Maybe ask the Green Lanterns for tips? There's Grumpy (Guy), Sleepy (Kyle), Dopey (Hal), and Doc (John). That tracks, right? I bet there's a lot of disagreement about which of them is Dopey, but we know it's Hal. Maybe Kyle is Bashful?
Just one issue shy from the Valentine's Day team-up with Klarion the Witch Boy! Damn. Instead, Steph is stuck teaming up with the little psychopath, Damian. The issue starts with the brat being rude to Alfred and dissing his cooking. Miller's really trying to get us on the kid's side here, clearly. I gotta wonder what Alfred did to piss off Bruce where he gets stuck taking orders from this little shit.
OK, I promise to stop referring calling the twerp mean things.
Well, shit. Whatever.
Some goons have decided to kidnap a bus full of schoolkids while they're on a field trip. Steph was assigned the case, while Damian stumbled across while watching other kids. The only way to keep close tabs on the kids is for Damian to pretend to be a regular kid. His greatest challenge yet, to Steph's. . . distress? Amusement? Little of both, maybe.
The kidnapping is stopped with the biggest problem being that neither of our heroes seem to have put any thought into how to deal with stopping a bus full of hostages. Or else Talia left bus driving off Damian's curriculum. It really feels like each of them is trying to show up the other by constantly criticizing whatever approach they take. Still, the day is eventually saved, which leaves time for Steph to take Damian to actually have fun. Fun that doesn't involve stabbing people, I mean. I am sometimes sad I'm too old for moon bounces. On the other hand, as a functioning adult, I could just rent one all for myself.
This is the best way to deal with Damian as a supporting character. Have someone who simply refuses to take his arrogance and bullshit seriously, who is there to agree with the audience that the kid takes himself far too seriously. That's how I took it. Unless you want to pair him with someone who simply knocks him down a peg, which is how I figure Cass would have handled it. Just whoop his butt in 3.2 seconds, see if that shuts him up.
[Longbox #2, 112th comic.
Batgirl (vol. 2) #17, by Bryan Q. Miller (writer), Pere Perez (artist), Guy Major (colorist), Travis Lanham (letterer)]
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