Gotham Central #1

This German-language Panini edition brings the gritty police procedural world of Gotham Central to European readers, collecting the opening chapter of "In Erfüllung der Pflicht" — a street-level look at the men and women of the Gotham City Police Department. Michael Lark's grounded, noir-inflected linework, finished with his own inking and Noelle Giddings' moody colors, gives the series a distinctly cinematic feel that sets it apart from typical superhero fare. A fine entry point into one of 2004's most compelling takes on the Batman universe, seen from the badge up rather than the cape down.