I was really happy to re-read this after so many years. Gates of Gotham was the book that introduced me to Scott Snyder's work on Batman, but I discovered after looking through the credits that it ALSO introduced me to another of my favorite Bat-authors, Kyle Higgins from Batman Beyond 2.0! VERY cool! Anyways, it's my general understanding that Snyder and Higgins worked on the plot together, with Higgins handling the actual written dialogue. The dialogue didn't quite grab me like his later work did on BB2.0, but I love how the history of Gotham's architecture was so well thought out. Using the city's history was also a great way to show the differences between Dick Grayson/Bruce Wayne. Grayson is an outsider that's been grafted into Gotham City, and that status as an outsider with little knowledge of Gotham's past puts him at a disadvantage in solving the case. If you're a fan of Dick Grayson as Batman I'd say this is a must read.