Which Hero should have / needs a sidekick?

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Hello everyone I am new here but I did check this fourm from the outside and after a long wait I decided to join so 1st thread

 

Ok now on to this topic
I just wonder if any hero needs / should have a sidekick to help them fight crime . I think the wraith should have one since she is the "batman" type but what do you folks think
 


 

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Thanks !

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Guise.

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I don't know he seems lke a solo hero to me

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Batman is a loner, yet he's one half of the most famous hero-sidekick combo.

 

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I don't read comics all that much, but have noticed that the Sidekick trope seems prevalent. Are there actually very many sidekicks in comics? Were there ever? Besides Robin, who?

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The ones that immediately come to mind are Speedy, Kid Flash, and Aqualad.

 

Edit: Based on my knowledge, DC seems more focused on sidekicks than Marvel is.

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Depends upon what you consider a sidekick.   I'd say Jimmy is sidekick to Superman.  Bucky was Captain America's sidekick.   Wolverine seems to have a younger X-men member as sidekick like Kitty Pryde and Jubilee.   Green Arrow has Speedy.   

Those are the ones that come to mind off hand.   Wikipedia has this article listing various comic book sidekicks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comic_book_sidekicks

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In response to the original question I'd say that I could see Guise having some odd sidekick or at least considering another hero as a sidekick much to their chagrin.   We know Legacy has a potential sidekick from Spite's deck.   To a degree you might consider Unity to be Tachyon's sidekick.  

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Yeah, for a while, DC seemed keen on having every one of its heroes accompanied by a smaller version of him or herself.

Does Young Legacy count as Legacy's sidekick?

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The Idealist is kind of a sidekick, too.

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Sidekicks are interesting to me. It seems like comics are moving away from that, but the history of it has led to some interesting situations.

For example, Young Justice is one of the best superhero cartoons in the last few years, and it at least started as a group of sidekicks getting their own team. But the sidekick aspect was minimalised, since it was all about what they did by themselves.

That said, Scholar seems like the most likely, in my mind. It would have to be someone special, though. They'd undoubtedly have to put up with months or years of just hanging out and nagging him to teach what he knows, while John constantly rebuffed him. But, after a while, it would just naturally start to happen. Ok, I may write this story now...

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Based on something I saw recently in relation to the Scholar maybe Guise tries to be his sidekick. 

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If he lives long enough to mentor someone that is…

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Guise's sidekick is a bunch of seasoned lentils that became sentient during the time Wager Master was on Earth.  In fact particles of extreme improbability turned it into the most inteligent being on our planet, although unfortunately it is unable to communicate with any other being.  Naturally it follows Guise around, and together they are known as Guise and Dals.

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I was right with you up until the name. Now I'm going to have to retroactively disagree with your last 10 posts to make up for it.

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So we need to have Unity and Young Legacy team up to form their own crime fighting duo?

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Throw in The Visionary and you have a good team to defend Megalopolis while the Freedom Five are on an away mission.

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I thought it was pretty punny.