Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24174049-20131118231337/@comment-1458758-20131207043054

Zakor1138 wrote: Interesting side-note. The reason there aren't many sidekicks in Marvel is because Stan Lee hates sidekicks.

sidekick ˈsʌɪdkɪk/ noun informal noun: sidekick; plural noun: sidekicks; noun: side-kick; plural noun: side-kicks

1.   a person's assistant or close associate, especially one who has less authority than that person. "Sherlock Holmes' bumbling sidekick Watson"

Bucky Barnes originally, War Machine, Kate Bishop in the current Hawkeye run, Amadeus Cho to Hercules originally, Jubilee to Wolverine back in the day and numerous others since including Armour and Kid Omega, Kid Deadpool or Bob for Deadpool, Rick Jones for Bruce Banner even these days.

I don't think it's that Marvel has less, they just integrate them better. So it's not just "Hey, it's that guy and the whipping boy who shares his theme."