompanying the