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ETA: A forgotten phone usage panel. A very special private phone.
Teenagers in trouble? Who you gonna call?
Batman and the Fabulous Foursome, obviously.
I just love this page o' phones. It's like The Telephone Hour song. Goin' Steady!
Also, I love Donna's brick phone.
And I love that this page explains chop shops.
So the story's about a gang of bad kids, who've had tough times and bad lives. So of course, it's perfect for Batman and a few Teen Titans.
This page, Batman is stymied! Stymied, Buster. Also Robin helpfully points out that Wonder Girl does not need to wear clothes. Thanks, Robin!
Donna and Wally are just great in this story. They go undercover to infiltrate the gang. Check out her shirt. (Hands Off, I'm Mine!)
Donna and Wally end up doing tons of the work in this story, too. Also: phone. This story has a lot of phones. Sometimes Batman is grumpy on the phone.
Other times Robin has to use the phone.
Other, other times, Commissioner Gordon is grumpy on the phone.
Phone moment I forgot to add, and who wouldn't want to see?
The money shot, aka what you've been waiting for:
Donna Troy holding Batman's arms behind his back while Wally West punches him in the face.
(It's all for the bad gang's benefit, of course. Street Cred. Those two new teenage gang members can beat up Batman! They're in!)
Donna gets to use a special power...
Oh no! Don't call Robin a jive turkey. He doesn't like that.
At all.
Then Donna and Wally get to be awesome, but that's not included in this post.
And we all learn a valuable lesson. Thanks, Batman and the Teen Titans!
PS: We know covers lie, but not always...
From Brave and the Bold 149, 1979.
The great Bob Haney and Jim Aparo
Not ever reprinted in the US. I don't know where to look up the UK reprintings.
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Date: 2009-03-18 06:15 pm (UTC)"Yes! I have used one of my trick arrows to tie up... one leg."
"That's nice, Roy. Now go sit in the corner."
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Date: 2009-03-18 06:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-18 06:51 pm (UTC)Occasionally, he hangs out with Robin.
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Date: 2009-03-18 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-18 11:37 pm (UTC)And that made me laugh.
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Date: 2009-03-18 06:50 pm (UTC)Teenagers are so impressionable.
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Date: 2009-03-18 11:32 pm (UTC)I think they have cell phone tasers nowadays.
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Date: 2009-03-18 07:36 pm (UTC)*hopes*
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Date: 2009-03-18 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-18 07:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-18 07:07 pm (UTC)You can't see Donna's expression but I'm thinking she's going "lolwhut?"
But hey, you don't need pants to be a Robin, either.
"lolwhut?" is perfect.
Date: 2009-03-19 01:50 pm (UTC)Okay, now I really, really wish she'd said that.
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Date: 2009-03-18 07:41 pm (UTC)"The team's disbanded, Batman--But don't sweat, I'm sure everyone will make an exception for your case!"
Yeah, that doesn't sound AT ALL sarcastic, Dick. If you cut it off there, I'd imagine Batman sitting in the cave, waiting patiently for the Titans to arrive. Alfred prepares sandwiches. Time passes. Batman calls Dick again. No answer. Batman cries quietly in a corner of the batcave.
Why I take such fiendish delight in Batman's misery sometimes, I'll never know. I really do love the big lug, but it's so fun sometimes!
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Date: 2009-03-19 01:58 pm (UTC)Hey, right there with you. Hence the post title. But it's wrong! *wags finger of shame at self and you* We should fight it!
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Date: 2009-03-18 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-18 10:22 pm (UTC)Also, Commissioner Gordon sure is mean on the phone, bet he makes customer service reps cry.
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Date: 2009-03-19 01:55 pm (UTC)Agreed.
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Date: 2009-03-20 11:16 pm (UTC)********
"Oh, no, Aquaman! We're trapped!"
"Hahahahahaha!!"
"Hey, I don't sound like that, do I?"
"You do, Garth! You totally do!"
"All right, let's see how you like it, bow-boy! Donna, do Roy."
"Hey, doll-face, I'm all a-quiver over you."
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"Okay, see, that's different. That's not funny. Everyone stop laughing. I mean it."
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And the most wonderful thing about that detail of the story is that it leads...nowhere. The fact that the bad guy is somehow imitating or recording Gordon's voice—completely immaterial to solving the mystery.
Win!
Date: 2009-03-21 09:30 am (UTC)Darn it, I hate when that happens! Sorry, I'd have enjoyed your take on it too, as I really just wanted someone to appreciate the oddness of the story with me.
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"Oh, no, Aquaman! We're trapped!"
"Hahahahahaha!!"
"Hey, I don't sound like that, do I?"
"You do, Garth! You totally do!"
"All right, let's see how you like it, bow-boy! Donna, do Roy."
"Hey, doll-face, I'm all a-quiver over you."
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"Okay, see, that's different. That's not funny. Everyone stop laughing. I mean it."
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Oh, that's brilliant!:) Now I'm imagining it too:) I especially like the You do! You totally do! and the I mean it. Making fun of Roy for the win! Nice!
You're right about the uselessness of that detail. I don't know if it originally went somewhere, or what. I'm thinking, or what.