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Penguin: Pain and Prejudice by Gregg Hurwitz
3.0

A darker tale than the norm. Though I'd say it was a little iffy on what it wanted to be.

Basically Penguin is a real piece of shit here. He is a crime lord, and they show that in full force. When he begins to fall for a blind woman he doubts himself even more as the general public still views him as a joke. Batman is trying to stop him every step of the way but without proof that's a bit hard. Overall this is a solid Penguin story with really screwed up moments but I think it didn't do much for the character in the long run other than showing he can be a legit threat. A 3 out of 5.