TITLE: Detective Comics issue #725
YEAR: September 1998
COMPANY: DC Comics
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Penciller: William Rosado
Inker: Tom Palmer
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Gloria Vasquez
Separator: Android Images
Associate Editor: Darren Vincenzo
Editor: Scott Peterson
Batman created by Bob Kane
An earthquake left Gotham City in shambles, millions dead and leaving Bruce Wayne feeling guilty.
Bruce was a man who always wanted to protect the city, took on criminals, risked his life nearly daily but he and his fellow partners and super-heroes have done a great job trying to eliminate the crime in the city as much as they can.
Unfortunately, there is not much Batman can do with stopping an earthquake.
In issue #725, Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Nightwing (Dick Drayson) discuss their past and present. The things they have accomplished and just being amazed of how people are having a difficult time with life after the earthquake. Looting is continuing on in the city, people who are becoming desperate for food and water are now trying to steal provisions.
But as the two discuss what they can do for the city and stop corruption, Dick Grayson is considering of becoming a cop. But the two also discuss why they are so different.
Times have changed and it’s these adult conversations between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson that I enjoy reading. How these two who have worked together for so long, but have different motivations of why they do what they do.
But while these two drifted apart and Batman partnered with other Robins, it was great to see these two reuniting to stop the criminals from preying on the less fortunate.
Overall, a good read. Nothing major but still an entertaining issue of “Detective Comics”.