Nov 30

“I seem to specialize in defying the impossible.”

Nov 30

47.

Nov 30

“Oh and what do you –Stop jumping on the sofa – get an eleven year old boy for Christmas?” Ollie asked, desperately.

A wry smile crossed Bruce’s lips. “Spandex.”

Nov 29

“The Bat Symbol is actually a popular tattoo. You’re more popular than you think. Only Superman’s “S” shield is more popular among superhero tats,” he added with a lopsided grin.

Bruce was unrelenting. “It has to be removed because it could be spotted and the connection made. Secondly, it is on your posterior and pain is a character builder, so you won’t be out of commission for long... How far second?”

Nov 29

46.

Nov 29

“Uh ... don’t you think ... well ... it’s child abuse to brand a child.”

Beneath his cowl, Batman raised an eyebrow inquisitively. “What are you talking about?”

“Parents or guardians should not brand children. That’s what I’m talking about. Branding is branding whether it’s with a branding iron or a tattoo parlour, it’s wrong and it should never have…”

“Did your parents brand you?” Batman asked. The question stopped Superman’s tirade as he looked at Batman in confusion.

“Why would my parents brand me?” Superman asked indignantly.

“Is there a point to this Clark?” Batman asked with an edge of annoyance in his voice.

Nov 28

He could use lethal force. The police academy said that lethal force was justified in some situations. If this wasn’t that situation, Dick didn’t know what was.

Nov 28

45.

Nov 28

“You are not old. If you’re ancient what would I be?”

“Jurassic.”

Nov 27

“A. U. stands for astronomical unit. That’s the mean earth-sun distance, equal to 1.496E+13 centimetres or 214.94 solar radii.”

“You can really be scary, you know that. That just randomly came out of your mouth, didn’t it?”

Nov 27

44.

Nov 27

“Every bit of that was illegal, wasn’t it?” Clark asked solemnly.

Barbara twisted her mouth, “Well, let’s just say it was for the greater good and not think about it too hard. Oh, welcome to the Bat clan, you will receive your official membership card in the mail.”

Nov 26

“Who in their right mind would use an alias to hide from the law that has a longer rap sheet than the persona they’re hiding?”

Nov 26

43.

Nov 26

“And let’s not forget about the felony escape and four counts of assault on law enforcement officers—”

“I could make it five!” Dick growled as he stood up and got into Jacobs’s face.

Nov 25

“Worked like a charm, Babs.”

“What did?” Jim Gordon asked from the back seat.

“Nothing you want to know about Daddy.”

Nov 25

42.

Nov 25

“And you have no idea how good it is to see you. We’ve all thought you were dead.”

“Part of this ‘long story’ I keep hearing about?”

Nov 24

“Why don’t you turn around,” Dick said as a wide grin formed on his face.

“You are a fool to think I would fall for that,” Bane began when he felt a tap on his shoulder. Cautiously, he turned.

“My ‘nephew’ called,” Superman said as he delivered a swift uppercut.

Nov 24

41.

Nov 24

“He said that the plagues of Egypt were a joy compared to me.” Rick thought that this was rather harsh. He had experienced most of the ten plagues; and while Evelyn could be considered a walking calamity, she wasn’t that bad. Most of the time. He kept these speculations, wisely, to himself.

Nov 23

“Nice to meet you. Evelyn’s told me, uh, well, not much, actually.”

Nov 23

40.

Nov 23

“Do you think anyone would notice if we pushed him in front of a train?” Evelyn whispered.

Rick grinned down at her. “I knew there was a reason I liked you.”

Nov 22

Why no, Mr. Batman sir, you didn’t startle me when you appeared out of nowhere.

Nov 22

39.

Nov 22

“My most pressing case is a pan of Alfred’s hot fudge brownies. I need your help dissecting them. You interested?”

Nov 21

“I thought you promised never to give me a hard time again.”

“You... you heard that?”

“I was dead Nightwing, not deaf.”

Nov 21

38.

Nov 21

“You look like guano, Batman.”

Nov 20

“Hey, maybe he’s getting soft in his old age. Seen the error of his ways and all that...”

“Or, maybe, you bugged him until he said yes...”

Nov 20

37.

Nov 20

Her brother's favourite food was spaghetti and they seemed to have it nine days out of a seven-day week.

Nov 19

“Is that genuine affection that I’m hearing?”

“Yeah, well, if you tell him that I’ll deny it...”

Nov 19

36.

Nov 19

“Yeah, I've been busy with Cindy...or is it Mindy?”

“Knowing you, they’re probably twins.”

Nov 18

“Hello Beautiful! You’re a sight for exhausted, bloodshot, burning, itching, watery eyes.”

Nov 18

35.

Nov 18

“Thanks for coming, Uncle Clark…”
Dick almost laughed when he saw Bruce’s expression. Clark smiled reassuringly at his surrogate nephew and then grinned outright as he passed a confused Bruce on his way out.

Nov 17

“Stop calling me Ma’am!”

“Ok, but ‘excited pretty woman on the edge of an apartment building roof is kind of long.”

Nov 17

34.

Nov 17

Dick commented to his partner on her obvious reluctance to use his first name.

“I…uh…have trouble calling you…THAT," she said.

“Yeah, I know what you mean. It’s all I can do not to think improper thoughts when I call you Amy.”

Nov 16

“What about the perp? You didn’t kill him did you?” Amy asked, only half joking.

“Naw, he’s in the bathroom on the floor crying.” Dick answered with his patented Grayson smile.

“Bathroom?”

“Yeah, seems he has an aversion to being held upside down. Makes him sick or something.”

Nov 16

33.

Nov 16

Walking toward Lois, the gunman stroked her cheek. “You have a fire in you. I like that in a woman.”

“Touch her again and not even Superman will be able to save you.”
The low, dangerous tone made everyone’s eyes turn to Clark. They all stared, their eyes wide in shock and surprise. They had never heard such a tone from Clark Kent. He had always been so mild-mannered.

“Psst, Jimmy!” Ralph whispered. “Remind me never to hit on Lois again.”

Jimmy nodded solemnly. “Ditto, Ralph. Ditto.”

Nov 15

As the door opened, Donavan Michaels never knew what hit him.
Dick did however, because it was his fist…

Nov 15

32.

Nov 15

“You looked panicked, Lois, not dizzy.”

“I was dizzy. I know dizzy. I know dizzy because I sometimes get dizzy and cranky when I have female problems. Would a discussion of those things help to prove to you my familiarity with dizziness? Would you like to discuss my female problems, Clark?”

“What? No, no, I just thought...I mean...”

“You see,” Lois said, pointing to his face, “that’s panicked. I didn’t look a thing like that. I was dizzy.”

Nov 14

“It’s alright Alfred, he’s just jealous that I can eat bacon with my suit on and he can’t. He’s always worried about his precious gloves…”
Try as he might, Alfred could no longer hold back the laughter as Superman rushed forward, took the bacon from Bruce’s plate and within an instant had flown to safety before Bruce had time to respond.

Nov 14

31.

Nov 14

“Oh, good, you’re done,” Superman said, “why don’t you tie h...”

Bruce delivered a straight-armed punch to the man’s jaw, knocking him unconscious, and dropped him to the floor.

“Or you could do that,” Superman finished.

Nov 13

“You won’t find him if you’ve dropped dead from exhaustion.” Superman stated flatly.

Batman knew well the signs of conspiracy when he saw them.

“Alfred sent you here, didn’t he?” Batman questioned, his tone now growing impatient.

“I’m a reporter Bruce. I have to protect my sources…”

Nov 13

30.

Nov 13

“We’re not going to have ‘a moment,’ are we?”

Nov 12

Reaching over to the powerful Cray computer console, Batman silenced the intruder alarm that he noted, signalled a full ten seconds after Superman entered the cave.

Nov 12

29.

Nov 12

“You broke his jaw,” Batman said.

“It was an accident. He had Kryptonite on him and it was weakening me. I...” Superman tried to explain.

“I wasn’t criticizing. I actually laughed out loud. Alfred thought I was ill.”

Nov 11

Batman did a double take at the statement. “I'm only one of the best?” He had a dangerous glare in his eye.

“Well, don’t look now, but I think the kid is a serious contender for the top spot.”

Nov 11

28.

Nov 11

Some day he’d make someone happy, and then he’d know for sure that the second coming would be upon them, because that would be the sign in the heavens everyone was always talking about.

Nov 10

Some day he’d make someone happy, and then he’d know for sure that the second coming would be upon them, because that would be the sign in the heavens everyone was always talking about.

Nov 10

27.

Nov 10

“Hit the button above the radio on the left.” Dick growled.

“Where the heck is the button? Dick there is no button!” Tim shouted.

“What? No button? Bruce, I’m disappointed in you! James Bond always had a button or a lever or something. You mean to tell me Bond’s toys are better than the infamous Batman’s? Hey kid, I’ve got twenty bucks that the next time we all pile in here, this car has a button.”

Nov 9

“See Arsenal, I told you it wouldn’t be a problem. Animals like me.”

“Well, I’m glad somebody does.”

Nov 9

26.

Nov 9

“Dear God! Were you hatched from a family of Ninjas?”

Nov 8

“When I catch up to Hugo I’m going to snap him like a twig!” Nightwing growled.

“Easy bro. That potential twig has all of Daddy Bat’s moola. We’ve got to get it back first...” Robin warned.

“Then I snap him?” Nightwing asked hopefully.

“Then you snap him.” Robin promised.

Nov 8

25.

Nov 8

“He’s counting to ten to keep from killing you. Please interrupt, I wouldn’t mind seeing you dead.”

Nov 7

“And he just came down from the sky like some sort of big… bird!”

“A bird.”

“Or… no… no, ya know, it was more like a bat!”

“Hence the name ‘Batman’.”

Nov 7

24.

Nov 7

“I mean, what the hell is up with you guys? Did you have to take a class in being losers? No one is that big a loser naturally.”

“He’s right. Your level of loserness is pretty massive.”

Nov 6

“Who’s better in the sack, Batgirl or Starfire?” Roy asked

“Roy!” Dick’s squawk of protest was drowned out by Dinah’s snort.

“He wasn’t one of the options!”

Nov 6

23.

Nov 6

“I want my lawyer. I got rights-”

“You have the right to be unconscious. Now shut-up before I help you invoke that right!”

Nov 5

“You’re just afraid of what might happen if you and I are sitting together in the same room.”

“That must be it. If I were to break my escrima over your skull, I don’t know how I’d ever be able to face Dinah again.”

“Ah…don’t sweat it,” Dinah said, “It’s not like you’d damage anything vital.”

“Weren’t you just paying attention? I’d have wrecked the escrima.”

Nov 5

22.

Nov 5

The growl only rated a four on the bat scale, but was nonetheless impressive. It confirmed that Kate was going to be on good terms with him about the same time ice skates were standard issue in Hell.

Nov 4

When the ambulance driver tried to explain to Bruce that he had to sit up front, Bruce made a growling noise that could only be described as primitive and dangerous. The driver backed away from the larger man and looked to a police officer, who had followed them, for help.

Nov 4

21.

Nov 4

"And he's off like a herd of turtles..."

Nov 3

“I’m going to kill Jonathan. Maybe twice.”

Nov 3

20.

Nov 3

“He needs to see other styles than just yours. I can be all ‘grr’, mean and Bat when I gotta be, but sometimes a guy has to work with a little finesse. You have no finesse; you just hang them upside down over a ledge. I like to think of myself as Diet Bat. All the same punch, half the angst. You can do the morgue. All the yick and goo of dead bodies ... it’s more your style.”

Nov 2

“Brothers are not supposed to sell you out behind your back.”

“Show me where it says that in the handbook!”

Nov 2

19.

Nov 2

“This is where you speak in more than two words and give us details.”

“Shot. Three times. Body found dumped on his uncle’s front lawn. The murder obviously didn’t happen there.”

“Obviously. Witnesses? See how I segued into your annoying conversation style.”

Nov 1

His only real frame of reference for Oxford was as an abstract concept: a place, somewhere in England, where very, very bright people went to argue about whether things existed and why.
No doubt she could argue very convincingly that he didn’t exist—at which point he’d probably simply disappear from the face of the earth.

Nov 1

18.

Nov 1

“Ahh, the conversationally challenged has arrived.”