Character created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger"Elseworlds" tale by Dean Motter and Michael Lark Holy gumshoe, Batman! Most people hearing the name "DICK GRAYSON" will immediately identify him as Robin, the Boy Wonder — Batman's trusted sidekick, he of the bright colors and the shorts. The first in an increasingly long list of Robins. But … Continue reading Richard “Dick” Grayson (Nine Lives: Who Killed Selina Kyle?)
Tag: Ex-circus performer
Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo the Magnificent)
Created by George C. Chesbro (1940-2008) "I was born with a low profile." -- Mongo in Shadow of a Broken Man Definitely the shortest eye this side of Inch High, DR. ROBERT "MONGO" FREDERICKSON is probably the world's only dwarf ex-circus star turned college professor turned New York private eye. But he's much more than … Continue reading Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo the Magnificent)
Big John Novak
Created by Harlan Ellison Pseudonyms include Jay Charby, Landon Ellis, Sley Harson, Ellis Hart, John Magnus & Jay Solo (1934-2018) "I'm built low enough to keyholes so I don't have to bend over when I'm checking on some dumb husband." A former circus performer (when he was "younger and dumber") who became a "two-bit eye," … Continue reading Big John Novak
Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat (T.H.E. Cat)
Created by Harry Julian Fink A former aerialist and trapeze artist for the circus, and "reformed" cat burglar, THOMAS HEWITT EDWARD CAT (T.H.E. Cat, get it?) found employment as a freelance bodyguard and investigator in San Francisco on the 1966 NBC TV show. He worked out of an "office" at the Casa del Gato nightclub, … Continue reading Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat (T.H.E. Cat)