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scans_dailyIn the aftermath of the explosion in the last issue, Batman manages to get an injured man out of a van destroyed in the blast. He gets the man onto a life-support system rigged up inside the Batmobile, not that the man is all that happy about it, as he seems wary of Batman for some reason, having ended up at the source of the explosion after following a messageboard post.
Meanwhile, it seems that the target of the explosion, Professor Pyg, is somewhat ticked that some seems to have attempted to blow up his dolltron factory, so he sends his mindcontrolled minions out to kill Batman with various hammer, saws, bits of wood with nails etc. Batman sends the man to the hospital in a section of the Batmobile that seperates and drives off by itself, as he himself heads after Pyg.
At the Iceberg Lounge, the Penguin isn't taking the collapse of his empire very well, slashing the face of one of his bodyguards after he lets a woman into the Penguin's rooms under the guise of being into him... only to knock him out as soon as they were past the security. That woman turns out to be Catwoman, who tells the Penguin that she and the Gotham Underground were willing to just stay out of their pissing contest, but since Gotham's homeless have started disappearing below the streets of the city, she's naturally peeved and blames Oswald for it.
On the edge of town, it seems that Falcone has teamed up with Tiger Shark and Rhodes (aka Roadrunner) from the Black Mirror storyline. Turns out that Rhodes had been running deliveries for Pyg, and took the appearance of Falcone as an opportunity to turn his freight delivery service into a means of sending bombs to all of Pyg's hideouts. Carmine apparently approves of this, as Rhodes is more of a conventional criminal like himself, and killing Pyg means there'll be one less freak to deal with down the line.
Back at the Iceberg Lounge...
Commander Wilhelm, a penguin with a camera strapped to it being used by Oswald as a kind of mobile CCTV suddenly goes offline, largely due to being eaten by an orca belonging to Tiger Shark.
The Penguin tells Selina that this gangwar isn't a semi-serious conversation between master criminals like the two of them have, it's a battle for the very heart of Gotham. Oswald claims that he in fact saved the city all those years ago by uniting the gangs and kicking out Carmine, at least Cobblepot's way the violence was kept off the street and kids weren't being killed by bullets intended for hoodlums and gangsters. He tells Selina that, one way or another, tonight will decide her legacy in the city for good or ill... and then Tiger Shark's men detonate the explosives they'd attached to the Iceberg Lounge, causing it to sink into the harbour.
Back with Batman and Pyg, Bruce is trying to stop Pyg's dolltrons from killing random passersby, blaming them for the attacks on his facilities. He's dogpiled by a bunch of the mooks, and tells Pyg that Falcone set him up, to the supervillain's surprise. He might have been told he was taking part in some kind of grand scheme, but at the end of the day the bombs aimed at Pyg were just distractions to keep Batman away from Carmine's attacks on the Penguin.
Falcone might have told Pyg he believed in his "art", but he was still willing to let the Professor's life's work go up in flames just to keep Batman pre-occupied for a couple of hours. As this new information sinks in, making Pyg tear up, Batman promptly heabutts him in the face, destroying the device he was using to control the dolltron mob.
At the Iceberg Lounge, the Penguin is trying to save as much of his cash as possible, as it seems he rather stupidly decided to keep the majority of his cash in the casino's safe rather than, you know, in a bank or something. Catwoman, meanwhile, is trying to stop the casino and nightclub patrons from disappearing into the drink, as the Lounge attempts an impression of the Titanic.
Oswald manages to get away with a mere sack of rather soggy cash, and only just manages to escape being eaten by Tiger Shark's orca thanks to Selina's timely intervention. Meanwhile, across town, the GCPD have finally arrived at the site of Pyg's defeat, finding the Professor and some of his dolltrons tried to a lamppost in typical Batman fashion. A cop is pleased that Batman appears to have done their work for them in capturing Pyg (what with him being vital to Gordon's trial and all), so he's naturally shocked when Forbes shows up and cuts him loose. They have to show that Gotham can take down the freaks without Batman's help... which even if he's as corrupt as he's appears, is a thoroughly stupid move considering Pyg's importance, not least his kidnapping children at the start of the story.
We wrap up with Bruce and Selina looking over the sunken remains of the Iceberg Lounge, while the Penguin looks all sad at his wealth, home and legacy becoming significantly waterlogged.
Yeaaaaah, I'm going to say that Forbes' decision to let Pyg stay free is either incredibly stupid (after all, Falcone was trying to kill him as both a means of tying up loose ends and to create a distraction, so he probably doesn't gain anything from Pyg just roaming about causing random destruction) or he's somehow smarter than I thought (which wouldn't be hard) and he's actually attempting to play both sides against the middle, by abusing the war between Carmine, Batman and the Gotham Rogues to secure a better standing for himself... from what I've seen, I think it's more the former than the latter.
Anyways, next week: Cass Returns... Possibly!?
Meanwhile, it seems that the target of the explosion, Professor Pyg, is somewhat ticked that some seems to have attempted to blow up his dolltron factory, so he sends his mindcontrolled minions out to kill Batman with various hammer, saws, bits of wood with nails etc. Batman sends the man to the hospital in a section of the Batmobile that seperates and drives off by itself, as he himself heads after Pyg.
At the Iceberg Lounge, the Penguin isn't taking the collapse of his empire very well, slashing the face of one of his bodyguards after he lets a woman into the Penguin's rooms under the guise of being into him... only to knock him out as soon as they were past the security. That woman turns out to be Catwoman, who tells the Penguin that she and the Gotham Underground were willing to just stay out of their pissing contest, but since Gotham's homeless have started disappearing below the streets of the city, she's naturally peeved and blames Oswald for it.
On the edge of town, it seems that Falcone has teamed up with Tiger Shark and Rhodes (aka Roadrunner) from the Black Mirror storyline. Turns out that Rhodes had been running deliveries for Pyg, and took the appearance of Falcone as an opportunity to turn his freight delivery service into a means of sending bombs to all of Pyg's hideouts. Carmine apparently approves of this, as Rhodes is more of a conventional criminal like himself, and killing Pyg means there'll be one less freak to deal with down the line.
Back at the Iceberg Lounge...
Commander Wilhelm, a penguin with a camera strapped to it being used by Oswald as a kind of mobile CCTV suddenly goes offline, largely due to being eaten by an orca belonging to Tiger Shark.
The Penguin tells Selina that this gangwar isn't a semi-serious conversation between master criminals like the two of them have, it's a battle for the very heart of Gotham. Oswald claims that he in fact saved the city all those years ago by uniting the gangs and kicking out Carmine, at least Cobblepot's way the violence was kept off the street and kids weren't being killed by bullets intended for hoodlums and gangsters. He tells Selina that, one way or another, tonight will decide her legacy in the city for good or ill... and then Tiger Shark's men detonate the explosives they'd attached to the Iceberg Lounge, causing it to sink into the harbour.
Back with Batman and Pyg, Bruce is trying to stop Pyg's dolltrons from killing random passersby, blaming them for the attacks on his facilities. He's dogpiled by a bunch of the mooks, and tells Pyg that Falcone set him up, to the supervillain's surprise. He might have been told he was taking part in some kind of grand scheme, but at the end of the day the bombs aimed at Pyg were just distractions to keep Batman away from Carmine's attacks on the Penguin.
Falcone might have told Pyg he believed in his "art", but he was still willing to let the Professor's life's work go up in flames just to keep Batman pre-occupied for a couple of hours. As this new information sinks in, making Pyg tear up, Batman promptly heabutts him in the face, destroying the device he was using to control the dolltron mob.
At the Iceberg Lounge, the Penguin is trying to save as much of his cash as possible, as it seems he rather stupidly decided to keep the majority of his cash in the casino's safe rather than, you know, in a bank or something. Catwoman, meanwhile, is trying to stop the casino and nightclub patrons from disappearing into the drink, as the Lounge attempts an impression of the Titanic.
Oswald manages to get away with a mere sack of rather soggy cash, and only just manages to escape being eaten by Tiger Shark's orca thanks to Selina's timely intervention. Meanwhile, across town, the GCPD have finally arrived at the site of Pyg's defeat, finding the Professor and some of his dolltrons tried to a lamppost in typical Batman fashion. A cop is pleased that Batman appears to have done their work for them in capturing Pyg (what with him being vital to Gordon's trial and all), so he's naturally shocked when Forbes shows up and cuts him loose. They have to show that Gotham can take down the freaks without Batman's help... which even if he's as corrupt as he's appears, is a thoroughly stupid move considering Pyg's importance, not least his kidnapping children at the start of the story.
We wrap up with Bruce and Selina looking over the sunken remains of the Iceberg Lounge, while the Penguin looks all sad at his wealth, home and legacy becoming significantly waterlogged.
Yeaaaaah, I'm going to say that Forbes' decision to let Pyg stay free is either incredibly stupid (after all, Falcone was trying to kill him as both a means of tying up loose ends and to create a distraction, so he probably doesn't gain anything from Pyg just roaming about causing random destruction) or he's somehow smarter than I thought (which wouldn't be hard) and he's actually attempting to play both sides against the middle, by abusing the war between Carmine, Batman and the Gotham Rogues to secure a better standing for himself... from what I've seen, I think it's more the former than the latter.
Anyways, next week: Cass Returns... Possibly!?
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Date: 2014-05-21 06:56 pm (UTC)On a different note, how many times have we seen the Penguin in the role of "Gotham's embattled crime boss, who then gets overthrown by the new villain"?
Because it feels like a lot, and frankly I'd be way more interested in seeing a story about how a dude who uses individually named crime penguins (adorable) managed to claw his way to the top.
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Date: 2014-05-21 07:08 pm (UTC)I'm more bothered by yet again we see evidence that more gentlemenly crime bosses do actually do more good than Batman in this caricature of a city. Every time one looses power all hell breaks loose and the death toll skyrockets from regular crime.
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Date: 2014-05-21 10:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-22 08:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-22 09:23 am (UTC)And one guy I only learnt who he was due to my reading the Batman: Year Zero trade a couple of days ago... which reading through it it actually had a lot of hints and references to this series, so I guess you have to read the main title to get it after all?
On a related note, oh my God, Year Zero was AMAZING!