Summary

Warning ! raider ahead for Batman # 148!One of theBat - Family’sbiggest critics has finally warmed up to them . Gotham is under fire from a nearly unstoppable baddie and it ’s plunging the metropolis into absolute chaos . But the Dark Knight ’s closest allies are there to hold the line , earning them shock congratulations from their most well - known hater .

InBatman # 148by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez , Zur - En - Arrh is on the precipice of change Gotham by strength . The twisted unexampled Batman has blocked every entering and exit to the city with the golem Zur - En - Arrh has beenusing to keep Blackgate Penitentiaryunder control .

Mayor Nakano talk about the post with fresh appointedPolice Commissioner Vandal Savageand ask what he intend to do . wolf reveals that Batman ’s allies are already on the setting fighting the Failsafe robots . Nakano acknowledge that while they should have the team arrest , the Bat - Family is ask now more than ever .

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Gotham’s Anti-Vigilante Mayor Admits the Bat-Family is Necessary

Christopher Nakano was once an officeholder in the Gotham City Police Department . However , affair modify for Nakano during the Joker War when he was caught in an plosion that took his partner and his left middle , an event he blame Batman for . Nakano left the GCPD and run for Gotham City Mayor on a vehemently anti - vigilante platform . Shortly after being elect , Nakano solve with the private military organization the Magistrate to run out all of Gotham ’s vigilance man . However , he was n’t prepared for the uttermost measures they used and later condemned them , though Nakano was still quite anti - vigilante .

Since Nakano assume government agency , he ’s seen just how naughtily Gotham needs its hero . Aside from the effect with the Magistrate and Scarecrow during " Fear State " , he ’s seen both Failsafe and Zur - En - Arrh take Gotham under ascendency in a matter of days . The only thing that ’s stopped all of these events has been Gotham ’s vigilantes . At this level , Nakano has been in office for too long to not see being anti - vigilante in a situation like Gotham just does n’t make mother wit . Perhaps this is a star sign thatGotham ’s city manager is ultimately quick to make a change and amply hold up the Bat - Family .

Gotham is Finally Getting a Mayor Who Can Work with Vigilantes

Gotham is a urban center that has a history of troublesome mayors . Despite his questionable decisions in billet , Nakano wants to do good for the urban center , but he ’s let his personal dislike for vigilantes get in the direction . However , after all the crazy events he ’s been through , it seems like the Mayor is finally accepting that the Bat - Family is a of the essence part of keeping the city safe . Granted , he does n’t take care like he ’s quick to amount out in full financial backing just yet . But theBat - Familycould have a Mayor ready to work with them soon enough .

Batman # 148is uncommitted now from DC Comics .

Batman # 148 ( 2024 )

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Batman 148 Main Cover: Batman battles Zur-En-Arrh’s Failsafe robot in a blue space.