Paneling: The Brave And The Bold #149

This one is a bit different from most Paneling posts, as I typically focus on a specific panel that has burned itself into my memory but this one is about a panel that I did not remember. Which is surprising, as it’s a panel that is a bit of a headscratcher. It comes from here… The Brave and the Bold #149 …but while I had the original back in the day – acquired, I think, via mystery pack, though it may have been a Whitman version – I most recently read it in here: Teen Titans: The Bronze Age Omnibus The story from writer Bob Haney, artist and letterer Jim Aparo, and colorist Jerry Serpe, is entitled “Look Homeward, Runaway!” and features the Dark Knight Detective reaching out to the founding members of the Teen Titans for help dealing with a gang of teen criminals. Though the Teen Titans had recently disbanded, they’re willing to put the band back together to help out the Caped Crusader. The teen crime wave is the work of a gang of runaways who are clearly reporting to some central…