Gotham Underground #2 - DC

We get a little history of Gotham this issue. Actually . . . more a history of the gangs. From the ethnic based gangs, all the way up to the meta gangs of today. And, really, we see how corrupt and decadent Gotham has been ever since it's inception. Now today, this new guy, Tobias Whale, is trying to pull all the gangs together again. Much in the same way that Black Mask had done. Although, he claiming to be much more altruistic about the whole thing. He claims he's not going to run it like a dictatorship, as the Mask had done. Batman is busy himself, in Blackgate prison. He was undercover with the Penguin, as Matches, when the Suicide Squad hit. He thought he'd be able to find out why they were abducting all the "bad-guys", but instead he got carted off to prison. So he's not "bad" enough to warrant abduction, but at the same time the Penguin has it out for him because he thinks he may have saw something he shouldn't have. Penguin's even gone to the point that, next issue, he's sicking Mr. Zsasz after him. So while he's in prison trying to gather intel, he's been fighting for his life every day. On the outside, he's called in all his favors to keep an eye on Gotham. Robin, Huntress, Oracle and even the Question are trying to keep things as calm as possible in a city of mayhem. Dick has also gone undercover, creating his own "Matches" persona, Freddie Dinardo. He also senses that somethings going on with the Penguin, so he's trying to get in there. You know, with his recent personnel shortage and all. As Robin is swinging through town, he gets the feeling that he's being watched. He doesn't see it, but we do. Somebody is dressed up in the Spoiler costume. Oh, and one last thing, Scarface is trying to put together his own gang to take advantage of the current vacuum in Gotham. Scarecrow joins him, but I thought he got scooped up at Penguin's last nite? This could prove interesting. Frank Tieri is doing a fantastic job with this story. I feel that he's really captured the essence of Gotham and all it's little rodents. And of course I'm a huge fan of J Calafiore's. All in all, I think this is going to be a fantastic mini-series. You really shouldn't miss it.