BATMAN and ROBIN:: Bruce Wayne as Batman was orphaned as a child in a horrible act of murder. Later as he grew to adulthood, he sought to bring justice to the world. Along the way he came upon a child, similarly orphaned, named Dick Grayson. Training Grayson, who was already an accomplished acrobat, Wayne helped create a legacy of crime fighting, that the Robin character, whoever took the mask, would provide the Dark Knight with a youthful partner in crime fighting. Over the years Batman and Robin experienced enormous trials and victories, with the death of Jason Todd, who was a more streetwise crime fighting Robin, to Carrie Kelly, a very intelligent and resourceful Robin. All four of the people who we know to have donned the Robin “uniform”, Grayson, Todd, Tim Drake and Kelly, wore the costume in the battle against crime. Batman is often a dark icon of vengeance, he needs Robin, whoever it is, to remind him that he is human.

CAPTAIN AMERICA and BUCKY:: Steve Rogers represents America’s quest for truth, and justice. A weak but patriotic soul, he was the subject of a Super Soldier Serum test that made him the perfect human specimen, agile, strong, healthy, and quick to heal. His initial forays into super hero activities saw him as a Private in the US Army during daylight hours, and hero during the evening hours. Bucky Barnes was a young boy who served as a camp mascot in the pre World War II US Army. When Steve Rogers changed into uniform, and Bucky saw the change, Cap had a partner. Bucky died fighting the nazis. And Captain America has long since missed his friend.

GREEN HORNET and KATO:: Green Hornet battled crime on the radio airwaves from 1936 to 1952, TV in the 1960s (Van Williams as the Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato), and in comics especially at NOW Comics. Kato, the Green Hornet’s faithful valet, was an Asian, of Filipino/Japanese descent. Together they fought crime, using fists and guns, and prowled the streets with the modified car, the Black Beauty.

LONE RANGER and TONTO:: A Texas Ranger and his fellow rangers were murderously ambushed as they hunted rustlers and murderers who’d made their territory dangerous. Led down a ravine, by a spy, the rangers found themselves shot to pieces. But the withering gun fire that cut down his companions only wounded the last ranger. He was nursed to health by a Native American, called Tonto. Together they joined forces to act as a covert action team aimed at stopping the murderers and gangs on the western prairie. Not to mention the civil disputes between settlers, nor, to mention, the threat from hostile Mexican troops or Native tribes. The two served the frontier together, watching each other’s back. And did so through comics, TV serials and film.

DAREDEVIL and ELEKTRA:: Not always on the same side of the conflict, Daredevil and Elektra find themselves drawn to one another, even after death. Matt Murdock, DD’s civilian self, loved Elektra, and she loved him, but both, while seeking justice, sought it by different means. Through the original run of Frank Miller’s Daredevil, Elektra was like a blast of lightning into Matt Murdock’s life. In recent series in the Marvel Ultimate Universe Daredevil and Elektra are still drawn to each other. One is a means of justice through drawing a criminal into the light of the law. One is a means of justice through violence. Both collide over methods, and collide as their hearts seek out each other.

GREEN ARROW and GREEN LANTERN:: Green Lantern Hal Jordan was a man without fear, he carried a ring, powered by the mystic energies granted by the Guardians who sought to stop disasters and criminal events on a cosmic basis.

Green Arrow Oliver Queen was an adventuring millionaire who lost his fortune and became reborn as a seeker of justice and someone who acted for the little man. The two acted together though as partners and friends. Their bond extended into death as both men have tasted of death, and returned. And through that, they remain friends.