10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History

Sometimes even the greatest comic book characters could use a little assistance. That is why there are sidekicks. Sidekicks are there to be another character's helper and also their greatest companion. These are the 10 best sidekicks in comic book history.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Pieface
In the early days the Green Lantern had a sidekick by the name of Thomas Kalmaku but he was called Pieface. It is later revealed that Pieface has a superpower. Get this, his super power is to bring out the best in people. Yeah, it's super lame, but Pieface was a good companion to Hal Jordan.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Woodstock
As great as the other characters in Peanuts are, it says a lot about Snoopy and Woodstock that they are the two most interesting characters in Peanuts even though they don't speak.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Jughead
Earlier I said that sidekicks were supposed to help out but Jughead doesn't really do that much. Jughead just kind of sits around doing nothing. Jughead is good comedy relief though.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Harley Quinn
Who says the good guys get all the sidekicks? Harley Quinn at one time was a great help to the Joker and was equally as fun and insane.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Kato
Kato was the sidekick of Green Hornet, which was a comic book, but Kato is more well known for Bruce Lee's portrayal in the Green Hornet television show. We all know that version of Kato could beat the crap out of everybody else on this list all at once.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Speedy
Green Arrow is way better than Batman and therefore Speedy is cool too. But there is no escaping the fact that the whole Green Arrow-Speedy relationship was a complete knock off of Batman-Robin. What was up with millionaire playboys adopting boys anyway?

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Arthur
The Tick is one of the most underrated comics and Arthur is one of the most underrated sidekicks. The Tick is similar to other parodies, like Get Smart, in which there is an aloof hero and the sidekick is the brain of the operations.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen is about as loyal as a person can get. But man is he dumb. How did he not figure out Superman's secret sooner?

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Bucky
The Marvel Universe doesn't do the whole sidekick thing as often as DC Comics but Bucky is one of the all-time greats. Bucky sacrificed himself for his partner and his country and then when his partner was shot and killed he took over the Captain America mantle.

10 Best Sidekicks in Comic Book History: Robin
Nobody can deny Robin's greatnes. Whenever you ask somebody to name a sidekick, comic book or otherwise, ninety percent of the time the person is going to answer Robin.