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perletwo ([personal profile] perletwo) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2009-12-28 06:55 pm

Gotham City Sirens 7 - 'absent friends'

I have a question about this image from Gotham City Sirens #7, and it's probably due to my inability to keep continuity straight in my head amongst the umpty-gazillion Batbooks going on right now. Help me out gang?

Dick and Selina are having a last holiday toast by the fire before Damian drags Dick out to hunt the "animal out there killing runaway kids" (see Batman #694, I believe):



OK, Bruce and Tim, fairly obvious - presumed dead and off in Europe refusing to presume; Holly Robinson, offscreen somewhere trying to live down the shame that was Countdown; Baby Helena, adopted out; Harley and Ivy, off holidaying outside Gotham, as detailed in the other plot threads in this issue (see here for Harley's holiday hijinx).

But why is Alfred an Absent Friend? Last time I checked in with Outsiders, he was going to be running the team from the Cave/Manor, with Halo at least living at Wayne Manor. Has that changed? Is he off on a mission I've missed?

One panel from Gotham City Sirens #7 under the cut, not my scan, we've had 3.5 pages so far which brings us to just over 4 pages don't make me add fractions!.

Tag suggestions: char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: batman/dick grayson, char: catwoman/holly robinson, char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: harley quinn/harleen quinzel, char: poison ivy/pamela isley, char: robin/red robin/tim drake, creator: david lopez, creator: paul dini, publisher: dc comics, title: gotham city sirens (whew!)
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[personal profile] sistermagpie 2009-12-29 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I don't deny the trope. I just haven't yet seen them really going that way since they're not so much comforting each other as dealing with each other with a mixture of respect and wariness--at least that's how it comes across to me so far. Not that I would put it past some writer to try to do it, weird as that would be.
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[personal profile] jelly_ace 2009-12-29 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
Not that I would put it past some writer to try to do it, weird as that would be.

Exactly.