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A new prevue ofCatwoman : Lonely City # 2reveals more details about the nightJokerfinally killedBatman , but while the story get hold of place in just one likely future , the manoeuvre of the Clown Prince of Crime are scarily similar to his current efforts in DC ’s mainstream comedian . event 2 will hit strong-arm and digital retailers December 21 .
From writer and artist Cliff Chiang , Catwoman : Lonely Citypicks up with Selina Kyle’srelease from prison house ten years after the Fool ’s Night massacre - an effect which killed Batman , Nightwing , Jim Gordon , and the Joker himself . With her cat burglar skills present but diminished , the first progeny saw Selina on the trail of Orpheus - a mysterious tool conceal in the Batcave which Bruce Wayne asked her to call back with his dying breath . But Gotham has changed in Selina ’s absence seizure - the Wayne destiny has revolutionized the city , while the event of Fool ’s dark ransom Harvey Dent in the public eye , leading the former supervillain to become Gotham ’s novel mayor and embrace the tyrannic Batcops - pseudo - fascist legal philosophy enforcement patterned after Batman .
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Reconnecting with an get on Killer Croc and Barbara Gordon , who has retired from vigilantism and is now running for mayor , Catwoman is planning a heist on the well - guard and incredibly well - spike Batcave . But alongside this ten - days - later story , fans also fetch to see what actually happened on Fool ’s Night , andwhat strategy Joker struck onthat last got the better of the Bat . In a prevue share byCBR , it turns out that Joker ’s big idea was to join all Gotham ’s malcontent via a ' Jokstr ' app , instigating a semi - organized terror attack on the city that turn sole killer into an US Army .
Interestingly , DC ’s mainstream Bat - strip are presently treating Joker in much the same way . Punchline - Joker ’s new henchwoman and his taunting renewal for Harley Quinn - has become a political agitator , packaging Joker ’s nihilism as a rallying cryfor change and offering the violently disaffected a new identity operator as " Clowns . " In reply , Simon Saint ’s Magistrate recently took over for the GCPD , meet the streets with hi - technical school Peacekeepers who scoot first and require inquiry later . As the instant - forwardFuture Stateshowed , the tautness between the two group was enough to vote down Batman and bewilder Gotham into chaos , suggesting that this manoeuvre really is the magic bullet to defeat the Dark Knight . The prevue fail on to show Catwoman and Croc training to call up Orpheus , but it ’s unclear what the Batcave could hold that would salve a city so uncoerced to choose security over liberty .
Many comic strip and movies have explored the approximation of Joker sparking a descent into chaos , but more late stories take that logic further . Ultimately , narration likeCatwoman : Lonely Cityconclude thatJoker ’s final victory would n’t be convincing Gotham that he ’s right , but goading the city into embracing a interpretation ofBatman ’s ethos stripped of Bruce Wayne ’s manhood .
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Source : CBR
