In case it seems like every third comic has Batman in it... you're not wrong. He's been in 38.6% of DC issues since 2020, with a stark increase of 8% each decade since the 90s and surpassing Superman in popularity. Despite this, there's been a massive drop off of comics where he is teamed up with Superman or a Robin (although the amount of group team ups between Batman Family members has increased, as well as Nightwing solos).
"Come on... Scarecrow's dudes really bought a damn party boat for smuggling? Tacky. Damian, where the hell are you? I called for a backup half an hour ago. And don't make an excuse because you hate cleanups. -Schhh--ackup incoming. Don't be schhh a baby. -Why do I always get patrols with Damian... Finally. Hey, help me turn this stupid lights off!"
DC Pride 2023 #1 (DC Cultural Anthologies 2021). "Hey, Stranger."
I picked up quill pens recently and I'm surprised how much I enjoy working with them? I've been doing some sketches to get some quick practice and learn the lessons I need to learn lol. I think they work well with my style.
It's not unusual for Nightwing to fill in for Batman when needed, just slip into the Batsuit and patrol Gotham that night or even sometimes help out with the Justice League, no one the wiser for the switch
The problem comes when the League is captured by invading aliens and forced to remove their masks, for the first time showing each other who they are
And Superman let's out a shocked gasp and Green Arrow exclaims
Steph: I think it’s more of a situationship? They still seem to have some feelings going on there.
Jason: Yeah right, and get accused of cheating on Selina? I think not. They’ve been dating for as long as I can remember.
Dick: That’s…strange, cause I’m pretty sure he and Clark are married. Big Blue gave him a ring and everything.
Damian: A Kryptonite ring. One that Father keeps in a lead lined safe with the rest of the alien’s bane. Besides, everyone knows Mother’s laid her claim to him already. Only a fool would interfere with such a union.
Cass: Talia and Bruce are about as divorced as two people can be.
Tim: No, you guys are all missing the point. If we want Bruce to have a partner, we need to pick the most profitable option for us. [ pulling up a PowerPoint ] Hear. Me. Out.
—-Later, At the Watchtower-—
Oliver: Bats, why are your kids inviting me over for dinner?
I think Roy Harper is the personification of all those “my unemployed friend on a Tuesday” memes. Even if he was employed. Like you’d walk into his home and it’s just full of Contraptions. He just does Things and the purpose is unintelligible
Jason is like this too but in a less noticeable way. Roy is like “I welded a toaster oven to my assault rifle to see if it would do anything when I zapped it with a taser” and Jason is like “I read four textbooks and wrote an academic paper about the Mesopotamian grain economy”
“what did you guys do today”
“we liberated a country and then I built a motorized couch that’s technically street legal and then Jason blew up the road couch”