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Warning : hold spoilers forBatman # 125 !
The most offence - ridden city in the creation , Gotham Cityis one of the most unsafe places to live in DC Comics . However , this does n’t stop the wealthy elite group from pack their bags and proceed into a beautiful estate on the fringe of the metropolis . When night shine , criminals take to the streets , followed swiftly by the city ’s vigilante protectors . Unfortunately , the attempt ofBatman and Robin can barely keep Gotham from drowningin its own corruption .
Long before Bruce Wayne took up the cowl as Batman , Gotham City was a city of glowering alley and unpredictable muggings . While many have speculate that Batman is the one who pull in many of Gotham ’s bad supervillains , something sinister has always hang around in the city smog . malefactor in costume have become so endemic in Gothamthat civilians no longer attempt to avoid them . When the GCPD is n’t hunting down the Dark Knight , they grow self-satisfied and reliant on him always being there to make clean up the streets .
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InBatman # 125 , by Chip Zdarsky , Jorge Jimenez , and Tomeu Morey , Batman and Robin are on the Penguin ’s derriere . The bird - themed rogue is behind a string of murder of Gotham ’s wealthiest — ironic for the bear - into - wealthiness Cobblepot , yes — and Batman suspects that the Flugelheim Gala will be his next target . It ’s one of the few present moment thatBatman ’s ' Bruce Wayne ' identity proves usefulin his cases . Robin does n’t seem so sure that the gala would go forward when Penguin ’s still on the open . “Won’t they cancel it?”Removing his mask , Bruce looks at Tim and states,“No . It ’s the hard part of this job — this citywantsto die . ”
This grievous revelation explains a lot of the inconsistencies in how people behave in Gotham . In a city where block out supervillains holding hoi polloi hostage and poisoning the piss supply are a regular occurrence , it ’d make more sense to seek real estate elsewhere . However , as Batman himself admits , the city has a demise compliments . Yet with this cognition , he go forward to put on the cowl every dark in the hopes of making it a good place . It also excuse Batman ’s reliance on the Robins , Batgirls and Gotham ’s other vigilantes — Bruce take someone to defend Gotham when he no longer can .
Batman reveals a harsh the true in this issue , one that explains why he has n’t really had a break throughout his 80 - year mirthful book tenure . Gotham is a dying trunk and Batman is its life support . While Batman Incorporated was formed for the expressed purpose of agitate that role to his allies , Bruce struggles with letting go — he ’s been seeking payback ever since his parents died , after all . However , despite his best feat , the fact remains the same : Gotham City’sdemise is inevitable .
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