Gotham Adventures #19

[inexpediency]

In this issue, Tim is a sad little Robin.

It starts out with Tim beating the snot out of a guy who'd been holding a bunch of kids hostage. Dick is not amused.



Tim explains why he's down in the dumps: "Sometimes this job just gets to you. What I wouldn't give for the good ol' days I've heard about. I'd trade just one of these psychos with a gun fixation for a dozen costumed villains any day."

Batgirl reminds him that they have those (Joker, Two-Face, etc.) but Tim wants something a little lighter; more wacky. Babs and Dick decide to cheer him up...



I can't tell you how much I love Dick calling Tim "chum". And everything about this page, to be honest. Look at Tim's smirk in the first panel--you know he knew right away. Either that or he's admiring the view. Hm.

So Dick, Tim, and Babs go to give Batman some backup, but he's already done by the time they arrive. He tells Tim to go inside to see if he missed any hostages.



Cut to Tim and Babs patrolling on the rooftops, with Babs telling Tim that Dick went home (taking her costume with him.) Babs points out something strange on the street. Tim's response?

"Oh, you mean that person dressed up as a lion? That's Nightwing, dressed up as a lion."



They run off to bust up that break-in, but it's really not plot-centric so I'll skim over the details. Tim decides to call it a night, and on the way he spots a guy dressed up as a flower. Standing outside of a flower shop. Of course he thinks it's Dick, but...



Chlorophil gladly hands over his ID to Tim, explaining that he wanted to do something to impress a girl. Tim admits that it's a dumb idea, but that he's heard a lot dumber.



Back at the batcave, the bat family relaxes with a nice snack. Tim is in a markedly better mood because he feels like he did some good, but Dick points out that being a guidance counselor doesn't have the same rush as, say, taking down a gun-weilding maniac. Tim decides that it's nice to have a mix, and leaves with a sweet "Oh and Dick? Babs? Thanks for...for caring."

Aww :3



Oh, Alfred :D Though I gotta say, that was a pretty impressive makeup job.

Tags: title: Gotham Adventures, char: Robin/Red Robin/Tim Drake, char: Robin/Nightwing/Dick Grayson, char: Batgirl/Oracle/Barbara Gordon, char: Alfred Pennyworth, theme: dcau, creator: Scott Peterson, creator: Tim Levins, creator: Terry Beatty

Comments

[icon_uk]

One of my favourite stories, though the thought of Alfred dressing in that outfit is REALLY weird....

I love the Wizard of Oz remark from Tim

It reminds me of this sketchcard :)

[deliandra]

That sketchcard is great. You could get all psychological over the implications. xD

[deepspaceartist]

Batman not having a heart is the obvious ones, but what about the others? Dick or Jason is cowardly, Babs wants to go home (or crushed a witch with a house :p), and Crane thinks of himself as dumb?

[icon_uk]

and Crane thinks of himself as dumb?

He's got the Bat-clan strung up by their wrists but hasn't secured their feet, and he should know from long experience that THAT never ends well for him.

[deliandra]

Babs wants to go home (or crushed a witch with a house :p)

She's naive and just wants to help the boys. ;P

[icon_uk]

Indeed, or just snicker over how Robin might be keeping that tail in place....

[miramira]

I love Dick's reaction. It sounds like he almost regrets not springing the baddies.

[tornadotwin.blogspot.com]

So, I really need to get all the Gotham Adventures back issues like yesterday, right?

ALFRED PWNS!! Well Alfred and Batman hence the 'assist'.
Everyone just loves Timmy :)

[sherkahn]

You were right the first time. Alfred PWNS!

[deliandra]

Such Motto!

[liara_shadowsong]

Wow. Alfred is beyond awesome. ^___^ I mean, between the costume/makeup and the acting... wow. (And I think Bruce's facial expression in that last panel can technically be classified as a smile.)

Also: Look at Tim's smirk in the first panel--you know he knew right away. Either that or he's admiring the view. Hm.
Which view do you propose he's admiring? Because with the way his mask is drawn, he could be staring at either Dick's ass or Babs's boobs... oh, wait, you mean the first panel of the page, not the first panel that all three of them are in (he's kind of smirking in both). Yeah, he's definitely enjoying the view; that doesn't eliminate the possibility that he knew right away, too, though.

Third: DIck's mullet looks better than usual there, less like a mullet and more like normal long hair that happens to have funny-looking bangs.

[weezus]

urgh, i wish i had any of these stories, i love this SO MUCH.

[junipepper]

So... do we think Alfred wearing the green shorties is, like, a nostalgia thing, or just a coincidence?

[thandrak]

Notice that Alfred's nose is the same as both him and 'Phil'

[sistermagpie]

*snuggles them*

[retro_nouveau]

Just when you think Alfred couldn't get any more awesome. I wonder if Bruce and Alfred whipped up an ID just for the occasion.

Who was Babs supposed to be - Heidi von Sicklegruber? XD

[jelly_ace]

Awww, I loved this issue; it's so fun. And we don't have angst-y Nightwing! Yay!

It's nice that Bruce doesn't consider Dick's and Babs' plans as pointless, and just leaves them to do what it takes to help out Tim. And even enlists Alfred's help, who was awesome, as always. No Batdickery here, no siree!

[icon_uk]

This Dick was even known to use jazz hands, whilst on a tightrope... he was not at home to Mr Angst... must see if I can dig some more of these out.

[darklorelei]

Ok, love the Wizard of Oz joke.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

That DC axed this book is a crime against humanity itself and the universe at large.

I simply died at the end.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[ladymirth]

DC has committed so many crimes against humanity at this point that I'm almost utterly desensitized.

[endis_ni]

Why? Why would they do that?

[cloud_wolf]

Wiki sez "[Batman Adventures v.2] ran for 17 issues; it was canceled to make way for The Batman Strikes!, a new title based on the new, unrelated, animated series The Batman."

[icon_uk]

The cartoon was long over, and they had "The Batman" to promote.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Frankly, I would have started to have my doubts as soon as Dick started talking about "the old one-two combination". Which is hilarious for some reason I can't really articulate.
Tim's being a tad over-snarky over Dick's choice of costume, though. Why SHOULDN'T there be a villain dressed as a lion in Gotham? There are lion-themed villains elsewhere in the DCU.

[ladymirth]

This is made of pure WIN. Alfred pwns ALL.

But it so disconcerting to see somebody called Tim Drake go into any kind of situation, let alone a hostage one, without a Plan, and Plan B, a Plan B1, B2 and C and six kinds of alternate backup. This amalgamation of Jason and Tim thing just doesn't work for me.

[icon_uk]

I loved BTAS Tim, who really WAS a kid learnign from Batman and others, and not just a very short grown up, as Tim has tended to become.

[ar_feiniel]

I love this story. Alfred, as always, is awesome.

[shadowpsykie]

wait? it was ALFRED?!