Batman: New Gotham: Officer Down

by Greg Rucka, Rick Burchett (Illustrator), Rodney Ramos (Illustrator)

Other authors: Steve Bird (Illustrator), Ed Brubaker (Contributor), Bronwyn Carlton (Contributor), Mike Collins (Illustrator), Nunzio DeFilippis (Contributor) — 9 more, Jesse Delperdang (Illustrator), Chuck Dixon (Contributor), Wayne Faucher (Illustrator), Devin Grayson (Contributor), N. Steven Harris (Illustrator), Mike Lilly (Illustrator), John Nyberg (Illustrator), Arnold Pander (Illustrator), Jacob Pander (Illustrator)

Series: Batman: New Gotham (2), Birds of Prey Vol. 1 [1999-2009] (27, 29), Batman Vol. 1 (1940-2011) (collections) (587), Detective Comics Vol. 1 [1937-2011] (collections) (754), Batman

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Written by Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker and others; Art by Rick Burchett, Jacob and Arnold Pander, and others Batman must solve a mystery of an extremly personal nature: Who shot Commissioner James Gordon three times in the back? As one of his dearest friends lies close to death, the Dark Knight begins his investigation with the only eyewitness, Catwoman. As Batman delves deeper into the mystery, he quickly learns that this is more than a simple whodunit. Enlisting the aide of Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, Azarel, and Oracle, Batman discovers the true and shocking identity of the assailant and now must live up to his oath to bring him to justice.… (more)

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freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |

I didn't care for some of the art in this, but the story is great. (

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widdersyns | Jul 19, 2020 |

A compilation of stories from the various "Batman" books, in which Commisioner James Gordon is gunned down from behind and hangs by a thread in the hospital while Batman and company try to track down his assailant. They do, and Gordon eventually recovers, but his response is to announce his retirement, precipitating a realistic and very well-handled confrontation between him and the Dark Knight. These two don't often discuss their relationship or their feelings, but much of it comes out here, and to moving effect. The Batman portrayed at the end of this story is more human than I've seen him portrayed in some time. Artwork is generally good, but uneven. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Greg Rucka	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Burchett, Rick	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ramos, Rodney	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
Bird, Steve	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brubaker, Ed	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carlton, Bronwyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Collins, Mike	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
DeFilippis, Nunzio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Delperdang, Jesse	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dixon, Chuck	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Faucher, Wayne	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grayson, Devin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harris, N. Steven	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lilly, Mike	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nyberg, John	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pander, Arnold	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pander, Jacob	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Batman Vol. 1 (1940-2011) (collections) (587)

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Birds of Prey Vol. 1 [1999-2009] (27, 29)

Detective Comics Vol. 1 [1937-2011] (collections) (754)

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Written by Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker and others; Art by Rick Burchett, Jacob and Arnold Pander, and others Batman must solve a mystery of an extremly personal nature: Who shot Commissioner James Gordon three times in the back? As one of his dearest friends lies close to death, the Dark Knight begins his investigation with the only eyewitness, Catwoman. As Batman delves deeper into the mystery, he quickly learns that this is more than a simple whodunit. Enlisting the aide of Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, Azarel, and Oracle, Batman discovers the true and shocking identity of the assailant and now must live up to his oath to bring him to justice.

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