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Batman (1940-2011)
Batman (1940-2011) #240
The Dark Knight matches wits with Ra's al Ghul in "Vengeance for a Dead Man!" Talia guest-stars.
39 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 1972
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August 11, 2026
”Theater of the Mind!” starts with Robin swinging across the city.
”Take a part…if you dare!”
As he swings he thinks about how he got caught up in events. First a scuffle with a couple of over-zealous Jesus-people (as they prefer to be called). Then Rick Asher, collapsed and in shock. Then a weird psychic experience caused by Terri Bergstrom.
Which Robin worries might get him turned into a toad.
Elsewhere Terri is sitting in her barcalounger surrounded by candles in her white dress with bare feet.
”So be be it — may my mind go forward to its task!”
Robin knocks on the door of the Asher residence. Robin confronts both Asher brothers and asks them to come to the Gotham Village. Burton says his nephew stalked out of this house and joined his rabble group of friends and it’s none of their business.
”No unless you consider a father to be a business—sir! ”
So Robin may have a few unresolved issues.
Burton sends the butler after Robin. They fight. Robin wins.
” Robert Heinlein would label Buron a “Flapper”…. ”
In Robert Heinlein’s novel Stranger in a Strange Land, a "flapper" is a bureaucratic gatekeeper or subordinate whose primary function is to block access, communication, and contact between the outside world and an important person.
I really need to read that book again soon.
Robin swing across town and breaks into a skyscraper apartment forty stories up. He puts on a disguise.
At which point we are treated to a black man in a Robin costume. Apparently Robin brought make up for his arms and legs as well as an Afro-laden face mask.
He also brought a tuxedo for his servant disguise. That’s one heckuva utility belt!
Easily admitted by Uncle Burton, he heads for Richard Asher’s study. Confronting him, he sheds his disguise. Somehow Asher does not laugh.
Robin tries to convince to him to talk to his son, but Richard says that his son turned away from the church and the good book.
Robin expresses that it might be because of Asher and Asher, Inc. bad reputation. Richard agrees to come along with him.
Robin and Richard show up at Gotham Village. Richard see his son again. They talk, but suddenly Uncle Burton bursts in. Robin wants to help but….
”My physical abilities are useless in such an emotional conflict!”
Terri, in her smoke-filled apartment and comfy chair decides she needs to use Robin as a psychic link. She sucks Robin, Richard, and Uncle Burton into a dream.
Robin punches Dream-Uncle Burton. Then Richard bitch-slaps Burton. Richard takes his son away to reconcile.
Robin is summoned to Terri’s apartment. He may be needed to put out the fire.
Look, all I’m saying is that if we know that black-face servant is in your disguise kit, we demand to see it in action again!
It puzzles me that Zatanna or Madam Xanadu or someone more likely than Terri Bergstrom didn’t do the job in this comic book, but that only convinces me she has to die even more.
I’m not a fan of psychic journeys in general, but I’m definitely a fan of black Robin so for weirdness above and beyond the call, I’m giving this 4****
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July 25, 2020Note to self:
August 25, 2025
*2.5 // living for talia. bitin yung ending, unfortunately.
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