Sumi,
at least Roy's stopped *sleeping* with the bad guys... and Rose used to be one of the good guys, once upon a time.
She came back to the present eventually for various Bart-related reasons other people can explain better than me.
Bart, being born all extra-tied-in to the Speed Force and all, was aging rapidly "at two, he looked ten" and all that. The government was raising him in VR, and Iris figured out they had no intention of actually helping him, so she spirited him back to the past where she sought Wally's help. At some point, we met Bart's mother, and learned that the Bad Government Head Dude was *her* father, thus Bart's grandfather. And, err. More stuff. It's complex.
According to this Metafilter thread, it's Nightwing's 20th birthday.
Okay, going back to the scene from a couple of weeks ago where Leslie is checking Gotham adoption records, I have a thought. Probably a thought that everyone else has had, but I haven't heard anyone say it yet.
In yesterday's Batgirl, when Batgirl asks Leslie if
she's seen Spoiler, based on the first panel of Leslie's reaction,
I'm thinking that
Spoiler is actually Leslie's biological daughter.
Though, is there any actual canon evidence
one way or another that Steph is or is not adopted?
Wow.
Teppy -- I hadn't considered that at all.
Really? It (the reaction panel where Leslie looks worried/shocked/scared) seemed straight out of a soap opera to me.
Steph, I doubt it, if only because Spoiler's dad is the Cluemaster--worst supervillain name ever!--and someone I sincerely doubt Leslie would ever become involved with.
Huh. I interpreted that reaction as an
"Uh, no, of course I haven't seen Spoiler, I don't know what you're talking about, I DEFINITELY DON'T KNOW THAT SHE'S THE CAUSE OF EVERYTHING" look.
Huh. Well,
regarding the adoption records,
I just remembered that Spoiler
gave up her baby for adoption.
Shrift -- that is what I was thinking re: Lesley's search of the adoption records. Do we know who the daddy is?
Sumi, I haven't read all of the Robin backissues yet, but we know
that Tim Drake certainly isn't the father.
Other than that, I'm not sure
if the father was ever named. Some jerk she was dating before she met Tim, and very possibly someone involved in criminal activity,
considering Spoiler's father.
As for how
Spoiler's kid
would be relevant to the current storyline, though, I got nothing.
