Batman: The Black Mirror

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Dick manages to track down the Joker in the South Bowery Tunnels, but Joker tells him that he wasn't the one who mutilated Joker's ex-wife but James Gordon Junior. Tim Drake and Lucius Fox create a mask that allows Dick to sneak in by giving him a mask that lets him impersonate William Rhodes. Having just read "American Vampire" I wasn't sure Scott Snyder had the writing chops to create a Batman series this good, but he proves in "The Black Mirror" that he is easily as talented as the more experienced Batman scribes out there and can create a menacing, taut storyline to boot. If you're looking for a good Batman story that doesn't have a lot of Batman, this is a great book to read. Gotham's Batman, Dick Grayson, takes on the Dealer, a man selling the weapons of supervillains stolen from the GCPD evidence room, gun runners harassing a mob bosses daughter, and possibly the greatest threat of all, Commissioner Gordon's son.

And that conflicts a bit with my position that Batgirl is awesome and bringing Barbara back in the role is the best decision in the whole New 52.Bess had been one of Barbara's friends, and she disappeared in the woods while they were on vacation. First, in "The Black Mirror," a series of brutal murders pushes Batman's detective skills to the limit and forces him to confront one of Gotham City's oldest evils. Snyder also introduces several new characters including The Dealer, Roadrunner, Sonia Zucco and Tiger Shark. As a gothic and brooding city it is also the perfect setting to remind the reader that beneath the exterior, often a darker heart can be lurking.

reminisce the old days, with Dick mentioning a boy named Ben Wolff was with them, but soon has to leave because of a notification. There are epic tales of the Bruce Wayne Batman that everyone mentions: The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight, Year One, The Long Halloween, the list goes on and on. There really is only one thing I want to say about this: it is probably one of the best Batman stories I have ever read.There is a brief appearance of The Joker, and while it was good the dialogue of him with Dick Grayson (as Batman), where The Joker knew he wasn’t THE Batman and even that he was a Robin. As the latter, he works with Commissioner Gordon, using a state-of-the-art, high-tech crime lab that the Wayne Foundation built for the Gotham City Police Department and filling in for Bruce Wayne at certain social and business functions.

Loved him having to handle most of this story by himself, save for Red Robin helping just a tad bit. However, does it mean in the New 52, Barbara is the adopted daughter of Commissioner Gordon and his second wife Sarah?

Oracle helps him track down the Dealer escaping on a plane, and he uses a high-tech flying Batsuit to attack it in the air.