Interesting bit from Flash!

Okay, I'm prefacing this with the admission that I haven't yet bought my comics this week (had waaay too much crap due to even think about making the trek) but Living Between Wednesdays posted this image from Flash 233 that I simply HAD to steal and re-upload here.



Okay. 1) Pwn3d. I admire Batman and all, but Wally's kind of right about this one. Even the surviving Robins need severe therapy. Also, since he's one of Dick's best friends, he can totally say that too.

(Interesting contrast with Bart, who WASN'T Wally's student, and Wally had made damn sure had two very good mentor figures who could do the job better than he could. Bart may have died, but it's a markedly different situation than Jason or Steph.)

I love Roy's expression too.

2) I admit, I'm really iffy about people trying to tell other people how to parent if there isn't a clear-cut case of mistreatment. Especially when the others aren't parents. I mean look at that group:

Diana? Clark? John*? Hal (I'm presuming that's Hal, as I said, I haven't read the issue myself yet.)? Sure, they're nice folks, but they're hardly parents.

Admittedly Jefferson and Roy ARE parents, but, assassin mother aside, their daughters are hardly in the same situation. And like Wally so admirably points out.

Personally, I think Wally and Linda are not making the right decision here, either, but I like that they have fairly valid reasons for their choices.

... Somewhat annoyed that they had to explain themselves, but maybe that'll read better in context.

3) Four Robins. :-) I'm not an advocate for a case or anything, but I like that Steph's been acknowledged here. This should brighten some folks' day.

You know, I always thought Steph and Wally had a lot of similarities as characters. One of these days I ought to write that post up.

I hope the rest of the comic's this good. :-)

Edited to Add: (And thank you, guys, I *do* see John there. :-) I just forgot to type his name, which has been edited in now. :-) I do know the difference. I mean the brunet, left corner, last panel as possibly Hal. I'll find out for sure when I read the issue. :-))