Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty
by:
Michael Lark (author)
Greg Rucka (author)
Ed Brubaker (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781401201999 (1401201997)
Publish date: May 1st 2004
Publisher: DC Comics
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Mystery,
Crime,
Noir,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comic Book,
Superheroes,
Dc Comics,
Batman
Series: Gotham Central trade paperbacks (#1)
With the new TV series Gotham currently being cast there has been a bit of buzz around what the storyline is going to be about. Unfortunately it is not going to be based upon this excellent series by Brubaker and Rucka. This would actually be a great way to do a non-Batman series, especially as it w...
3 – 3.5 starsWouldn’t it be great to be a cop in Gotham City? I mean the Bat would pretty much take down anything serious leaving you more time with your coffee and doughnuts, right? Well, as this comic series from Ed Brubaker shows: not so much. It appears that Bats is a whacko-magnet and given tha...
Liked this a lot more than I thought I would..
How do Gotham's Finest really feel about Batman? The initial assumption is that they'd feel grateful, of course. In Gotham Central's Major Crimes Unit, the detectives often feel a bit miffed that some guy in a Halloween costume can do their job better than they can. There's a certain amount of resen...
One of the best of the graphic novels I read thus far, the mix of mundane police business with over the top comic book villains was both entertaining and human.