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On Harvey Bullock – part 2

The Batman Adventures #33 Picking up from where I left off last month, let’s have a further look at the evolution of Gotham City’s gruffiest, scruffiest police detective, Harvey Bullock. In the 1990s, Bullock gained prominence as a memorable supporting … Continue reading

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On Harvey Bullock – part 1

Harvey Bullock is one of the most beloved supporting characters in Batman’s cast, probably because he is such a fun counterpoint to the Caped Crusader: a cigar-chomping, donut-munchin’, overweight, unkempt police detective with a penchant for flashy ties and massive … Continue reading

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Why Commissioner Gordon hates Wednesdays

Detective Comics #647 Night Cries Batman Confidential #40 Shadow of the Bat #69 Batman #576 Batman/Aliens II #1 Shadow of the Bat #65

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Gotham crime graphic novels

The trailer for the upcoming The Batman movie looks pretty darn awful, once again doubling down on the gloom without any hint of what makes the source material so much fun in the first place. That said, I suppose the … Continue reading

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1990s’ Batman comics reading guide – part 4

Batman #530 (Yep, I’m still posting about superheroes, even though the latest proto-apocalyptic events seem to have finally pushed the genre out of public consciousness, perhaps suitably.) After the success of 1993-1994’s Knightfall, the different Batman books kept a closely … Continue reading

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Chuck Dixon’s grounded Batman

Chuck Dixon has written hundreds of Batman comics. On top of his lengthy run in Detective Comics (1992-1999), he penned his fair share of Catwoman and Legends of the Dark Knight issues, having also pioneered the ongoing series Robin and … Continue reading

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On Gotham City’s beat cops

According to Mike’s Amazing World, the very first Batman tale came out eighty years ago this week, in Detective Comics #27. I figured I should mark the occasion on this blog with something different, so this week I’m going daily … Continue reading

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Great post-‘No Man’s Land’ stories

A year ago, I did a couple of posts about the coolest stories from the 1999 mega-crossover No Man’s Land, in which Gotham City, partly destroyed by an earthquake, descended into chaos and was cut off from the rest of … Continue reading

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Batman’s and Commissioner Gordon’s morbid bromance

Batman #240 Batman #418 The Brave and the Bold #98 Legends of the Dark Knight #71 Shadow of the Bat #11   NEXT: Everybody was kung fu fighting.

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The tragic fate of Sarah Essen

Batman #406 When people talk about the tendency for bestowing gruesome violence against prominent female characters in comic books – the ‘women-in-refrigerator’ trope – Sarah Essen is always one of the first names to come to my mind. She was … Continue reading

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