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Dick Grayson tracks down a man name William Rhodes because Barbara Gordon tracked him to an organization called the Mirror House, where they auction illegal material that belonged to Gotham's villains. During the chaos, William Rhodes accidentally drives himself into a wall, killing himself, but [[Barbara Gordon]] manages to create a fake identity and invitation for Dick Grayson to sneak in. [[Tim Drake]] and [[Lucius Fox]] create a mask that allows Dick Grayson to sneak in by giving him a mask that lets him impersonate William Rhodes. Dick Grayson meets up with [[Harvey Bullock (character)|Harvey Bullock]] to find out where the next auction is. Dick Grayson infiltrates the auction where the head of the auction Etienne Guiborg finds out Dick Grayson is spying on them and tells the rest of the people to kill him. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-29 |title=Detective Comics #872 |url=https://www.cbr.com/detective-comics-872/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> |
Dick Grayson tracks down a man name William Rhodes because Barbara Gordon tracked him to an organization called the Mirror House, where they auction illegal material that belonged to Gotham's villains. During the chaos, William Rhodes accidentally drives himself into a wall, killing himself, but [[Barbara Gordon]] manages to create a fake identity and invitation for Dick Grayson to sneak in. [[Tim Drake]] and [[Lucius Fox]] create a mask that allows Dick Grayson to sneak in by giving him a mask that lets him impersonate William Rhodes. Dick Grayson meets up with [[Harvey Bullock (character)|Harvey Bullock]] to find out where the next auction is. Dick Grayson infiltrates the auction where the head of the auction Etienne Guiborg finds out Dick Grayson is spying on them and tells the rest of the people to kill him. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-29 |title=Detective Comics #872 |url=https://www.cbr.com/detective-comics-872/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> |
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Dick Grayson manages to barely escape due to the toxin in the auction meeting and is found by Tim Drake in an alley. Dick Grayson learns that he has been out for 9 hours, and rushes to confront Etienne Guiborg before he can leave on a plane, but during the confrontation Etienne Guiborg transforms into a creature similar to [[Man-Bat]]. Dick Grayson manages to defeat Etienne Guiborg but has to escape when the plane explodes during the fight. Dick Grayson starts to move in back to Wayne Enterprise with Alfred, but is still shaken up by the toxin. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Reading – Batman: The Black Mirror (Detective Comics 871-873) – BattleGrip |url=https://www.battlegrip.com/reading-batman-the-black-mirror-detective-comics-871-873/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> Comissioner Gordon meets up with Harvey Bullock on a crime where the aviary cages from the Mayor unlocked, and the culprit is Jim Gordon's son and Barbara Gordon's half-brother James Gordon Junior. Comissioner Gordon meets with Barbara to |
Dick Grayson manages to barely escape due to the toxin in the auction meeting and is found by Tim Drake in an alley. Dick Grayson learns that he has been out for 9 hours, and rushes to confront Etienne Guiborg before he can leave on a plane, but during the confrontation Etienne Guiborg transforms into a creature similar to [[Man-Bat]]. Dick Grayson manages to defeat Etienne Guiborg but has to escape when the plane explodes during the fight. Dick Grayson starts to move in back to Wayne Enterprise with Alfred, but is still shaken up by the toxin. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Reading – Batman: The Black Mirror (Detective Comics 871-873) – BattleGrip |url=https://www.battlegrip.com/reading-batman-the-black-mirror-detective-comics-871-873/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> Comissioner Gordon meets up with Harvey Bullock on a crime where the aviary cages from the Mayor unlocked, and the culprit is Jim Gordon's son and Barbara Gordon's half-brother James Gordon Junior. Comissioner Gordon meets with Barbara to discuss about James Gordon returning back to Gotham. When Barbara Gordon leaves the diner, James Gordon Jr. appears to talk to Comissioner Gordon about wanting to redeem himself. James Gordon Junior explains that he checked himself into Houston General Psych center to find out that he is a [[Psychopathy|psychopath]] due to the [[amygdala]] in his brain not working effectively, so the doctors prescribed him diaxamyne and wants James Gordon's blessing to apply for a job under [[Leslie Thompkins]] and convince Dick Grayson to put in a good word for him before leaving. Batman (Dick Grayson) and [[Red Robin (identity)|Red Robin]] (Tim Drake) go fight crime with Batman still feeling the toxin effects. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Detective Comics 874 |url=https://www.comicbookrevolution.com/comic-book-starter-guide-dick-grayson-evolution-from-robin-to-nightwing-to-batman/detective-comics-874/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Comic Book Revolution |language=en}}</ref> |
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During winter, James Gordon tries to capture a serial killer dubbed the "[[Peter Pan]] killer" who abducts children and kills them by burning them alive. James Gordon manages to deduce the Peter Pan killer as Roy Blount because Roy had met the children because of his cleaning business and has burns on his arm and neck. James Gordon also remembers how James Gordon Junior was a troubled boy who needed to take a test for psychopathology, and how during one summer, James Gordon Junior made Barbara Gordon's friend Bess uncomfortable, which makes James Gordon and Barbara Gordon suspicious that James Gordon killed Bess when she was missing. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Detective Comics #875 Review |url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/Detective_Comics_875.html |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=www.comicbookbin.com}}</ref> |
During winter, James Gordon tries to capture a serial killer dubbed the "[[Peter Pan]] killer" who abducts children and kills them by burning them alive. James Gordon manages to deduce the Peter Pan killer as Roy Blount because Roy had met the children because of his cleaning business and has burns on his arm and neck. James Gordon also remembers how James Gordon Junior was a troubled boy who needed to take a test for psychopathology, and how during one summer, James Gordon Junior made Barbara Gordon's friend Bess uncomfortable, which makes James Gordon and Barbara Gordon suspicious that James Gordon killed Bess when she was missing. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Detective Comics #875 Review |url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/Detective_Comics_875.html |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=www.comicbookbin.com}}</ref> |
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An abnormally large [[orca]] was found in Gotham Global Modern Bank, but Gotham City's police could not find out why due to someone tampering the cameras. Comissioner Gordon goes to meet with Dick Grayson about this, where Dick Grayson finds out the orca was forced to take a lot of [[growth hormone]]<nowiki/>s. Comissioner Gordon tells Dick Grayson the head of the Gotham Global Modern Bank's name is Sonia Zucco, but Dick Grayson notices Comissioner Gordon is distracted and asks him what's wrong. Comissioner Gordon tells Dick Grayson that his son came back, and asks Dick Grayson to meet him to make sure he's fine. Just then, a body is ripped out of the orca's body, and Dick Grayson deduces the body is a woman name Evelyn who is Sonia's worker. Dick Grayson goes out to meet Sonia Zucco, but she tells she does not know who did it and asks him to leave. Sonia calls a man name Bixty Rhodes to tell him what just happened, but Dick Grayson overhears it and goes out to confront him, but not before getting trapped by a [[car crusher]] machine. <ref>{{Cite web |last=May 8 |first=Joey EspositoUpdated: |last2=Apr 28 |first2=2012 5:24 amPosted: |last3=Am |first3=2011 6:40 |date=2011-04-28 |title=Detective Comics #876 Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/04/28/detective-comics-876-review |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Critical reception == |
== Critical reception == |
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| "Batman: The Black Mirror" | |||
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| Publisher | DC Comics | ||
| Publication date | January – October 2011 | ||
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| Main character(s) | Dick Grayson | ||
| Creative team | |||
| Writer(s) | Scott Snyder | ||
| Artist(s) | Jock, Francesco Francavilla | ||
"The Black Mirror" is a Batman story arc written by Scott Snyder, and illustrated by Jock and Francesco Francavilla. The story was published in ten issues of Detective Comics in 2011 by DC Comics.[1] It is known for being the final Batman storyline of the Post-Crisis DC Universe before the 2011 reboot initiative New 52. The storyline was released to critical acclaim from critics who praised Scott Snyder's writing, the art, the horror tone and the action, which managed to convince DC Comics to hire Scott Snyder as the main writer for Batman in the New 52.
Premise
The plot tells the continued adventures of Dick Grayson as Batman, as Bruce Wayne continues his work for Batman Incorporated. Dick must battle against several villains, one of whom is selling various super villain weapons and items in an underground black market. Also, Jim Gordon and his daughter Barbara Gordon must contend with the return of James Gordon Jr., whom they have ex-communicated due to his continued psychopathy.
Plot
Dick Grayson is staying in Gotham City while Bruce Wayne is busy with his work on Batman Incorporated and has partnered Wayne Enterprise with Gotham City Police Department. Alfred Pennyworth arrives to debrief on Dick Grayson on Commissioner Jim Gordon wanting to meet him, where Jim Gordon tells Dick Grayson how a 12-year-old boy who was bullied was transformed into a monster similar to Killer Croc and ate a kid's arm off due to him ingesting a potion. Dick Grayson runs tests on the tube and it is identical. Dick Grayson dresses up as Batman and goes to confront the child's butler Mr. Read, but Mr. Read is killed by the boy's mother, Mrs. Redford, who then commits suicide when Dick Grayson tries to confront her. Dick Grayson and Jim Gordon talk to each other, and they find out Mrs. Redford had the Mad Hatter's technology tattooed on her neck which caused her to be brainwashed and kill the butler. Jim Gordon thinks a man name Cullen Buck was the one responsible for this, and Dick Grayson confronts Cullen Buck on who has been supplying people the potion but Cullen Buck dies mysteriously before he could answer. [2]
Dick Grayson tracks down a man name William Rhodes because Barbara Gordon tracked him to an organization called the Mirror House, where they auction illegal material that belonged to Gotham's villains. During the chaos, William Rhodes accidentally drives himself into a wall, killing himself, but Barbara Gordon manages to create a fake identity and invitation for Dick Grayson to sneak in. Tim Drake and Lucius Fox create a mask that allows Dick Grayson to sneak in by giving him a mask that lets him impersonate William Rhodes. Dick Grayson meets up with Harvey Bullock to find out where the next auction is. Dick Grayson infiltrates the auction where the head of the auction Etienne Guiborg finds out Dick Grayson is spying on them and tells the rest of the people to kill him. [3]
Dick Grayson manages to barely escape due to the toxin in the auction meeting and is found by Tim Drake in an alley. Dick Grayson learns that he has been out for 9 hours, and rushes to confront Etienne Guiborg before he can leave on a plane, but during the confrontation Etienne Guiborg transforms into a creature similar to Man-Bat. Dick Grayson manages to defeat Etienne Guiborg but has to escape when the plane explodes during the fight. Dick Grayson starts to move in back to Wayne Enterprise with Alfred, but is still shaken up by the toxin. [4] Comissioner Gordon meets up with Harvey Bullock on a crime where the aviary cages from the Mayor unlocked, and the culprit is Jim Gordon's son and Barbara Gordon's half-brother James Gordon Junior. Comissioner Gordon meets with Barbara to discuss about James Gordon returning back to Gotham. When Barbara Gordon leaves the diner, James Gordon Jr. appears to talk to Comissioner Gordon about wanting to redeem himself. James Gordon Junior explains that he checked himself into Houston General Psych center to find out that he is a psychopath due to the amygdala in his brain not working effectively, so the doctors prescribed him diaxamyne and wants James Gordon's blessing to apply for a job under Leslie Thompkins and convince Dick Grayson to put in a good word for him before leaving. Batman (Dick Grayson) and Red Robin (Tim Drake) go fight crime with Batman still feeling the toxin effects. [5]
During winter, James Gordon tries to capture a serial killer dubbed the "Peter Pan killer" who abducts children and kills them by burning them alive. James Gordon manages to deduce the Peter Pan killer as Roy Blount because Roy had met the children because of his cleaning business and has burns on his arm and neck. James Gordon also remembers how James Gordon Junior was a troubled boy who needed to take a test for psychopathology, and how during one summer, James Gordon Junior made Barbara Gordon's friend Bess uncomfortable, which makes James Gordon and Barbara Gordon suspicious that James Gordon killed Bess when she was missing. [6]
An abnormally large orca was found in Gotham Global Modern Bank, but Gotham City's police could not find out why due to someone tampering the cameras. Comissioner Gordon goes to meet with Dick Grayson about this, where Dick Grayson finds out the orca was forced to take a lot of growth hormones. Comissioner Gordon tells Dick Grayson the head of the Gotham Global Modern Bank's name is Sonia Zucco, but Dick Grayson notices Comissioner Gordon is distracted and asks him what's wrong. Comissioner Gordon tells Dick Grayson that his son came back, and asks Dick Grayson to meet him to make sure he's fine. Just then, a body is ripped out of the orca's body, and Dick Grayson deduces the body is a woman name Evelyn who is Sonia's worker. Dick Grayson goes out to meet Sonia Zucco, but she tells she does not know who did it and asks him to leave. Sonia calls a man name Bixty Rhodes to tell him what just happened, but Dick Grayson overhears it and goes out to confront him, but not before getting trapped by a car crusher machine. [7]
Critical reception
According to Comicbook Roundup, the entire story received an average rating of 8.7 out of 10 based on 126 reviews. [8]
Collected editions
| Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batman: The Black Mirror | Detective Comics #871-881 | November 2012 | 978-0606268417 |
| Batman Noir: The Black Mirror | Detective Comics #871-881 (pencils and inks only) | March 2016 | 978-1401259686 |
| Absolute Batman: The Black Mirror | Detective Comics #871-881 | May 2019 | 978-1401289553 |
References
- ^ "Batman: The Black Mirror Hardcover Review". IGN. November 23, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Dan (May 4, 2012). "Detective Comics #871 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ "Detective Comics #872". CBR. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "Reading – Batman: The Black Mirror (Detective Comics 871-873) – BattleGrip". Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Detective Comics 874". Comic Book Revolution. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Detective Comics #875 Review". www.comicbookbin.com. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ May 8, Joey EspositoUpdated:; Apr 28, 2012 5:24 amPosted:; Am, 2011 6:40 (2011-04-28). "Detective Comics #876 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
{{cite web}}:|first3=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Detective Comics: Batman: The Black Mirror Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
