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Joker & Robin
First appearance : Batman #1 · Detective Comics #38 (1940)
Jerry Robinson joined the Batman studio at 17 — the son of a Jewish emigrant from Russia — and co-created both the greatest villain in comics, the Joker, and Robin, the first sidekick (both 1940). He later became a world champion of cartoonists' rights.
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