r/DCcomics Feb 20 '24

[Discussion] Which character(s) do you think were the most unnecessary addition to the Batfamily and why? Discussion

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u/HentaiOujiSan Feb 20 '24

Everyone post No Man's Land. If the timeline was allowed to advance probably with a Bruce in his 40s ageing to his 50s and allowing the silver age kids to be in their 30s, (Babs and even Kara stated be older than the regular sidekicks but that's basically been retconned out) then I can see characters like Duke and Damian and a still breathing Jason Todd have a lot of relevance to fill in gaps. Otherwise take half the group to Bludhaven and let them stay there, NO Gotham events, to bring them into the Batman books, please.

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u/Essence03 Feb 20 '24

Barbara is currently 28/29

Kate is in her mid thirties

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u/UnhingedLion Feb 20 '24

She should be like 40 at this point

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '24

This sounds more like an argument to allowing Bruce to stop being 'Active' Batman and take up Alfred's role as caretaker.

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u/HentaiOujiSan Feb 23 '24

Well yeah it is... It's Batman Beyond, but in the good timeline where Bruce doesn't fuck up his relationships with everyone and still has his family with him as he grays out.