She also wears green-tinted sunglasses instead of a black domino mask. Kelley uses a slingshot and firecrackers as weapons. Idolizing the Dark Knight, she then spends her lunch money on a Robin outfit, sets out to attack petty con-men and to find Batman in the hope of becoming his partner.

Fictional character biography The Dark Knight Returns Ĭarrie Kelley is a 13-year-old schoolgirl and scout whom Batman saves from a sadistic group of Mutant gang members on the night of his return from retirement. Miller liked the concept so much that he ultimately included it in The Dark Knight Returns. When Miller told Byrne he was writing a Batman story featuring an old and crankier Batman, Byrne recommended him to make Robin a girl and drew him a sketch. She made her live-action debut in the television series Gotham Knights, portrayed by Navia Robinson.Īccording to Frank Miller, the idea to create Carrie Kelley was sparked by a conversation with superhero comics veteran John Byrne while they were flying to an Ohio comic convention. She was the first full-time female Robin in the history of the Batman franchise, though Julie Madison had passed off as Robin for a brief time in a Bob Kane story published in Detective Comics #49 in March 1941.Ĭarrie has been featured in different forms of media in and out of comics. Later in The Dark Knight Strikes Again, she adopts the identity Catgirl, and in The Dark Knight III: The Master Race, she adopts the identity Batwoman. She becomes the new Robin in The Dark Knight Returns when she saves Batman's life. Utilizes high-tech equipment and weaponsĬarrie Kelley is a superheroine from Frank Miller's graphic novels Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and its sequels Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001-2002) and The Dark Knight III: The Master Race (2015-2017).

Carrie Kelley in Robin 80th Anniversary: 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 (March 2020).

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