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BATMAN #587
Cover Date: March 2001
Cover Price: $2.25
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Cover Credits:
Art: Durwin Talon (Signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Greg Rucka |
| Pencils | Rick Burchett |
| Inks | Rodney Ramos |
| Lettering | Willie Schubert |
| Colors | Noelle Giddings |
| Color separations | Wildstorm FX |
| Editing | Bob Schreck |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
Supporting Character(s):
- James Gordon (next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
- Renée Montoya (next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
- Harvey Bullock (next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
- Crispus Allen (next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
- Stacy (next in Birds of Prey #27)
- Tommy Burke
- Dagmar Procjnow
- Vincent Del Arrazio
- Joely Bartlett
- Oracle (behind the scenes; next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
Villain(s):
- Jordan Reynolds (first appearance; an officer of the GCPD; last in flashback in Nightwing Vol. 2 #53; in flashback in Catwoman Vol. 2 #90 in between pages; next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
- Catwoman (last in Nightwing Vol. 2 #52; next in Robin Vol. 2 #86)
- Rick (first appearance)
- Stanley (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Eric Cohen (first appearance; a GCPD detective; next in Birds of Prey #27)
- Andi Kasinsky (first appearance; a GCPD detective; next in Birds of Prey #27)
- Steve (a GCPD officer)
- Vanessa (a GCPD officer)
- Lowell (Jordan Reynolds' partner; last in flashback in Nightwing Vol. 2 #53; next in Birds of Prey #27)
Comment(s):
- Story continues in Robin Vol. 2 #86.
Synopsis: - It's James Gordon's birthday, and the major crimes unit takes him out for drinks to celebrate, though he promises to see his daughter Barbara afterwards (she's baked him a cake). They give him gifts, some more appropriate than others, and then he hands them each something too: a handcuff key. Partly because such things are always going missing and partly because they symbolize the authority of the police. He explains this to the cops as Batman goes about his normal business.
- The greatest power the police have is the power of arrest, the right to remove a person's liberty. Gordon says that he realized this for the first time when he arrested a man in front of the criminal's wife and children, who were in tears at the thought. Detective Allen remembers a lieutenant in Metropolis who always used to point out the other side of this particular coin: that every murder victim is also someone's father, mother, sibling or child. Gordon then has to leave, as he's late for meeting Barbara. Out in the alley, he meets Catwoman and tells her she's under arrest. But before he can do anything, some shots ring out. He fires instinctively, grazing Catwoman's thigh, but has been seriously injured himself, shot three times in the back by a lone gunperson.