Gotham Central: that one time when they shot Batman (whoops)

[wordswordswords.insanejournal.com]

If I recall correctly: when the Joker was sniping people in an earlier arc, he also kidnapped a female news anchor, tied her up, and hung her upside down with a camera pointing at her with a bomb nearby. Detective Nate Patton tried to disarm the bomb. Meanwhile, Batman showed up and managed to rescue the woman, but not the detective. The ensuing explosion put Patton in a coma, and eventually his family chose to pull the plug. Nate's partner was Romy. The police department took down the signal and then instructed the officers to treat him as a hostile.













Aaaaaand if it matters, Romy does get her gun back before she gets in trouble, thanks to some diplomatic work from Robin and Stacy the receptionist.

Comments

Re: One other thing...

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Bullets travel through plaster easily, the room is dark and she has no idea who else might be in there. That's safer how?

Re: One other thing...

[runespoor7.insanejournal.com]

I have no idea. But you were the one who said cops only shoot to kill, I was surprised.

If she's shooting to kill, yelling 'Freeze' at the same time makes no sense, though. One more proof she's not thinking clearly.

Re: One other thing...

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Romy's a human being. She might have seen Batman moving towards her and reacted like her training told her (which is to both yell freez and fire).

I mean hell, she's facing freakin' Batman. He's the one who cultivated an arua of fear and mystery, after all.

Re: One other thing...

[runespoor7.insanejournal.com]

I dunno, the art makes it look like he's just crouching there being obnoxious and narrow-eyed.