The Justice League’s version of “having a slow year”…
Hal: We’re on our third “the world is screwed” issue in, what, three months?
The Justice League’s version of “having a slow year”…
Hal: We’re on our third “the world is screwed” issue in, what, three months?
When you invite a friend/colleague to the Batcave for the first time…
Hal [to Bruce]: What do you call this decor anyway? Rustic obsessive? Paranoid deco?
On the kinds of people he lets into his life…
Bruce [to Clark]: You’re not even close to my type. I mean, you’re a complete boy scout and you make me crazy most of the time. You’re also the best person I think I’ve ever met and you’re the best friend that I’ve ever had.
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Now, Bruce, was that so hard?
Hal: It’s a mess. You must feel horrible! You’ve lost everything. Your parents, your sons, your city…
Bruce: *grits teeth* Thank you for summing that up.
Why you should try not to take anything Batman says too personally…
Batman: I can’t afford any more delays, Clark, and you’re one of those superpowered beings who cause delays. Sometimes it’s a good thing. There’s a whole group of heroes. They’re “delay heroes”.
Superman: *quivering lip* You mean… You mean you don’t like me?
Batman: No, of course I like you. It’s because I like you that I don’t want to be with you. It’s a complicated emotion, Clark!
When you catch Batman brooding in the Watchtower…
Hal: Hey, Mr. Grumpy Bats. When life gets you down, do you know what you’ve gotta do?
Bruce: *grits teeth* No, I don’t know what to do.
Hal: *singing while flying around the Conference Hall* Just keep floating. Just keep floating. Just keep floating, floating, floating. What do we do? We float, float!
Bruce: Jordan, no singing.
Hal: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ho! I love to float. When you want to float, you WANT to float!
Bruce: *groans*
Bruce: *heads to his teleportation tube*
World’s Finest Dads…
Batman [about grounding Robin after a mission gone awry]: I promised I’d never let anything happen to him.
Superman: Hmm. That’s a funny thing to promise.
Batman: What?
Superman: Well, you can’t never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Robin.
Clark: Are you ever afraid?
Bruce: No.
Clark: Not even of dying?
Bruce: No.
Clark: You don’t feel any emotion about it one way or another?
Bruce: No. I have to stay functional until my mission is complete. Then it doesn’t matter.
Clark: Yeah. I have to stay functional, too. I’m “too important”.
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Because the dialogue between a cyborg assassin and his human protectee fits Bruce and Clark just fine.
When you bring a friend/colleague to Gotham City for the first time…
Hal: We’re gonna fight Bane… for this?
Bruce: Yes, Green Lantern. This is my home.
Hal: Whoa. Talk about your fixer-upper.
Time traveling be like…
Booster Gold [to Blue Beetle]: You know, I’ve had more rewarding friendships than this one. Although, I do get to keep telling the same jokes.
More rewarding? Give us a break. Face it, you can’t live without Ted, so you keep coming back to visit him.