Gotham Underground #4
A funny thing happened to me as I was reading Gotham Underground #4. I started to really hate Tobias Whale. This is not because he's a sick, twisted criminal. After all, I share my blog with one of those. I hate Tobias Whale because he's trying to clean all the masked villains out of Gotham.
That sounds strange, doesn't it? I mean, that's what Batman's trying to do, right? Well, partly yes and partly... No. Batman's trying to clean all crime out of Gotham, no matter the form it takes. Whale wants to take out only the gimmicky villains... And set himself up in their place.
I know it's wrong, I know it's twisted, but I cannot stand for that. It's those maniacs that make Gotham what it is. They are Gotham far more than Batman could ever be. Batman wouldn't even be there if it weren't for them. His war is unending not because of normal crime... It's unending because of the exceptional villains who dwell in Gotham City.
And now Tobias Whale thinks he can just waltz in and kill them all off. Tobias Whale is not as smart as he thinks he is. He'd better pray that the Joker doesn't come a calling...
Labels: Gotham Underground
posted by Diamondrock @ 3:39 AM
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He's trying to get rid of Gotham's colorful masked villains? C'mon! That's all that Gotham has GOT! Heck, they are probably a tourist attraction!
This must not stand!
A rather unfortunate tourist attraction.
I mean, sometimes maybe, I dunno, the Riddler or Mr. Nice will pose for a photo op, but more often, the Joker kills like... fifty, sixty visitors to the city. Gotta cut a little into the cash flow.
My money is on the Penguin.
They better let the Penguin put the Whale in his place.
I hope you're right, Scipio. It's nice to see the Penguin back to semblence of his old self rather than the information punching bag for Batman we've seen in recent years...
I want Cobblepot to be the one to drop the truth of Tobias Whale.
That Gotham City didn't attract costumes criminals at the expense of organized crime. That the fact that Batman has his hands full with super crime is the only reason street crime still exists in Gotham. And that a pale, obese mobster named Whale is no different than a guy with an ice gun named Fries.
And I want Penguin to lay this all out right before he slits Whale's throat with an umbrella.
I think that part of this is meant to tie in with Salvation Run. That the only reason Whale can even TRY this takeover is because Joker and Ivy and a few of the other big SCARY heavyweights are off planet...
Still I was saddened to hear that Great White Shark apparently went down pretty easily after Slott set him up so well as a major player...
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