Welcome to the streets of Gotham. While Batman is a “street level” character, he still is usually fighting with killer clowns, obnoxious geniuses and crocodile men. So who handles all the day to day crime? Well, the Gotham City Police Department of course. And while it is a legendarily corrupt force, there are still cops who do their best (yes, we understand the copaganda of it all, but it’s fiction and we can hope, right?). We’ve covered GCPD stories before, so we’re heading back for another go. This week, we read two stories from the 90s from before the No Man’s Land focused on our usual squad of good cops and then wrap up with an issue of Gotham Central that digs deep into the seedy underbelly of the cops who aren’t so good.
- Batman: GCPD #1-4
- Batman: Bullock’s Law #1
- Nature (Gotham Central #32)
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Matt Lazorwitz read his first comic at the age of 5. It was Who's Who in the DC Universe #2, featuring characters whose names begin with B, which explains so much about his Batman obsession. He writes about comics he loves, and co-hosts the podcasts BatChat with Matt & Will and The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
Will Nevin loves bourbon and AP style and gets paid to teach one of those things. He is on Twitter far too often.
