This Guy...This Gardner

You would think joking is not something Bats does, but it's really not that out of character for him. He's been known to be unexpectedly funny sometimes. What makes his jokes more hilarious are peoples' reactions to them...Plas is very unsettled.

PS: I have no idea why Bea is so happy to see J'onn. Do they have some kind of history I don't know about?

This seems very out of character for Etrigan (although seeing as he may be a construct from one of the Superbuddies' minds, this isn't very surprising). I feel like maybe Jason Blood took over for a second.

Etrigan speaks exclusively in rhyme, and this is hit or miss depending on the talent of the writer. Supposedly Alan Moore was the best at it, and JMS was pretty solid as well. Except for/including my favourite Etrigan rhyme EVER:

Simple and elegant, and added unexpected levity to a somewhat dark story.

In the second part of Formerly Known As the Justice League (which is called I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League), the Superbuddies find out that their neighbour is an ex-villain and is opening a bar. He mentions that he has a partner in the bar, and said partner walks into Superbuddies headquarters. There is a page of beat panels as the Superbuddies slowly turn around to see who this mysterious partner is and we see their looks of horror and shock before we see who it is. I remember thinking "This better be REALLY good, for the buildup that we're getting."

I was not let down:

I squeed so hard, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. And it wasn't just a brief guest appearance: he played a major role in the mini, and then we got to see his heart, which is what I like about Guy: he's a hilarious asshole on the outside, but he has a soft heart buried very deep inside. I think if he was just an asshole all the time, I wouldn't be nearly so fond of him.

PS: I have no idea what "This Guy...This Gardner!" is supposed to mean. Is it a pun of some sort? I can't figure it out.