Real name: Lance Burner
First appearance: The Brave and the Bold I#53 (May 1969)
Abilities: Being a punk
Worst act: Theft
Quote: "No thanks Big Daddy, 'cause strange as it sounds, I don't dig you at all! You're too much like me!"
Created by: Bob Haney (script), Neal Adams (pencils/inks), and Ben Oda (letters)
And the first proper crossover with another title.
Here Batman learns that, due to a promise his father made, he has to take in another ward, the titular Lance Burner.
Lance is a bit two-faced. To Wayne he's all smiles and sunshine, eager to be part of a new family. To Dick he's a two bit punk. Lance also figures out Batman's identity but while the story does suggest he's going to spill the beans he has a deathbed conversion and doesn't reveal anything.
Really more of a Batman/Robin yarn but the Titans do show up. Lance reminds me quite a bit of Jason Todd, even the memorial statue in the backyard.
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