Summary

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Batmanchases criminals through Gotham City every night , and he capture the majority of them , but sometimes they manage to hightail it . Batman is one of the greatest heroes in the DC Universe , and often cited as the world ’s greatest police detective ; having criminal escape him does n’t exactly mull well on his accomplishment . However , DC has just revealed the one trick that scoundrel have been using to escape him .

The Penguin#5 – by Tom King , Rafael De Latorre , Marcelo Maiolo , and Clayton Cowles – exposed the arcanum that criminals have been using for years to escape Batman . This issue features Batman going after the Black Spider , a man obsess with kill freak . While Batman is easy capable to overtake Black Spider , he does n’t care to capture him .

Batman (color) surrounded by villains including Penguin and Two-Face (black & white.)

With no other options , Black Spider dive into the Gotham City river , which has such tumultuous and wild stream that Black Spider is easy sweep away . The Gotham City River is so unmanageable to follow that Batman simply has no luck of ascertain Black Spider .

Black Spider Uses A Dangerous Short-Cut To Escape Batman

Batman has been protecting Gotham City for years , but it seems there ’s one group of villains that even the Dark Knight knows he ca n’t beat .

Bruce Wayne has trained for decades to be one of the corking law-breaking fighters in the human race . He ’s learned every individual bit of Gotham City that he can , but there are some thing that Batman still ca n’t control . One of the biggest things that has helped criminal turn tail Batman over the years is the Gotham City River . Villains have often fall back to jump into it , for take to the woods Department of Justice , and there ’s nothing Batman has been able to do about it . This might pass some reader to doubtBatman ’s position as a great tec , but DC has prove that the Gotham City River really is just that dangerous and irregular .

A recurring theme in Batman comics is if a villain call for to escape Batman , they simply light into water . This always seemed like an ludicrous trope to lease the baddie get away , but DC has in conclusion address the fact that it ’s an genuine tangible expression of Gotham City . No matter how well Batman program , he ca n’t possibly plan for which current will take the villain where . Even if Batman map out the river ’s currents , he has no agency to know which current the villain will terminate up in , specially when the river is so glowering and contaminated . This explanation takes an sluttish trope , long tap by author , and puts a arcdegree of narrative logic behind it .

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Batman Has No Contigency Plan For The Gotham City River

Batman has tons of eventuality plans , but those only work for things that can be forecast . While Batman has control over some elements of Gotham City , such as being able to manipulate traffic when necessary , ensure the currents of the river is a number beyond him . As adequate to of a hero as Batman is , if someone falls into the river , it seems that they ’ll probably manage to evade the Dark Knight . This was earlier just a goofy trope that kept appearing , but now DC has provided an official intellect whyBatmancan’t always trance the villains he comes across . Especially when they ’re willing to put their life at risk to escape him , by jumping into a highly dangerous river .

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The Penguin#5

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The Dark Knight Returns cover, close up of Batman in silhouette

Black Spider Kills Someone At The Docks

Batman Sneaks Up On Black Spider

Black Spider Jumps Into A River To Avoid Batman

Cover for Penguin #5: “Next Stop, Gotham City”

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