Rhapsodies

This is one I’ve been waiting to do for a while. Not the Batmobile it’self, but the crew working on it, as part of my “Batman has a support crew” theme.

It took me a while to choose who would be working on the Batmobile and the other vehicles. I briefly considered bringing in Natasha Irons, but because of her being part of the Superman franchise, as well as her personal growth in the 52 series, that felt like a demotion to me. Fortunately, I remembered Earl Cooper and his daughter Maarva from the animated episode “The Mechanic”. The Mechanic isn’t a great episode and despite some nice bits with the Penguin, it’s pretty much just an exposition dump.I like because it introduces these two great characters.  It also answers the question of where Batman gets his work done (and one of the unstated rules of this challenge is the animated series is canon unless I say it isn’t.)

As far as our present is concerned, Earl’s slowed down quite a bit and has relegated himself to the administrative duties of the Batcave’s engineering department leaving Maarva with the position of lead mechanic.