This one was sad on so many different levels.
It was a brief reminder of the second Robin, Jason Todd, who I never much liked, but was still a Robin, so therefore deserves my respect.
This issue also had some dramatic irony in it.
Batgirl: Looks like you've caught the Joker in plenty of time to get back to business here.
Batman: I didn't catch him...yet.
Batgirl: Great. I'll sleep easy tonight waiting for the random poison gas attack or laughing fish special at my local market.
Batman: He can wait.
Batgirl: Until when?
Batman: I know him well enough by now to realize that he won't surface until he can strike out at me.
Batgirl: Then you're underestimating him. He doesn't have to attack you directly to hurt you.
Batman: Of course he does. That's how it works with us.
Batgirl: I hope you're right, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.
Oh, the cruel, cruel irony.
At least Babs lives, though. Jason gets pummeled.
Anyway, it was a nice reminder of the second Robin as he goes out on a jaunt about town with Batgirl (Barbara Gordon, not Cassandra Cain).
Sadly, in the "present", Batman's being served a court order. Something about Jason Todd's death...
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