100 Days of Batman Day 16, August 11th. 2016

Today I am picking back up with the Batman: Black Mirror story arc in issue #875 of Detective Comics. In this issue we see Commissioner Gordon looking to solve an old case while also struggling with the return of his son. Gordon is about to close the Peter Pan Murders case. A case where 8 children were abducted from there homes, with the abducter apparently entering through the window. Closing this case however may reveal just how disturbed his son really is.

This was a good issue. Dealing with a Commissioner Gordon who has feared for years his son may be a psychopath and killer but has never had the proof. The strongest moments of the book are certainly the look into the troubled mind of Gordon as he worries about his son and what his return could mean.  Snyder does a great job making a character who is often nothing more than a "side kick" into the hero. You are shown what years of being a good cop in a city of nothing but crime can do to a man. Despite being a very strong issue I have to give it A WORTH YOUR TIME rating. If it had delivered on the overall plot as it appeared it was going to, rather then leaving certain details in the dark it would have been a must read.