#her love had fangs. I think she’s more than a doting housewife

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KIRK LANGSTROM & FRANCINE LANGSTROM in BATMAN FAMILY (1975)

#kirk langstrom #francine langstrom #batman family #batman family 1975 #kirk x francine #Francine’s written a little weird #but I can’t pin down exactly why that might be #I can’t tell if it’s bob’s interpretation of the ideal wife for Kirk in this moment (endlessly supportive) #if it’s just another way for Kirk’s loser-ness/misfortune to be highlighted #that he keeps failing to support his wife/function as the man he ‘should be’ and his wife coddling him #is another side to that #or maybe this is Bob staying true to the character as he saw her in her original comics in detective comics but that seems unfair #she has a lot of her teeth/bite taken out in this series #yeah she loved Kirk and would have done anything for her but that love was pretty or soft #it was a HARD thing. a thing enough to subdue a monster. a thing enough to become one herself #her love had fangs. I think she’s more than a doting housewife #but I do love to see them happy ig and I feel Kirk’s characterization as a downtrodden is definitely intentional. I’m think of the Humphrey #impression :/ #*panelsandpages