Book 2, Pages 58-73 Summary

Gordon walks outside and smokes a cigar and is stalked by a Mutant gang member. He takes out his gun and prepares to defend himself. When the story hits the news, it turns out that Gordon has killed the Mutant, who is nothing but a young teenage boy. Even though Gordon is facing retirement in a few short weeks, he is now forced to retire by the end of the week, in light of the new developments. The police department feels that the Mutants' threats will subside once he is out of sight.

There is a lot of talk about the problem of violence in Gotham. The authorities are not sure which crimes are the work of the criminals, and which are the work of Batman. When news gets out about the Mutants' kidnapping of Kevin Ridley, Batman once...