I had already made a review of this but my internet went limp and it didn't get saved. Sigh.

Anyways, I couldn't really say I enjoyed this book. First of all, Batman does not make much of an appearance.

This type of comic books belong in the 'noir' category. This is my first time reading a noir book but from what I gather, it is a type of more than usual 'black-ish and shadowy' art looking story with a mystery/crime driven plot. Of course, this is very much like a Detective Comic, however the detective being James Gordon, not Batman. Batman was merely the fighting' miracle' that comes at select moments to help save Gordon.

The art was alright, nothing to complain, it coming from 2001 (plus its supposed to look noir like). I think in that sense it did, you could see how Batman here was quite different looking.

Also, the timeline seems to have changed. Since when have Gordon resigned, when his daughter Barbara (to become the Batgirl) is still a child? Perhaps this is a one time series comic book - and it is- for it is published by Elseworlds.

The conclusion was so rushed, and very cheesy 9the part whee Gordon was dying and suddenly claimed that he could've been a better man and what not in just one panel). That was really out of the box, in a negative way.

But things could've been a bit more different if it was more of a Batman show, and in that respect I was quite disappointed that it wasn't.