It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
-Dick Grayson (Batman Inc.)
Ralph Dibny and Wally West. They had each teamed up with Barry Allen first, but they were each other's second--in "Kid Flash meets the Elongated Man," THE FLASH 130 (August 1962).
Dick Grayson and Jimmy Olsen. They had their own secret headquarters and everything.
Lois Lane and Lana Lang. Even though they were rivals, they were also friends and would team up together on adventures. They were DC's answer to Betty and Veronica.
Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite. There's always a lot of fun to be had when these two get together.
Deadman and Phantom Stranger. They've played a double act from time to time.
And there was a brief period there, in the 1940s, where the Spirit and Plastic Man were cover buddies. Too bad they never teamed up in an actual story.
I believe it's from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 294 (August 1983). A reverse search on the image led me to this blog.
I was very unhappy with WFC in the final days of the title. This attitude of writers (which predated the Crisis reboots) that Superman and Batman couldn't be friends because Batman was such a stupid freak burned my biscuits.
I can't stand it when writers let their own hang-ups intrude on just bringing the characters together and letting them have great adventures. That's what killed WORLD'S FINEST and what has killed the Batman and Superman duo since then. These are DC's two best selling characters--find a way to get them together and have them be friends--writers should be able to do that, by gosh by golly.
Blue Beetle/Booster Gold
Orion/Lightray
Fire/Ice
Kyle Rayner/Wally West
Starfire/Troia
John Stewart/Guy Gardner
Superman/Batman
Superman/Wonder Woman
Golden Age: Flash/GL/Wildcat/Hawkman
Superman and Batman
Hal and Barry
Dick and Wally
"Dangerous Zombie! Transform!! Click And Load! Buggle UP! Danger! Danger! Death The Crisis! Dangerous Zombie!" Kamen Rider Gemn
(In first he's mysterious and evil and now he's psycho and crazy and insane and evil AND "The Meme Lord"LOL.)
Superman and Jimmy olsen
Jon and damian
Wally and dick
Booster and beetle
There was a friendship between Mr. Terrific (Holt) and Dr. Mid-Nite (Cross) beginning in JSA, which I thought was great, but they switched focus to other things, and it got forgotten. But in my mind, they get together on quiet evenings and play three-dimensional chess.
Sandy Hausler
DC Boards Moderator (along with The Darknight Detective (who has a much cooler name that I do))
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There was a time (Pre-Crisis) that I would say Kara Zor-El and Barbara Gordon.
It's a shame they've never revitalized that friendship over the years.
Sandy Hausler
DC Boards Moderator (along with The Darknight Detective (who has a much cooler name that I do))
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