Do Batman and Robin share a romantic relationship?
The “real” explanation: To my knowledge, there has never been any effort from DC Comics to potray the two as romantically involved. Robin was created so that readers (almost exclusively children at this time) could have someone with whom to identify. Therefore, they were basically colleagues. The literary explanation: Bruce Wayne took on a superficial father-figure role, although his true aim was altruistic: he knew how he himself felt when his parents were murdered, so he guided the Dick Grayson to the similar path of avenging. In Frank Miller’s highly influential work “The Dark Knight Returns,” Batman sees Robin as a “soldier in the war,” ie, a war buddy.
