Gotham's Not Just The Colorful Costumes, Chapter 3

Hey, Gotham City, you would never find a way to corrupt a struggling playwright who just got his first break, would you?

Oh, sweet heavens, Gotham City, you are a terrifying beast.

Wouldn't it be nice to see Batman occasionally fight "normal" crimes, like this one?

Or perhaps that's the true curse of Gotham--that Batman has become so obsessed with the big picture that he no longer has time for "little" crimes like this one. Who has time to rescue a family threatened by a mugger in an alley, when the Joker is enslaving the entire city? He's lost the mission a bit, hasn't he...?

Ah, forget it, snell--it's Gotham...

From The Essential Batman Encyclopedia (2008)