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"Perchance...": In Gotham City, Wonder Woman and Batman team-up to make quick work of a low-level super-villain called Steel Fang making an escape. The two crime fighters manage to exchange playful flirtations as they capture the criminal and make an appointment to finally have their "talk" abou

Quote1 I know the facts. He would be proud of me for that. He's brilliant. He's driven. A warrior in the classic sense. He's also terrifying. Borderline obsessed. Thriving in a darkness I forsook ages ago. He is stubborn, rude, and ruthless, and when we're working side by side, I find myself... fighting even harder. Always as an equal. Then... that kiss. That stupid kiss, literally before dying... that has plagued us both. Was it simply a moment shared by warriors on the battlefield? Or a desperate attempt to reconcile years of emotion in a fleeting heartbeat? It's time for an answer. Damn you. Quote2
Wonder Woman

JLA #90 is an issue of the series JLA (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 2004. It was published on November 26, 2003.

Synopsis for "Perchance..."

In Gotham City, Wonder Woman and Batman team-up to make quick work of a low-level super-villain called Steel Fang making an escape. The two crime fighters manage to exchange playful flirtations as they capture the criminal and make an appointment to finally have their "talk" about the kiss they shared while searching for Atlantis.

Later, despite the Watchtower being under renovations, Wonder Woman climbs into J'onn J'onzz's Transconscience Articulator to see if she really wants to be with Batman before sitting down to confront him. Instantaneously, she is transported to a future on Themyscira where she hasn't aged a day but Bruce Wayne is old and confined to a wheel chair. They stroll along the seaside and chat lovingly about the Batman's last days. Diana asks for one more day with him, while Bruce remarks that every day of his belong to hers. She then has another dream where she sees her children, garbed in Batsuits, fighting crime side by side in Gotham. She violently takes a wife beater with extreme prejudice. A quick view of Diana in Bruce's world and a quick view of Bruce in Diana's provide "odd couple" hi-jinx among a CEO and Greek goddess.

Just as Diana thinks she's been awoken from her dreams she's plunged back into a vision of her and the Dark Knight battling side by side. Then she's transported to a horrific last stand against the Joker, who kills her lover and so she ends his life in rage. High atop a bridge in another lifetime Diana cries silently to herself as Bruce offers a calming hand. The Olympian gods have denied her request to bear children. Regardless their love is without bounds and they will make this work.

Diana finally awakens from her dream, for real this time, and Bruce is waiting for her. After her deep soul search they agree to remain friends. The potential for greatness and disaster is too much and Diana states she isn't willing to risk their friendship. As she leaves however, she remembers the dream of her with old Bruce, asking for one more day.

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