Gallery of Robin "shock" covers

By at 8:14 pm Wednesday, Jun 20

Edward says:
Albums V295 Jeffreykli Forum-Scans Robin1 There was a thread in a comic book chat room about two years ago that discussed the "Robin Corner Shock Pose" Its superbly funny. In a nutshell the late 50's and 60's Batman comics have Robin in the bottom left or right corner looking shocked at whatever is going on. This occurs on about 30 covers. Nearly exact same pose every time. Here's a link with the page showing a poster picture of the covers.
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