Bruce Wayne has been
Dick Grayson's guardian for a a few years now...but it turns out that Dick has some living relatives!
And guess want?
George and
Clara want custody!
Well, it ends up going to court, where, surprisingly, some people believe that a
playboy bachelor might not be the best parental figure for an impressionable young lad!
"
Cafe society?!?"
Well, things get very sad at
Wayne Manor...
...very,
very sad...
Life goes on, but without
Robin...
Batman just hasn't the will to fight crime very well!
But fortunately, Dick managed to sneak out, and restore Bruce's reason to live!
Sounds like true love, guys.
Now, I know that you're thinking that George and Clara are imposters, or some other DC trick.
NO!! They're
real, all right...but not necessarily good:
All sorts of
hi-jinks ensue, involving gangsters kidnapping everybody, and
Alfred rescuing them all with one of
Penguin's trick umbrellas,
etc.
We end up back in court, where the judge is none to pleased with the
non-flying Graysons:
But wait...Bruce is
still a wastrel playboy, right?
Oh, well, if
Batman says it's OK....
By the way--I know it's 70 years and many reboots later...But George and Clara are
still out there!! Dick Grayson has living relatives who are
total scumballs!! There's gotta be a story in there somewhere!
From Batman #20 (1943), as reprinted in Batman Family #10 (1977).
I was reading that recently, it was shocking that they were really his relatives. I don't think they ever did bring them back.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is another relative, Aunt Harriet Cooper. I think they used her once or twice ;)
Nothing like a quick word from a masked vigilante to verify the potential parenting quality of a wild, wealthy playboy!
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