Post by dave on Mar 9, 2024 17:20:32 GMT
From The Brave and the Bold Vol 1 #98 November 1971:
Batman, not Bruce Wayne, had a close personal friend named Roger Birnam. Roger married a witch and sired a pair of twin boys Roger Jr and Enoch. Enoch. Roger was away at their birth and was only told Enoch was his only son. Roger had the Batman named as Enoch's godfather. Around five or six years later the Coven that grew along with Enoch murdered Roger. Batman became suspicious and was saved from being killed by the coven by the Phantom Stranger. Together the Caped Crusader and the Phantom Stranger defeated the coven with Roger's widow, Clorinda, and Enoch accidentally dying. They also find and rescue Roger Jr. Batman become the lad's godfather and seems to be his new guardian but the boy is never seen again.
This story has a lot of potential for follow up tales. A prequel of how Batman and Roger Sr became so close; or a series of sequels of Batman's guardianship of Roger's son. It was a one-off tale like when Superboy found Jor-El and Lara floating in space that we followed up on.
Batman, not Bruce Wayne, had a close personal friend named Roger Birnam. Roger married a witch and sired a pair of twin boys Roger Jr and Enoch. Enoch. Roger was away at their birth and was only told Enoch was his only son. Roger had the Batman named as Enoch's godfather. Around five or six years later the Coven that grew along with Enoch murdered Roger. Batman became suspicious and was saved from being killed by the coven by the Phantom Stranger. Together the Caped Crusader and the Phantom Stranger defeated the coven with Roger's widow, Clorinda, and Enoch accidentally dying. They also find and rescue Roger Jr. Batman become the lad's godfather and seems to be his new guardian but the boy is never seen again.
This story has a lot of potential for follow up tales. A prequel of how Batman and Roger Sr became so close; or a series of sequels of Batman's guardianship of Roger's son. It was a one-off tale like when Superboy found Jor-El and Lara floating in space that we followed up on.
