Batman: Officer Down (New Gotham 2) [Paperback]

Greg Rucka (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563897873
• ISBN-13: 978-1563897870
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Probably not for the casual Bat-fan, November 15, 2001

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noravasc (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Batman: Officer Down (New Gotham 2) (Paperback)

In general this is not a very exciting story. There is not a great deal of action and most of the story is given over to character examination. This is diffently not a book for the casual Batman reader, although anyone who feels they have a basic knowledge of the the Batverse will probably enjoy seeing the character developments. While this book is not a great story by itself, it does deal with a major change in Gotham, one that includes the loss of a major character, and something that is still effecting the comic line today.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In The Alltime Upper Echelon Of Batman Tales, February 27, 2006

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Stephen B. O'Blenis (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Batman: Officer Down (New Gotham 2) (Paperback)

I read this story years ago and its impact hasn't diminished one bit since the night I first experienced it. One of the highest in a large field of outstanding Batman and Batman-related arcs DC has published over the years, "Batman: Officer Down" is a razor-tight and simmering-with-suspense arc that brought about lasting changes into the Gotham corner of the DC Universe. If you're a regular DC reader, you probably long since know which changes were and which weren't wrought by this event, but if you're a new or returning reader, perhaps somebody who saw "Batman Begins", this collection is actually not a bad place to jump into the Batman line.

Written by some of comics's best writers (riveting dialogue!) and drawn by some of the best artists, in "Officer Down" the odds finally catch up with one of Gotham City's mainstay protectors as Commisioner Jim Gordon is gunned down in the streets. As Gordon clings to life in the hospital - with very little foreshadowing of whether he'll make it or not - the hunt is on for the assailant, by both the Gotham Police Department and the masked defenders of Gotham. Features one of the most brilliant police room interrogation scenes in any form of storytelling as just one of its deeply absorbing angles. Essential for DC fans.

As a sidenote, Batgirl # 12 is a tie-in to the crossover but not an 'official' part of it, hence its ommission from the book, and Detective Comics # 755 is the outstanding follow-up issue to the whole saga. Fans may want to pick those two issues up along with this Trade Paperback.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, November 14, 2001

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Savant11 "Savant11" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Batman: Officer Down (New Gotham 2) (Paperback)

I first passed on this book because I did not like the art work. But I decided to give it another go last week and I was impressed. Jim Gordon gets shot and it is up to the Bat family to track down the killer. It sounds like a simple story but things are not as they seem and the story has a lot of political machinations. It is a well thought out and structured story. Unfortunetly the art work won't blow your mind. But if you are looking for a story about Batman & co. This is it.