for 76 years, batman has guarded gotham, waging his crusade against the criminal underworld. his enemies known as some of the most notorious rogues are entrenched in our imagination, the joker, cat woman. in batman 44, the dark knight confronts something more sinister. this latest issue of the batman series tackles the intersections of police brutalipr brutality, d gentrification. in the latest example of art imitating life, this story begins with batman investigating the death of a black teenager. 15-year-old peter, who was fatally shot in the stomach by a white gotham police veteran. the first image is of a teen wearing a hoody left for dead in the street.