Batman’s World Just Flipped Upside Down, As A Beloved Hero is Accused in A Shocking Murder

Caution! Spoilers forward for Batman #154!The whole thing Batman is aware of is popping on its head as certainly one of his oldest allies has simply change into the number 1 suspect in a brutal homicide case. The Darkish Knight could have survived the occasions of Absolute Energy, however his darkest days could also be forward of him.

Within the days following Waller’s coup, Gotham has modified, each because of Batman’s public works tasks and the Riddler’s corporate revitalizing town. However as forces combat for regulate of Gotham, its chief, Mayor Christopher Nakano, has been shot and killed via an unknown assailant. Now Batman is digging into this thriller and its pointing him in a surprising path.

Jim Gordon is a Suspect in Batman’s Newest Homicide Case

Was once Gordon Seeing Mayor Nakano’s Spouse?

In Batman #154 via Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Digandomencio, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles, the Gotham Town Police Division is on prime alert after the demise of Mayor Nakano. Harvey Bullock leads the investigation and discusses the case with Batman and previous Police Commissioner Jim Gordon. Gordon suggests Vandal Savage, town’s new commissioner, may well be in the back of the homicide. However Christopher’s assistant issues Batman within the path of Leonid Kull, a member of the Courtroom of Owls who Christopher were coping with just lately.

Nakano’s spouse, Koyuki, is introduced and the police try to get right of entry to her telephone for clues. In the meantime, Batman tracks Kull right down to a cafe, the place he’s eating with the Riddler and appearing Mayor Jacob Horgan. The Darkish Knight accuses Leonid and Riddler of killing the mayor, however either one of them profess their innocence. Not able to turn out their culpability, Batman departs the eating place and heads to the morgue to check out Nakano’s frame and determines that Christopher submit a combat prior to he died and that the killer tried to hide their tracks.

Batman returns to the crime scene and meets up with Jim Gordon to speak about the case. As the 2 go searching for extra proof, Bullock calls Batman and says that they’ve cracked Koyuki’s telephone. After sifting via her texts, it’s published that the mayor’s spouse was once having an affair. Simply as this clue involves gentle, Gordon pulls a gun on Batman, pronouncing he was once most effective protecting himself. Batman flies right into a rage and disarms Gordon prior to punching him within the face as Bullock tries to stick in touch with the Caped Crusader.

Is Batman’s Oldest Best friend Actually a Killer?

Or is a Larger Conspiracy at Paintings?

Regardless that Bullock does not definitively say it was once Gordon whom Koyuki was once seeing, the surprising twist on the finish does lead the reader to suspect that he was once. To not point out, Gordon’s no stranger to having an affair, as he as soon as cheated on his spouse Barbara, with Sarah Essen. That being stated, Gordon nonetheless has some deniability and even though he was once the individual that Koyuki was once seeing in the back of the mayor’s again, that does not essentially make Gordon Christopher’s assassin (even though it does give Batman’s best friend a reason to do away with Nakano).

Sadly, Gordon says and does some beautiful damning issues in the previous few pages of Batman #154. Excluding pulling a gun on Batman (an attractive suspect motion), Gordon begins crying, claiming he was once simply protecting himself and that he “did not imply to“. It is arduous to believe what on Earth Gordon may well be speaking about if he wasn’t relating to the affair or taking pictures Nakano. However, given the opposite suspects, it’s now not arduous to believe that each Batman and Gordon are being performed at the moment.

Take into account, one of the crucial key gamers in Gotham at the moment is Leonid Kull, a member of the Courtroom of Owls. That syndicate has organized and pulled off extra conspiracies in Gotham than another, so it’s now not out of the area of chance that they’re framing Gordon. In the end, he and Batman are two of town’s largest crusaders of justice. If Kull, Vandal Savage and Riddler take Gordon out, then they may be able to center of attention on Batman and sooner or later overcome Gotham for their very own twisted functions.

What Does the Long term Hang for Batman and Gordon?

Batman is Gordon’s Most effective Hope

Batman is undoubtedly going to dig deeper into this thriller and, as of now, the rest is imaginable. It would end up that Gordon was once seeing Koyuki, however blameless of killing Christopher. However it is not unattainable to assume the Courtroom has manipulated occasions in order that Gordon would finally end up taking Nakano’s existence. As indignant as Batman is at the moment, he is the one person who could make issues proper once more via understanding what position his best friend performed on this stunning thriller.

Batman #154 is to be had now from DC Comics.

Batman

One among DC’s maximum iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero character of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Cast via tragedy with the demise of his oldsters, Bruce devoted his existence to turning into the arena’s main martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting a complete circle of relatives of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages struggle on evil because the darkish knight of his native land, Gotham Town.