Babs and Alfred: Tea and Sympathy. And Crime-Solving

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Reading Gotham Knights #12 and came across this nice moment between Alfred and Babs. I really liked this story. There's kind of--quite a bit of her processing her shooting, and I think it's well done here.

(From Gotham Knights #12 by Jen Van Meter, Coy Turnbull and John Lowe. 2001.)


Cover by Darwyn Cooke

Context: Babs is having a hard time, trying to solve a case involving wheelchair victims. She's tried all of her usual coping mechanisms: exercise, work, etc. and nothing's helped. So she makes a fairly complicated trip...





I love that Alfred found her a BW handkerchief.




Check out the photos changing...

She figures out the guy's motive, so she sets him up to go after her. She sues her father and Bruce Wayne. For her shooting.



It works and the guy comes after her.


She solves the case and takes down the criminal.

Comments

[ravenous_raven.insanejournal.com]

aw, that's such a cute story. I read it over again and realized that the apples they were peeling eventually went into the pie Alfred sent over! :)

but what's the basis of Babs "suing" Bruce? I mean, we all know he's the Bats, but what does that have to do w/the Joker showing up to shoot her and kidnap Jim?

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

As part of the hoax, she's suing him for a faulty Wayne-Tech security system.

[ravenous_raven.insanejournal.com]

ah ok, that makes more sense now. didn't know the context, thanks :)

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Along with help from a 'whistle-blowing family employee'.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

Man, that Alfred, no loyalty to the boss. Just can't find good help these days.

[jarodrussell.insanejournal.com]

Curse those WayneTech peepholes that require you to look through them. ;-)