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It didn't really.

But I don't really think Batman and Robin or Holmes and Watson are really similar because it's not a team dynamic there as much as master and apprentice. In a team setting of 8 detectives you're going to naturally have the top dog rise to being the head detective, making most of the rest feel obsolete most of the time unless you're really careful with accentuating the strengths of the less versatile and resourceful minds there. Robin solving a case before Batman is a cool moment because it's such a role reversal and really puts Robin over. If you get that feeling when 70% of the members do it feels more like the 70% are jobbers.

Like I'm not saying it's as simple as "Batman > you QED" but I don't think the load is going to be balanced between the detectives there without writing that comes off as sloppy, nor is it possible without stronger personality (direct opposites ala Scully vs Mulder, but along many different axes simultaneously per character) or skillset divides. Like I envision a comic with these guys playing out like some nonsense like Criminal Minds with brainstorming sessions where everyone is unnaturally finishing each other's sentences in an attempt to try and make everyone feel like they're helping. I think you can make a detective team work but I think it probably needs to be smaller for it to really tick. With like 8 guys it's too much of a balancing act. Too many cooks.

I respectfully still disagree with you. It's not really something I'll cede due to less experience with comic book characters either, just a fundamental difference in how we see what makes good teams (more specifically, of this type, I suppose) really.
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