Gotham Central 1: In the Line of Fire

The first ten issues of the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series is collected in hardcover for the first time! Written by Ed Brubaker (Captain America) and Greg Rucka (Detective Comics 52) this series pitted the detectives of Gotham Citys Special Crimes Unit against the citys greatest villains in the shadow of Batman himself. This volume collects two cases of the Gotham Special Crimes Unit. In the first a cop is killed by Mister Freeze and the squad is in a race against time to bring him in without the help of the Dark Knight. In the second storythe acclaimed award-winning Half a LifeDetective Renee Montoya is outed as a lesbian and finds her work environment and personal life turned upside down. Things only become more complicated when shes kidnapped by Two-Face. This debut volume features an introduction by acclaimed mystery author Lawrence Block.