Gotham Central
DC · 2008–2011 · 4 issues
About the series
In this 2008–2011 DC miniseries, writers Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker, alongside artists Michael Lark, Kano, and Stefano Gaudiano, shift the spotlight from caped crusaders to the detectives of the Gotham City Police Department. The four-issue arc grounds its crime procedural in the gritty, day-to-day reality of officers navigating a city defined by Batman’s shadow—where even a routine homicide can spiral into the bizarre. It matters as a taut, human-focused take on the Batman mythos, proving that the most compelling stories can come from the people who clean up the streets, not just the ones who fly above them.
