One of the most popular trends during the Golden Age of comics was giving superheroes a teenage sidekick. This appealed to the youthful readers who dreamed of being superheroes themselves. Robin, Batman’s sidekick, became the most popular and only one to last past the fifties, let alone until the present. The relationship of Batman and Robin set the cliché of superhero sidekicks that went on to be imitated and spoofed in hundreds of sources. Almost all superheroes during the 40’s and 50’s had sidekicks. Robin inspired the trend what became a staple in the medium.