I enjoyed the story of Batman #657 even though it revolved around the character of Batman's supposed son Damien, a freakish man-boy with the personality of a sociopath. Sometimes the most annoying characters can be incredibly entertaining.

I don't know if it's intentional or not (I think probably not), but throughout the book Damien is drawn with bizarre proportions and facial expressions that make it difficult to determine if he's a man or a boy. In the image shown here, he has a mature face and a longwaisted torso. I can't figure out his age at all--twelve, maybe?

For some reason, as I was reading, I kept being reminded of the Peter and Raymond recordings. Every time Damien opened his mouth I would hear in my head Shut Up, Little Man! Shut yer dirty little mouth.