Commissioner Gordon's son might or might not be a serial killer but we do realize that his son is creepy, weird, and fucked up in the head. This issue focuses on a serial killer case fifteen years ago known as the Peter Pan killings. One of the dead children may have been killed by Gordon's son. His son returned to Gotham and these old mysteries well up to the service. This is a good issue because it has some weight to it; this isn't a typical Batman fighting dudes in costumes robbing banks issue. It does seem that Commissioner Gordon has been royally screwed over the years, hasn't he? Didn't The Joker kill one of his wives? And we all remember Alan Moore's The Killing Joke which featured Gordon getting the ultimate mind fuck. Writer Scott Snyder, who also writes American Vampire, has so far had an interesting run on this book. He's tried new things and went to some dark places. The art in this particular issue is beautiful stuff; Francesco Francavilla has a knack for using colors to heighten or define an emotion. The modern day blues and the historic orange meld nicely to make a searing tragedy of despair and heartbreak come alive. It's tear-in-my-beer stuff, but it's impressive. ***
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