One thing the Nightwing sequence shines a light on, though, is that while Bruce & Alfred may be parenting the Robins together, Alfred is also still BRUCE's father figure. So that kind of tilts things in situations like that, where Alfred has to be both partner and parent at the same time.

Bruno Redondo's art really sells it in the last panel. Even with the obvious physical disparity, there is zero question who prevails in that confrontation. It feels almost superfluous to state that the next panel is Bruce walking into Dick's room, cowl off and thoroughly subdued.

Pretty sure you guys created it for issues 17-21. Doubt the acronym ever got an expansion; presumably the name would've been in Russian. The amazing coincidence that it spelled "sickle" in English would've been even harder to justify than, "I think somebody really wanted it to spell 'shield'".