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Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a senior writer for EW and a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it
The Boy Wonder is the most iconic comic-book No. 2 of all time — and the source of all cape-and-tights homoeroticism. (Imagine the ad: Older male crime fighter, lacking female companionship, seeks pubescent male acrobat for nocturnal patrols.) Armchair analysis aside, he's a perfect No. 2 template: helping No. 1 thwack! pow! the bad guys, getting captured (or killed) when it suits No. 1's story line, and, most importantly, letting No. 1 get all the glory.
Posted Jul 13, 2006
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