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Sunday, June 26, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 26: Batman Tortoise All a Lesson

'(sob)...if only G.I. Joe or Transformers had been here to help me...'

Tonight: June 26, 10:48 PM, Gotham Summer Time, Bruce Wayne's father and mother were brutally murdered in Crime Alley by a criminal who may or may not have been Joe Chill, depending on the version of the story.

So on the anniversary of his parents' death, how does Bruce spend his night?

Hangin' out with an adolescent evolved samurai terrapin.

'Wow, Bats, as a kid you were HUGE.'

Cover of Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 (May 2016); pencils and inks by Freddie E. Williams II, colors by Jeremy Colwell
Yep: even in the middle of a crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman takes time to show Raphael his tragic origin story. That was actually pretty nice of Bruce, since, as we all know, Raphael is cool but crude.

'Eh, enough of that, Raphael. Let's go get some 'za.'

'Eh, enough of that, Raphael. Let's go get some 'za.'

Panels from Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 (May 2016); script by James Tynion IV, pencils and inks by Freddie E. Williams II, colors by Jeremy Colwell, letters by Tom Napolitano
And hey, remember when I told you to pay attention to Alfred's previous cryptic remarks about the Intimidator suit? It's on June 26 that Batman finally gets a chance to finally take the bedsheet off of it and wear it into battle!

'Alfred, how many times have I told you, don't disturb Bat-Frankenstein when he's sleeping!'

'Alfred, how many times have I told you, don't disturb Bat-Frankenstein when he's sleeping!'

Panels from Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 (June 2016); script by James Tynion IV, pencils and inks by Freddie E. Williams II, colors by Jeremy Colwell, letters by Tom Napolitano
The Intimidator suit, which of course makes Batman look like, yes, a giant turtle.

'BATABUNGA, DUDE!'

Panels from Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6 (July 2016); script by James Tynion IV, pencils and inks by Freddie E. Williams II, colors by Jeremy Colwell, letters by Tom Napolitano
So, always remember that on one of the anniversaries of the Waynes' death, Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had a team-up and it was pretty good. (Seriously, I really liked this series, especially when Shredder and Ra's al-Ghul turned all the Arkham Asylum inmates into anthropomorphic animals. I kids you not.)

In conclusion, heartwarming family scene. Awwwwwww.

'We're gonna have cake, too, right? Family death cake?'

'We're gonna have cake, too, right? Family death cake?'

Tomorrow! (Yes, tomorrow!) The terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad family death that occurred on the night after the anniversary of Bruce's parents dying! Swing by, won't you?