100 Days of Batman, Day 42

In order to finish off the rest of No Man's Land: Volume 2 I read three issues tonight. All three issues are by Greg Rucka. The first is a stand alone entitled Two Down. It tells the story of Detective Montoya shortly before Gotham was abandoned and became no man's land. Looking for her brother Montoya discovers he is with Two-Face who apparently has been helping to find people in the rubble of the city. Naturally Montoya is hesitant knowing what Dent is capable off, but she ultimately finds herself helping him, even if it is only because of luck and Dent's coin.

Not much to really say about this stand alone issue. It is always nice to see what is happening in the lives of minor characters and No Man's Land has no shortage of these types of stories. In short Two Down is defiantly WORTH YOUR TIME.

The next two issues I read are a two part story entitled Claim Jumping. Two Face wants to expand his territory in No Man's Land. In order to do this he goes to Penguin and makes a deal that will potentially help them both out in the end. At the same time Gordon and the G.C.P.D. are planing on making a move on Penguin in order to expand there own territory as well as claim some much needed supplies including firearms. 

This two part story is a much better story by Rucka than his Mosaic story from several days ago. Rucka creates a good amount of drama and does a good job writing a story that has betrayal and does well to move the story as a whole along. Two-Face is awesome in this story. He is able to trick the Penguin into helping take territory from Batman and also some from the Penguin. The tables of power shift dramatically as a result. I am excited to see how long Two-Face is able to hold on two his new found power. Good story and it is certainly well WORTH YOUR TIME.

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