Battle for the Cowl: Commissioner Gordon # 1 - A Cold Day in Hell

is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 5 / / 2009

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Gotham City is in a state of emergency. Crime runs rampant, commerce is at a standstill, and gang warfare is on the rise. Through its darkest hours, one man has stood firm against the criminal element in Gotham - Police Commissioner James Gordon. Now, in the aftermath of "Batman: R.I.P.," Gordon and the GCPD will have to reclaim Gotham and take down Mister Freeze without the assistance of Batman. But with evil on the rise, will this be the beginning of the end of law enforcement in Gotham City? The battle has just begun in this all-new one-shot.

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  • Guy Major
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    Royal McGraw
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    Sal Cipriano
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  • Tom Mandrake
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    User Reviews
    A worthy companion to the BFTC crossover
    Reviewed by dan6433 on April 3, 2009.
    dan6433 has written 20 reviews. His/her last review was for Long Shadows, Part Three: Tripwires.
    7 out of 9 users recommend his reviews.
    While not really serving to substantially propel Tony Daniel's BFTC series in any direction, this stand alone one-shot revolving around Commissioner Gordon expounds upon the hopeless situation of Gotham's police department. McGraw does a great job of telling this story in the aftermath of Arkham's destruction, considering the constraining number of pages he's forced to pack it into, and the key element that shines through in this issue is the coming to terms with Batman's fate. And, though Mandrake's artwork may seem elementary in some frames, his Mr. Freeze is fantastic. 

    All in all, this is worth a read if you enjoy anything and everything having to do with Batman and Gotham City, but this one-shot doesn't contain much of the BFTC story in and of itself.



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