#seriously though this was a great story if you are Dick Babs Bullock or Montoya

[zahri-melitor]

(gosh I’ve been reading a lot this long weekend) Officer Down! Oooof.

There’s the good (Babs and Dick essentially run the vigilante side of this storyline in tandem, because Bruce is busy pretending he’s the primary victim and only he is allowed to have emotions. Nightwing #53 especially has some great character moments for both Babs and Dick) There’s the bad (I get you sometimes get shafted in your own book during crossover events, but giving Tim two whole lines in Robin #86 was a lowpoint even for ‘we’re using this title to advance the plotline’)

And then there is the ugly (it is without doubt a copaganda storyline containing a lot of bad policing and justifications for why the bad policing occurred, and that bad policing led to the conclusion) Overall it’s a good shakeup of the status quo of the story, setting up things that will come into play in a year during Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive. Gordon retires! Alfred quits (again)! Everyone is once again back in the Bruce (you asshole) headspace! The ending is messy and liable to cause continued issues down the line! Harvey Bullock is one of my problematic fave characters. He’s very specifically not a good cop, but he’s a fascinating foil for Renee Montoya over many many years. There’s a reason they didn’t let him conduct the interview in this. And there’s also a reason he’s the one to talk Renee down. Also Bruce you need to get over yourself and your habit of centring all events as a personal tragedy to YOU (Bruce will never stop doing this).