#Also quick reminder please don’t be weird about Dick and Bruce in reblog tags please and thank you.

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Batman #350 Nightmare In Crimson Bronze Age pre crisis released in August 10th 1982 writers Gerry Conway and Paul Levitz artists Gene Colan and Tony de Zuniga letterer Ben Oda Colourist Adrienne Roy editor Dick Giordano.

Aw this panel is so sweet, I love it when Bruce refers to Dick as his son. Also with context this panel is quite grim and Bruce has every right to be concerned by how Dick is acting.

Note: Yes, I am aware that the word son is also a more old fashioned American English slang a term used usually by older men or usually by older men with authority/wisdom/seniority. Which is either used to refer to a young boy or man who is a stranger.

Or used as a casual gesture of endearment to the young boy or man and can also be used to refer the younger boy/man as a usually affectionate way to say close/good friend by an older man depending on the context it could also be familial in tone as well.

However it can also be used by an older man to demean/belittle or act superior to the young boy or man. So yeah so many meanings to one singular word of slang.

But hey this is Gerry’s Batman run which he had established Dick seeing Bruce as like a second father to him check Batman #339 for that context.

So, I see it having a double meaning to it because well Dick isn’t a stranger Bruce so that context wouldn’t make sense. So it must be the endearment kind which is just so sweet of Bruce, it also has some familial vibes to it as well due to how he worries for Dick’s well-being. To an outsider Robin is the close young friend to Batman but between Bruce and Dick they’re both father/son and close friends.

Also, I can see in Dick’s mind being quite happy when Bruce calls him his son in a way not that he’ll say it out loud. Also, while we know Dick see Bruce as like another father to him. Bruce however is a bit more vague on it but let’s be honest he acts like such a dad to Dick especially in Gerry’s Batman run.

God, I want to bash these two heads in for that. They’re truly in a way father/son in all but blood when comes to being so trash at communicating their feelings to others. Either way it just means they’re just very close in their case practically family.

Anyway, the comic book story this panel is from is really fun read and the art is really great as well with beautiful moody lighting, shading and atmosphere to it. So if you like Batman with some classic movie horror vibes to it, then I say give it a read if you can. I mean it’s got vampires in it what’s not to love lol.

The story starts from detective comics #515 detective comics #516 Batman comics #349 Batman comics #350 dc #517 Batman comics #351 and lastly comes to it conclusion at detective comic #518. :3c