Something I've often pondered:

Why is Robin dressed in such bright, gunfire-drawing colors? Unless that's the point. Take the focus off of the crazed shadow-stalking vigilante in the black, sweeping outfit and shoot at Robin so Batman can jump in and nail your ass.

Seriously--such a bright costume would seem kind of impractical considering the kind of work that Batman n' Robin do. You can kind of excuse Superman and Wonder Woman for having bright sparkly costumes, because they run around in broad daylight foiling robberies and such. Everybody sees them. But Batman's schtick is to run around in the shadows of Gotham, mowing down psychopaths in goofy-ass outfits and common random thugs. His thing is stealth--darkness, mystery, secrecy. But then you've got Robin (and a lot of other barely-pubescent teen sidekicks) running around in bright primary colors like yellow and red.

Don't get me wrong--I've got nothin' wrong with teen superheroes. I love the Runaways and Captain Marvel's whole family. Hell, the X-men were originally just a bunch of teenagers, and they still have a bunch of them among their ranks. But it seems the only reason that the big-boy solo superheroes ever get sidekicks is to keep them around is so they can distract their enemies when swooping in for the win. (Look at the latest X-books from Marvel--all of the central characters like Jean Grey and Cyclops stay fully-powered and more-or-less alive, but all of those kids in the background are either depowered, killed, or just THERE, in the background.)

There was an unintentionally hilarious comic back in the day where Batman had, like, a whole battalion of Robins waiting in the wings to replace Dick Grayson. Look it up on Superdickery somewhere. Fortunately, Dick managed to grow up with no super-duper-apparent psychoses from this. Unlike Batman. :P But some of his successors didn't fare so well (Jason Todd in particular). Guess the Joker finally picked up on that.

Anyway.

If I were a superhero, I'd pick a costume more suited to my environment and the hours I spend active. Or something related to my powers and training.