Full bracket
Robin (1)
Sidekick to: Batman
Advantages: Perhaps the most famous sidekick. Ever. Eventually got his own comic. Cool utility belt.
Disadvantages: Bad rep amongst hardcore comic enthusiasts. Almost wrecked film franchise. Those ridiculous tights.
vs. Kid Flash (8)
Sidekick to: Flash
Advantages: Similar powers to his mentor. Straight shooter. First sidekick to take on his mentor’s identity.
Disadvantages: Health and power stability issues. Had to eat constantly to maintain metabolism.
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Kato (5)
Sidekick to: Green Hornet
Advantages: Martial arts specialist. Driving skills.
Disadvantages: Dicey ethnicity (Japanese until being Japanese became a drawback). Unable to kick Robin’s ***.
vs. Bullwinkle J. Moose (4)
Sidekick to: Rocky the Flying Squirrel
Advantages: Optimism, persistence and traditional ethics and moral standards. College football star.
Disadvantages: Legendary dim-wittedness.
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Batgirl (6)
Sidekick to: Batman and Robin
Advantages: Motorcycle and combat skills. Hot.
Disadvantages: Could be interpreted as a sidekick to a sidekick. Along with Robin, almost wrecked film franchise.
vs. Battlecat (3)
Sidekick to: He-Man
Advantages: Incredibly ferocious. Perhaps the most badass of all animal sidekicks.
Disadvantages: Alter ego, Cringer, is incredible wuss. Allows He-Man to ride on his back.
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Bucky (7)
Sidekick to: Captain America
Advantages: Skilled acrobat, fighter, scout, and assassin. Vibranium shield. Eventually became Captain America.
Disadvantages: Known for “Bucky Clause”: “No one in comics stays dead except Bucky, Jason Todd, and Spider-Man's Uncle Ben and girlfiend Gwen Stacy,"
vs. Jimmy Olsen (2)
Sidekick to: Superman
Advantages: Prototypical sidekick. Nose for news.
Disadvantages: Received a ridiculous array of silly powers over the years, from monstrous beard growth to porcupine quills.
Vote for one in each matchup
Poll closed Jun 4, 2008.
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Robin (1)
30 vote(s)76.9% -
vs. Kid Flash (8)
8 vote(s)20.5% -
Kato (5)
18 vote(s)46.2% -
vs. Bullwinkle (4)
21 vote(s)53.8% -
Batgirl (6)
11 vote(s)28.2% -
vs. Battlecat (3)
27 vote(s)69.2% -
Bucky (7)
19 vote(s)48.7% -
vs. Jimmy Olsen (2)
19 vote(s)48.7%
Multiple votes are allowed.
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phunwin Happy kids are Dolfans. Luxury Box
I missed the first round, but let me just ask why there's no Microchip? The Punisher was (and for all I know, still is) Marvel's coolest superhero (or in his case, anti-hero). Micro was a great sidekick! He had to be a better choice than some of the stiffs from round 1!
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Bucky came back as Winter Soldier and he is now the new Captain America
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Bullwinkle over Kato and Robin over Kid Flash?
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