Tag Archives: GCPD

Why Commissioner Gordon hates Wednesdays

Posted on June 1, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

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

Posted on January 20, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

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

Posted on July 9, 2020 by I.M. Baytor

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

Posted on November 11, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

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

Posted on April 15, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

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

Posted on January 31, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

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

Posted on November 30, 2017 by I.M. Baytor

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

Posted on November 7, 2017 by I.M. Baytor

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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On the beat with Renee Montoya and Harvey Bullock

Posted on June 29, 2017 by I.M. Baytor

Detective Comics #691 Man-Bat (v3) #2 Detective Comics #702 Detective Comics #705 The Joker – Devil’s Advocate Detective Comics #708 GCPD #1 Nightwing #23 Batman #547 Batman vs Predator III #1   NEXT: Spy comics.

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Why Commissioner Gordon hates Mondays

Posted on March 27, 2017 by I.M. Baytor

The Phantom Stranger (v3) #1 Robin (v4) #8 Batman #443 Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special: Choices Batman #456 Batman #434 Bane NEXT: An iconic Batman artist.

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