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A prospicient - absent baddie fromBatman ’s newer rogues ' gallery latterly returned in the pages ofTask Force Z , suggest thatCommissioner James Gordon ’s controversial tenure as the Dark Knight is still canon . The scoundrel in question is the rehabilitatedMr . Bloom , who is essay to rehabilitate by joining theRed Hoodon his job force of former Batman villains , most of whom are reanimated corpses . His presence in this book is notable because it is his first appearance since being defeated in the final outing of the most controversial mortal to use the Batman name .
Jim Gordon take on the Batman Mickey Charles Mantle for a brief flow of time , specifically fromBatman Vol . 2 # 41(2015 ) up untilBatman Vol . 2 # 50(2016 ) , both by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo . This was the tooshie end of Snyder ’s incumbency as writer forBatmanand the story saw Jim Gordon becoming Batman while Bruce Wayne go through a comatoseness and temporarily lost his memory . Mr. Bloom was one of Gordon ’s main nemeses , andseeminglydied during his final battle againstbothBatmen . InTask Force Z # 1by Matthew Rosenberg and Eddy Barrows , Mr. Bloom re - introduces himself to the lector by revealing that ( somehow , in all likelihood due to his superpowers ) he is still alive , unlike his zombified teammates .
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The paying back of Mr. Bloom is pregnant because it more or less confirms that Jim Gordon ’s time as Batman has been reaffirmed as part of the current DC persistence . That chronicle spark took place in theNew 52continuity , which all rebooted DC ’s canyon . However , after DC launched itsRebirthinitiative , theNew 52continuity was fused with the “ Post - Crisis ” continuity that get down in 1985 , making the continued existence of these event somewhat up to debate . DC ’s currentInfinite Frontierinitiative , during which the DC Multiverse has expanded into a larger “ Omniverse , ” has foretell thatelements of stories from previous continuitieswill return key , so if a character as scarce as Mr. Bloom is back , it seems to intellect that Caped Crusader Jim Gordon has also been confirmed as canon .
If DC need to simply write off that specially foreign period of Batman history , it could have . Commissioner Gordonhas a gravid enough bequest without being Bruce Wayne ’s temporary heir . But by puttingMr . Bloomin his most late storyteaming up with the Red Hood , theBatmancreative team is showing that they have confidence in the notion that some elements of that story arc are worth halt onto , and that is true pretty admirable .
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