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| Editor1_3 = Mark Doyle
 
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| Quotation = '''Who''' wants me out of the picture? If you had leads, you'd be chasing them. But we both know there's a '''war''' underway in this city. '''Blackgate's''' running wild with rumors.
 
| Speaker = [[W:C:dc:James Gordon (Prime Earth)|James Gordon]]
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| StoryTitle1 = The Good Man
 
| StoryTitle1 = The Good Man
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| Synopsis1 = Since the other gangs have realized that [[Carmine Falcone (Prime Earth)|Carmine Falcone]] ''owns'' the [[Gotham City Police Department|GCPD]], the mobster has gone relatively unopposed in his attempts to regain control of [[Gotham City]] from the so-called ''freaks''.
 
 
The few good cops left, though, are intent on putting an end to the gang-war, though they've been forced to do their planning and research in [[Jason Bard (Prime Earth)|Lieutenant Jason Bard]]'s apartment. Though [[Margaret Sawyer (Prime Earth)|Captain Maggie Sawyer]] is impressed by all of the evidence he's collected, [[Harvey Bullock (Prime Earth)|Sgt. Harvey Bullock]] warns that the interim commissioner, [[Jack Forbes (Prime Earth)|Jack Forbes]] won't budge on the issue. As far as Forbes is concerned, there ''is'' no gang war. Jason has a plan to get around that, but it will require pulling some strings. Smirking, Maggie comments that he's beginning to remind her of [[James Gordon (Prime Earth)|Jim Gordon]].
 
 
The former commissioner, meanwhile, is being granted leave from [[Blackgate Penitentiary]] for the opening arguments at his trial for manslaughter. En route, it doesn't take much for him to realize that the man posted as his guard in the police van is [[Bruce Wayne (Prime Earth)|Batman]] in disguise - he's ''too'' attentive. Batman explains that he needs the people of Gotham to see that Jim wasn't responsible for the deadly crash at the subway station. Even Jim himself isn't convinced of that, and Batman must admit that he doesn't have enough evidence to get his friend off the hook. Much as Batman ''knows'' someone engineered Jim's incarceration, he would be elsewhere if he had any leads. Jim warns that Batman would be better off trying to save the city from the ongoing gang war than trying to save ''his'' hide.
 
 
At [[Gotham City General Hospital]], [[Harper Row (Prime Earth)|Harper Row]] bemoans the fact that her father was essentially unresponsive when she gave him the news that her brother [[Cullen Row (Prime Earth)|Cullen]] has fallen ill to some kind of super-virus. Though she never expected their dad to be of much help, she has some idea of where to get help elsewhere, courtesy of [[Timothy Drake (Prime Earth)|Red Robin]]. She hacks into the bat-grid in the hopes of tracking him down, but is quickly overwhelmed by the ''scope'' of the Batman's crime-fighting database. Even so, she manages to locate Red Robin at the [[GCPD Headquarters|Police Headquarters]].
 
 
Red Robin is busy fighting [[Lazlo Valentin (Prime Earth)|Professor Pyg]] in a holding cell, when he realizes that Harper has hacked into his system. Grumpily, he sends back a message warning her away, and sends a high voltage charge into her laptop, frying it.
 
 
In [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Barbara Gordon (Prime Earth)|Batgirl]] realizes with consternation that [[Jason Todd (Prime Earth)|Red Hood]] has been sent to ''watch'' her by Batman. She takes it as a personal attack against her abilities, which Jason tries to counter, but she becomes emotional, reminding that this is about her need to clear her father's name. Jason warns that in her efforts, she has missed key pieces of evidence. He has not come to ''stop'' her, he's come to help her do things ''right''. Accepting his help in this, Barbara warns that they have only three days remaining to clear Jim Gordon's name.
 
 
The opening arguments at Jim's trial begin well enough, extolling his virtues as a good man and a crusader for justice in Gotham City - however, things take a turn when the crown attorney reminds that none of these virtues are of significance in the trial. Whatever kind of man Jim Gordon is, it does nothing to excuse what he ''did''. He fired his weapon on an unarmed man in front of dozens of witnesses, and in the process, he caused the train crash that killed 162 people, with thirty more in hospital.
 
 
Afterwards, [[Victoria Vale (Prime Earth)|Vicki Vale]] and [[Joey Day (Prime Earth)|Joey Day]] worry at Jim's chances. Vicki is annoyed because as far as she is concerned, the trial isn't where the ''story'' is - much as [[Lois Lane (Prime Earth)|Lois Lane]]'s presence at the trial might suggest. The gang war is what's important, and she has been ''shackled'' to the Gordon trial when ''nobody'' is covering the real injustice going on in Gotham - and the police are ''useless'' in stopping it. She is overheard in this complaint by Jason Bard who admits that she's right - but he has an idea to get things back on track.
 
 
Later, at [[Wayne Manor]], [[Julia Pennyworth (Prime Earth)|Julia Pennyworth]] finds it hard to believe that her [[Alfred Pennyworth (Prime Earth)|Alfred Pennyworth]] father's life is being fulfilled as a mere ''butler'' to a playboy. He had had so much more potential as a medic, as an actor, and as a ''father'', as far as she is concerned. His response is interrupted by the sudden entrance of Tim Drake, who complains that nobody had ''warned'' him about Harper Row until he notices Julia's presence. He is surprised when he learns that Alfred has a daughter at all, let alone one that's so obviously ''military''. Alfred takes him aside to discuss it, sneaking down into the [[Batcave]] without Julia seeing where they go. After briefly explaining Julia's presence to Tim, Alfred obliges in giving as much information up on Harper Row as he's got.
 
 
Later, on the roof of the in-progress Beacon Tower project, Jason Bard hopes that Harvey's plan will work. They had used a phone number that Jim used to use to contact Batman, knowing that they couldn't contact him via the [[Bat-Signal]] anymore. It hadn't been used since the ''last'' time things were this bad in Gotham. The very same ''players'' had been involved then, too: Falcone and the Penguin. Back then, Jim, [[Harvey Dent (Prime Earth)|Harvey Dent]] and the Batman would meet on the roof of the station house and discuss plans to set the city right. The two cops are surprised when Batman appears, demanding to know how Harvey got that number. Indignantly Harvey reminds that Jim Gordon is ''his'' friend too, before explaining why they called him. Jason Bard has a plan to put an end to the gang war - and all it will take is ''letting'' the GCPD catch him.
 
 
Early in the morning, Jim is wakened in his cell - well beyond visiting hours - by his guard, who warns that the warden has decided to make an ''exception'' in preparation for the trial. Jim doesn't believe the man, and earns a nightstick in the gut. He collapses, and finds himself dragged to the visiting room. Scrambling to get his glasses back on, Jim is disturbed to learn that his son, [[James Gordon, Jr. (Prime Earth)|James, Jr.]] is still ''alive'', and has come for a visit.
 
   
 
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