Hmm
Original: Hmm on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Batman: We can't fight the Legion of Doom alone, Robin. Not forever. It's time to create an ARMY OF BATMEN.
Panel 2 (caption: LATER...):
Robin (reading a newspaper, the GOTHAM GAZETTE): Hm...
Panel 3:
Robin (reading a newspaper headline that reads "ANOTHER RICH FAMILY WITH ONLY ONE CHILD MURDERED"): Hmm...
Panel 4:
Robin (smirking, as a tiny new Batman/Robin-like figure stands beside him): Hmmm...
(A musical note appears above the small figure.)
Votey:
A man wearing a domino mask (in the style of Robin) speaks, looking smug: I AM NOT GIVING UP FREE RENT AND A BUTLER. I DESERVE COMFORT.
Batman: We can't fight the Legion of Doom alone, Robin. Not forever. It's time to create an ARMY OF BATMEN.
Panel 2 (caption: LATER...):
Robin (reading a newspaper, the GOTHAM GAZETTE): Hm...
Panel 3:
Robin (reading a newspaper headline that reads "ANOTHER RICH FAMILY WITH ONLY ONE CHILD MURDERED"): Hmm...
Panel 4:
Robin (smirking, as a tiny new Batman/Robin-like figure stands beside him): Hmmm...
(A musical note appears above the small figure.)
Votey:
A man wearing a domino mask (in the style of Robin) speaks, looking smug: I AM NOT GIVING UP FREE RENT AND A BUTLER. I DESERVE COMFORT.
Alt text
A four-panel cartoon drawn in an animated-series style. Panel 1: Batman, in his blue-and-gray costume, talks earnestly to Robin and says, "We can't fight the Legion of Doom alone, Robin. Not forever. It's time to create an ARMY OF BATMEN." Panel 2, captioned "LATER...": Robin sits reading a newspaper labeled GOTHAM GAZETTE and muses, "Hm..." Panel 3: A closer view shows Robin reading a newspaper whose headline reads "ANOTHER RICH FAMILY WITH ONLY ONE CHILD MURDERED," and he says, "Hmm..." Panel 4: Robin smirks knowingly with his hand near his chin, and a tiny newly-orphaned child now stands beside him already dressed in a Robin-style costume, with a musical note floating overhead as Robin says, "Hmmm..." The joke: instead of creating an army of Batmen, Robin realizes he can build an army of Robins by recruiting freshly-orphaned rich kids, just as Batman and Robin themselves were created by murdered parents. Votey (bonus panel): A close-up of a man wearing a Robin-style black domino mask, looking smug, who declares, "I AM NOT GIVING UP FREE RENT AND A BUTLER. I DESERVE COMFORT." implying the orphan sidekicks are in it for the cushy lifestyle.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.