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captwinghead's review against another edition
4.0
Another great volume for Gotham Central. This focuses on Renee Montoya and I am so thankful for that.
This explores perhaps the most well developed gay character I've read in a comic book aside from Kate Kane. I can name a few gay characters off the top of my head but they're usually just side characters. We never really see them and their partners or see their coming out stories. Rucka does a great job here as he did with Kate Kane in giving these characters depth and not shying away from dealing with homophobia.
This starts during No Man's Land. We get an introduction to Renee's mother and father as a guy tries to rob their store. Renee comes in and we see how she's been dealing with No Man's Land and that her parents wish for her to give them grandchildren. You know, I quit Supergirl when Jimmy Olsen was pushed aside but I think Alex may have dealt with a similar storyline.
Renee feels bad because she's gay and I'm hoping Rucka is saying this guilt is over her parents wanting her to meet a nice boy and not the kids thing. As a member of the LGBTQIA community, it bugs me when writers make a huge deal about the kids thing. You can still have kids even if you're gay. You can still use a sperm donor, a surrogate, or adopt. It's not the end of the world on that front.
Anyway, this story follows her as she begrudgingly works along side a known criminal during No Man's Land because his moral compass is pointing in the right direction for the time being. I don't wanna spoil who it is but I will say it makes Batsy's relationship with them even more interesting and that partnership comes back to haunt her later on.
A huge portion of this book is Renee trying to deal with her department and her parents finding it that she's gay. The men are awful, her parents are disgustingly religious and I really felt for her here. This reads like an arc you'd expect to find in an Indie comic with the focus on one character with such a small amount of action. There's a case going on as a former suspect comes after Renee so there's that but it was interesting that DC allowed for such a small scale, police procedural to be made into a comic. I think this kinda thing would never be made today.
Again, I'm wish D.C. had adapted this instead of making a procedural about Jim Gordon but I suppose they though no one would know who these characters were. Such a shame because I think fans would flock to a live action Renee Montoya the same way they flocked to Maggie Sawyer.
This explores perhaps the most well developed gay character I've read in a comic book aside from Kate Kane. I can name a few gay characters off the top of my head but they're usually just side characters. We never really see them and their partners or see their coming out stories. Rucka does a great job here as he did with Kate Kane in giving these characters depth and not shying away from dealing with homophobia.
This starts during No Man's Land. We get an introduction to Renee's mother and father as a guy tries to rob their store. Renee comes in and we see how she's been dealing with No Man's Land and that her parents wish for her to give them grandchildren. You know, I quit Supergirl when Jimmy Olsen was pushed aside but I think Alex may have dealt with a similar storyline.
Renee feels bad because she's gay and I'm hoping Rucka is saying this guilt is over her parents wanting her to meet a nice boy and not the kids thing. As a member of the LGBTQIA community, it bugs me when writers make a huge deal about the kids thing. You can still have kids even if you're gay. You can still use a sperm donor, a surrogate, or adopt. It's not the end of the world on that front.
Anyway, this story follows her as she begrudgingly works along side a known criminal during No Man's Land because his moral compass is pointing in the right direction for the time being. I don't wanna spoil who it is but I will say it makes Batsy's relationship with them even more interesting and that partnership comes back to haunt her later on.
A huge portion of this book is Renee trying to deal with her department and her parents finding it that she's gay. The men are awful, her parents are disgustingly religious and I really felt for her here. This reads like an arc you'd expect to find in an Indie comic with the focus on one character with such a small amount of action. There's a case going on as a former suspect comes after Renee so there's that but it was interesting that DC allowed for such a small scale, police procedural to be made into a comic. I think this kinda thing would never be made today.
Again, I'm wish D.C. had adapted this instead of making a procedural about Jim Gordon but I suppose they though no one would know who these characters were. Such a shame because I think fans would flock to a live action Renee Montoya the same way they flocked to Maggie Sawyer.
erfenden's review against another edition
2.0
It had some fun ideas but didn't really flow. I had a lot of issues with the art style changing so many times but I guess that's because the story was spread across a couple series of comics. It also require more back knowledge than I was expecting (cataclysm and no-man's land). I was really hoping this would hook my wife, since she likes cop shows but I don't think it will.
rouver's review against another edition
3.0
Detective Montoya shows a kindness to Harvey Dent (Two-Face) in the aftermath of a disaster in Gotham city (No Man's Land https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107105.Batman). Dent becomes obsessed with Montoya and decides that he must have her...and in order to do so, he has to make sure that HE is all she has left. Montoya quickly finds herself outed as a lesbian & booked on murder charges.
a_pilgrim's review against another edition
4.0
Gotham Central is from the perspective of a cop and detectives, and not about the superhero.
Even with a superhero around, the Gotham City Police Department officers still have a difficult living and working life. In many ways, these police officers are the real heroes. Indeed, they are Gotham`s finest.
Vol.2 is focussed on Officer Renee Montoya.
This series by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark is very interesting with an engaging storyline.
Even with a superhero around, the Gotham City Police Department officers still have a difficult living and working life. In many ways, these police officers are the real heroes. Indeed, they are Gotham`s finest.
Vol.2 is focussed on Officer Renee Montoya.
This series by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark is very interesting with an engaging storyline.
bowienerd_82's review against another edition
4.0
I love the premise of Gotham Central, and so far it has had excellent execution. This volume in particular had a great story arc, and didn't confuse me with too many unnamed/new characters, the way Vol 1 did.
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