Batman #8: Night of the Owls

[aeka]

And so it begins...

Comments

[kenn_el]

Just considering the fact that Earth 2 Bruce is both Helena's father AND Batman to her Robin, it's highly unlikely that she'd be that impressed with Earth 1 Bruce, as she seems to be in the example you cited. That's more the pre-Flashpoint Helena's style.

[aeka]

I see where you're coming from, and you may be right that she should not be that impressed with E1 Bruce. But if E1 Bruce is drastically different from her own father in some key areas (i.e., her father has no qualms about killing, whereas E1 Bruce is staunchly against it), then I don't think it's too unusual for her to be impressed by him in that regard.

If her past interactions with E1 Bruce as Helena Bertinelli are still in continuity, (i.e., "I thought we understood each other Batman" in Detective Comics #653), then I think it would be understandable how these differences could even lead her to try to get his approval, which was also characteristic of the Bertinelli version pre-Flashpoint.