Gotham Central #4 - Corrigan
([May] 2011)

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Volume
4
Price
29.99 USD; 34.99 CAD
Pages
228
On-sale Date
2011-03-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-3003-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401230036 52999
Editing
Matt Idelson (credited) (editor - original series); Nachie Castro (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Bob Harras (credited) (group editor - collected editions); Anton Kawasaki (credited) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Gotham Central / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joshua Middleton (credited as Josh Middleton)
Inks
Joshua Middleton (credited as Josh Middleton)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 6 pages (report information)

Pencils
Steve Lieber
Inks
Steve Lieber
Colors
Lee Loughridge
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chris Brunner (signed)
Inks
Mark Irwin (signed)
Colors
Rico Renzi

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]
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Nature (Table of Contents: 3)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Steve Lieber (credited)
Inks
Steve Lieber (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen; Renée Montoya; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Trigger (Drug Dealer); Jim Corrigan; Officer Timothy Munroe; Officer Roger Decarlo; Officer Kenzie; Dee Dee
Synopsis
Two dirty Gotham cops accidentally kill a runaway while shaking down a drug dealer. The runaway was one of the kids being protected by Poison Ivy. The officers try to cover their tracks but Poison Ivy takes care of them.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips
Inks
Sean Phillips
Colors
Sean Phillips

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
figure dressed as Robin
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Dead Robin Part One (Table of Contents: 5)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker (credited); Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Kano (credited)
Inks
Stefano Gaudiano (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker (cameo); Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (cameo); Renée Montoya; Mr. Freeze (cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (cameo); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (cameo); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (cameo); Roger Baumbach (Dressed as Robin); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Detective Josie Mac; Detective Marcus Driver; Commissioner Akins; Boren (Police Photographer); Simon Lippman (Reporter); Dunning (Reporte); Stacy (Receptionist); Detective Nelson Crowe; Sergeant Jackson Davies; Detective Romy Chandler; Detective Tommy Burke; Detective Dagmar Procjnow; Detective Takahata; Nora Fields (Medical Examiner); Bill (Medical Examiner); McKenna (Arkham Asylum Director)
Synopsis
A body dressed as Robin is found in an alley. The Gotham Central detectives begin to investigate. They seem to be a step behind Batman the whole way, until Detective Chandler pays the Penguin a visit. Detective Chandler finds Batman beating Penguin and shoots Batman.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips
Inks
Sean Phillips
Colors
Sean Phillips

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Teen Titans: Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Kid Flash [Bart Allen]; Wonder Girl [Cassandra Sandsmark]
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Dead Robin Part Two (Table of Contents: 7)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker (credited); Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Kano (credited)
Inks
Stefano Gaudiano (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Beast Boy [Garfield Logan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Kid Flash [Bart Allen]; Renée Montoya; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Raven [Rachel Roth]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Wonder Girl [Cassandra Sandsmark]; Detective Romy Chandler; Detective Takahata; Detective Tommy Burke; Detective Marcus Driver; Detective Josie Mac; Detective Nelson Crowe; Sergeant Jackson Davies; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Stacy (Receptionist); Speedy [Mia]; Mr. Baumbach; Mrs. Baumbach; Detective Vincent Del Arrazio; Detective Joely Bartlett; Detective Andi Kasinsky; Simon Lippman (Reporter); Detective Eric Cohen
Synopsis
Batman takes Detective Chandler's gun after she shoots him. The Teen Titans come to tell the M.C.U. Detectives that it is not the real Robin that they found. Tim Drake also joins Stacy on the roof to tell her that the body they have is not the real Robin. Another dead Robin is fished out of Gotham bay.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips
Inks
Sean Phillips
Colors
Sean Phillips

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Robin [Tim Drake]; Stacy (receptionist)
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Dead Robin Part Three (Table of Contents: 9)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker (credited); Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Kano (credited)
Inks
Stefano Gaudiano (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Renée Montoya; Robin [Tim Drake]; Detective Romy Chandler; Detective Marcus Driver; Sergeant Jackson Davies; Detective Josie Mac; Reiner (Crime Scene Investigator); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Stacy (Receptionist); Detective Nelson Crowe; Commissioner Akins; Detective Simon Lippman (Reporter); Nora Fields (Medical Examine); Dunning (Reporter); Scott Benjamin (Dead body dressed as Robin); Felix Swack (Scott Benjamin's Agent); Detective Tommy Burke; Detective Dagmar Procjnow; Detective Takahata; Mrs. Benjamin (Scott Benjamin's mother)
Synopsis
Robin returns Detective Chandler's firearm to Stacy after Batman took it from her. A second dead kid dressed as Robin is found. As the detectives continue to investigate they find connections between the two dead boys and a link to reporter Simon Lippman.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joshua Middleton
Inks
Joshua Middleton
Colors
Joshua Middleton

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Dead Robin Conclusion (Table of Contents: 11)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Brubaker (credited); Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Kano (credited)
Inks
Stefano Gaudiano (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Renée Montoya; Simon Lippman (Reporter); Detective Romy Chandler; Detective Takahata; Detective Eric Cohen; Detective Josie Mac; Detective Marcus Driver; Sergeant Jackson Davies; Detective Nelson Crowe; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Stacy (Receptionist); Dunning (Reporter); Commissioner Akins
Synopsis
The Gotham Central detectives discover who has been killing boys and dressing them as Robin but the killer will only tell Batman where the third boy is located.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips
Inks
Sean Phillips
Colors
Sean Phillips

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen
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Sunday Bloody Sunday (Table of Contents: 13)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Steve Lieber (credited)
Inks
Steve Lieber (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Renée Montoya; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Fisherman; Detective Marcus Driver; Detective Josie MacDonald; Daria Hernandez (Renee's girlfriend); Dore Allen (Crispus' Wife); Jake Allen (Crispus' Son); Jacob (Crispus' Son)
Synopsis
Detective Allen and Montoya witness the end of the Spectre vs. Captain Marvel showdown. Afterword Detective Allen walks his wounded partner home then returns home himself thru a lawless city.
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Indexer Notes

The Spectre vs. Captain Marvel showdown is from the Day of Judgement mini-series.

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Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips
Inks
Sean Phillips
Colors
Sean Phillips

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Jim Corrigan
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Corrigan II, Part One (Table of Contents: 15)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Kano (credited)
Inks
Stefano Gaudiano (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crispus Allen; Jim Corrigan; Renée Montoya; Inspector Manuel "Manny" Esperanza; Officer Long; Officer Mulcahey; Officer Rourke; Daria Hernandez (Renee Montoya's girlfriend)
Synopsis
Detective Allen begins to get the evidence needed to arrest James Corrigan, the Lead Crime Scene Technician. After past events between Allen's partner Montoya and Corrigan he has to keep her out of the loop or his investigation will be lost. Detective Allen is shot and killed.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips
Inks
Sean Phillips
Colors
Sean Phillips

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Renée Montoya; Detective Marcus Driver; Detective Josie Mac
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Corrigan II, Part Two (Table of Contents: 17)

Gotham Central / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Kano (credited)
Inks
Stefano Gaudiano (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Jim Corrigan; Renée Montoya; Detective Josie Mac; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Daria Hernandez (Renee's Girlfriend); Stacy (Receptionist); Detective Takahata; Detective Dagmar Procjnow; Detective Andi Kasinsky; Detective Romy Chandler; Sergeant Jackson Davies; Sergeant Vincent Del Arrazio; Detective Tommy Burke; Detective Marcus Driver; Sergeant Loughridge (Rangemaster); Clem (Police Investigator); Nora Fields (Medical Examiner); Officer Rebecca Mulcahey; Detective Joely Bartlett; Stefano (Police Clerk); Dore Allen (Detective Allen's wife)
Synopsis
The Gotham Central detectives find out that Detective Allen was killed. They begin to round up Jim Corrigan and the other corrupt cops that were working with him.
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Indexer Notes

Some of the bit players are named Stefano, Clem and Loughridge. This is an inside joke on Stefano Gaudiano, Lee Loughridge and Clem Robins who all work on this book.

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Gotham Central / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips
Inks
Sean Phillips
Colors
Sean Phillips

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Renée Montoya
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Corrigan II, Part Three (Table of Contents: 19)

Gotham Central / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka (credited)
Pencils
Kano (credited)
Inks
Stefano Gaudiano (credited)
Colors
Lee Loughridge (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Renée Montoya; Dore Allen (Crispus Allen's wife); Jim Corrigan (Police Investigator); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Officer Rebecca Mulcahey; Detective Dagmar Procjnow; Sergeant Vincent Del Arrazio; Detective Tommy Burke; Detective Joely Bartlett; Detective Marcus Driver; Detective Josie Mac; Sergeant Jackson Davies; Detective Nelson Crowe; Daria Hernandez (Renee's Girlfriend); Jake Allen (Crispus Allen's son); Malcolm Allen (Crispus Allen's son); Stacy (Receptionist); Detective Eric Cohen; Detective Romy Chandler; Detective Andi Kasinsky
Synopsis
The Gotham Central cops are unable to make the case against Jim Corrigan for the death of Detective Crispus Allen. Detective Renee Montoya quits the force.
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  2. 1. [Title Page and Credits]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  4. 3. Nature
    Gotham Central
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  6. 5. Dead Robin Part One
    Gotham Central
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  8. 7. Dead Robin Part Two
    Gotham Central
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  10. 9. Dead Robin Part Three
    Gotham Central
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  12. 11. Dead Robin Conclusion
    Gotham Central
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  14. 13. Sunday Bloody Sunday
    Gotham Central
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  16. 15. Corrigan II, Part One
    Gotham Central
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  18. 17. Corrigan II, Part Two
    Gotham Central
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Gotham Central
  20. 19. Corrigan II, Part Three
    Gotham Central
This issue was modified by
  • Ralf Haring
  • Stanley Ho
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jim Van Dore