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Gotham Central: Book 3: On the Freak Beat by [GREG RUCKA, Stefano Gaudiano, Michael Lark, Jason Alexander, Kano]

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This volume collects two separate cases of the Gotham Special Crimes Unit. Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of important evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about Officer Kelly's strange mutation. Plus, the dead body of Robin, the Boy Wonder is found on the streets. Now the detectives of Gotham Central must try to solve the mystery of his death while dealing with his former associates, Batman and the Teen Titans!

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Greg Rucka is an award-winning author of comics, novels, and screenplays, including 2020’s The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron. He is the author of some two-dozen novels, including the Atticus Kodiak series (Keeper, Finder, Smoker, Shooting at Midnight, Patriot Acts, and Walking Dead) as well as the Queen & Country series (A Gentelman’s Game, Private Wars, and The Last Run) which expands upon his Eisner-winning series of the same name, published by Oni Press.

He is the co-creator of the series Lazarus (with Michael Lark,) and Black Magick (with Nicola Scott) as well as The Old Guard stories with co-creator Leandro Fernandez. He is a multiple GLAAD, Eisner, and Harvey Award winner. His writing has included stories for both Marvel and DC, as well as penning three "middle-reader" Star Wars novellas.

Rucka was born in San Francisco and raised on the Monterey Peninsula. He earned his A.B. in English from Vassar College, and his MFA from USC. His first novel was published when he was 24, his first comic book series — Whiteout, from Oni Press — some five years later. He is married to writer Jennifer Van Meter. They have two children and one dog.

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Joey

Gotham Central will go down as one of the best things DC has ever done

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 9, 2016

Gotham Central will go down as one of the best things DC has ever done. If you've ever wondered what it's like to live in Gotham with Batman, this is the story you want.

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The Scribe

The Bat, the Cat & the Detectives

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 13, 2015

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The 'Gotham Central' series is a unique perspective on the Batman universe. The men and women of the GCPD who risk their lives on a daily basis are all too often overlooked due to the ominous shadow cast over them by Gotham's Dark Knight. This series takes the reader into a very believable and beautifully gritty reality that is the Major Crimes Unit of the GCPD. Ed Brubacker & Greg Rucka have created a wonderful series which I would strongly recommend to any 'Bat-fan'.

Volume III: 'On the Freak Beat' follows the detectives of the GCPD on their latest encounters with the 'freaks' of Gotham. I was a little disappointed that there are events discussed in this volume which are not shown at any point in the series. It made identifying with the narrative a little difficult as the reader is altogether detatched from what happened and is a driving force in the story yet can only piece together from conversations, what actually happened. A prologue or even a retrospective epilogue would have been a nice and easy way to tie up the loose ends of the 'Lights Out' story in this regard.

All in all, I felt that the stories contained within 'On the Freak Beat' were not as gripping as their predecessors, but were never the less are very well written and beautifully drawn 'Bat-fiction'. An excellent series that I will undoubtedly purchase all of, but 'On the Freak Beat' was just missing some of the flare, surprise and suspense that both 'Vol. I: In the Line of Duty' and 'Vol. II: Jokers & Madmen' delivered in spades.

Well worth a read and still a strong book but just not quite of the same caliber as its forbears.

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Zoltan Pinter

Gotham City isn't all about Batman only!

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on February 23, 2016

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A brutal gang war rages in Gotham City. After a tragic mistake, the police feels that they can no longer trust the Batman, so the Commissioner makes a fateful decision. With the Dark Knight now a wanted man and the famous Bat-Signal removed from the roof of headquarters, Gotham's finest are on their own. Once again, and as always with this great series, but now more than ever in need of some help by the Dark Knight.

While everyone thinks of Batman first when they hear Gotham City and crime, Greg Rucka's and Ed Brubaker's highly acclaimed series focuses on those less likely to be in any spotlight, the Gotham City police. If you like reading Batman stories, this is a great bonus; if you're not into super hero novels, you still might enjoy this a great deal as one of the main issues in this series is the difficult situation good police officers might find themselves in living and working in a city vith a super vigilante. Definitely worth reading!

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Stan FREDO

Un monde (presque) sans Batman

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on July 17, 2010

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La série Gotham Central axe son propos sur la police de Gotham, passé le départ à la retraite de l'emblématique commissaire Gordon. Avec les nouveaux responsables de la police, la relation avec l'homme chauve-souris sont plus réservées. Dans ce volume, les ponts sont carrément coupés (pour des raisons probablement à rechercher dans la série Batman) et le fameux bat-projecteur cher au commissaire Gordon démonté sans grand soin. En conséquence, la police de Gotham doit se débrouiller seule avec les "freaks" qui sont habituellement le lot du sombre chevalier. Grave question, centrale : est-ce Batman qui suscite tous ces maniaques, ou ces maniaques qui ont engendré Batman ? Les scénaristes/dialoguistes (Brubaker er Rucka, rien de moins) s'attachent à dépeindre les différents policiers du commissariat central, et notamment, dans ce volume, la paire Montoya/Allen. Il revient aux dessinateurs Lark et Gaudino (sans oublier les coloristes !) d'enfoncer le clou posé par Brubaker et Rucka. Et le résultat est magnifique, à mi chemin entre le buddy movie, le polar, le roman noir et l'univers désaxé de Batman. Beaucoup de références, certes, mais le bouquin se lit d'une traite et au premier degré !

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Dawn Saunders

sure he was pleased with it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 4, 2015

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This book was a Christmas present for my son at his request,sure he was pleased with it.

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Frank Castle

Wonderful Writing, Art Is Hit & Miss

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 26, 2018

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** My actual score is 3.75**

The writing of Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucker continued to be top tier, in line with their work in the first 2 volumes. Unfortunately I found the art to be a little lacking. The first portion of the book was drawn by Michael Lark(drew bk1 and most of bk 2), which I find to be outstanding. As I stated in reviews for the earlier volumes, Lark's art is somewhat of a noir style. It's quite the throwback to 70's and 80's comic art. Though light in detail, I found it to be very expressive and told its portion of the story very well.

Unfortunately Lark didn't draw this whole volume. The other artists did their best to mimic Lark's style, but didn't come close. Some panels I found even crossed the line into crude and jarring.

While I had some issue with a good portion of this books art, I thoroughly enjoyed the writing. Any fan of Brubaker and Rucker, Gotham city, or police procedure books will enjoy.

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