 Cover to Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 1. Art by Alex Maleev. "No Man’s Land" is a comic book story line that ran for the whole of 1999 through the Batman comic book titles published by DC Comics. The lead-up story began with the arc "Cataclysm" which described a major earthquake hitting Gotham City. This was followed by the story lines "Aftershock" and then "Road to No Man's Land" which resulted in the U.S. government officially evacuating Gotham and then abandoning and isolating those who choose to remain in the city. The "No Man’s Land" story proper covered the residence of the city during this time of isolation until its time of re-opening and the beginning of rebuilding. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x718, 153 KB)Cover art to the first volume of the No Mans Land saga. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x718, 153 KB)Cover art to the first volume of the No Mans Land saga. ...
Cover to Daredevil (v2) #46, by Alex Maleev. ...
Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...
DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ...
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The main story line ran through the monthly Batman titles Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Shadow of the Bat and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight with other spin-offs serving as tie-ins. In all, "No Man's Land" encompassed 80 regular monthly issues, 4 specials, and the Batman: Harley Quinn graphic novel, which introduced Harley Quinn to the DC Comics universe. Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ...
Batman #1 Spring 1940 Art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. ...
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, commonly referred to as simply Legends of the Dark Knight is a DC comic book featuring Batman. ...
Harley Quinn (real name Dr. Harleen Quinzel) is a fictional character in the animated series Batman: The Animated Series, as well as the DC Comics Batman series and its spin-offs, and subsequently in various Batman-related comic books. ...
The story line is divided into several arcs. A part of the story would continue from one Batman title and then to the next Batman title that would come the following week, much the same format used in the Superman comics for that time. Unlike the Superman comics, where a creative team is maintained for one monthly title, the same creative team is maintained for the duration of the story arc. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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The core story line is collected as trade paperbacks in five volumes. However, because of the large number of issues that were devoted to "No Man's Land," only 40 of them made it into the collections. A novelization of the story line was also written by Greg Rucka and released as hardcover in January 2000. A trade paperback can refer to any book that is bound with a heavy paper cover that is generally cheaper than the hardcover but more expensive than the regular paperback version. ...
Greg Rucka is an American writer of novels and comic books. ...
Plot summary
Gotham City had suffered the results of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the earlier "Cataclysm" storyline. Previous disasters, such as two separate plague outbreaks, caused many to want to write off Gotham completely. The U.S. Government gave a timeline. At the end, all bridges were destroyed and all known paths out of the island city were covered by the National Guard. The Justice League of America were forbidden by law from entering the city. They kept busy defeating outside threats to the city, along with other crises. The situation inside was left to Batman and his allies; Superman offered his help in the city, but after staying for one day realized this was not the type of problem he could fix with just power. Upon the realization, he leaves Gotham in the hands of Batman. This article is about the fictional place. ...
The Richter magnitude scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake. ...
The city was swiftly carved up by gangs and various supervillains Batman had battled over the years. Jim Gordon and several well known Gotham officers chose to stay behind and an unknown number of policemen willingly followed suit, all in an effort to protect the innocent people. Oracle and Huntress also ended up on the inside. James Jim Worthington Gordon is a supporting character in DC Comics Batman series. ...
Barbara Gordon is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics and related media. ...
The Huntress is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ...
Huntress adopted the Batgirl persona in Batman's absence. As Bruce Wayne, Batman had left the city to try to solve the problem politically, using his name and money to convince the federal government to delay closing off Gotham. Unfortunately, his efforts failed, arguably because he appeared to the government as Bruce Wayne -- an air-headed millionaire with little concern for serious issues -- of which the No Man's Land was exemplary.
Some 100 days after the Federal Declaration of the No Man's Land, he returned to Gotham to reclaim the Batman title and his people, many of whom had long since given up on him. Even his former ally, Jim Gordon, believed that Batman had abandoned Gotham to the villains. James Jim Worthington Gordon is a supporting character in DC Comics Batman series. ...
What Batman returned to was a system of anarchy on a grand scale. Since there was no longer anywhere to spend it, money became worthless; people would barter anything from batteries to services to protection for daily necessities. It seemed the only person to have any use for cash was the Penguin, who had nightly events where those few with cash left spent it all on such rare and simple items as an apple. The Penguin, despite his riches and implicit opportunities to flee the city, instead opted to stay. He had his own mysterious link to the outside and apparently enjoyed taking advantage of the dire situation in Gotham. Anomie, in contemporary English, means a condition or malaise in individuals, characterized by an absence or diminution of standards or values. ...
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot), is a DC Comics supervillain and is an archenemy of Batman. ...
With Batman being gone for so long, and his very existence debatable in the Gotham underworld, the Huntress was able to pass off as not Batgirl, but Batman himself to many of the criminals she faced. Following the example of the gangs in town, she even tagged by graffiti her territory with the bat symbol. She went back to her Huntress costume when the Dark Knight confronted her, without any pleasantries. The third Batgirl, Cassandra Cain, made important contributions to the effort during this time, as well as starting a lasting friendship with the Oracle. The Huntress is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ...
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Cassandra Cain, is a fictional character in the DC Universe, and the most recent Batgirl. ...
In an effort to redeem herself, the Huntress went to the aid of a church that was open as a hospital and sanctuary to anyone desiring it in Gotham. Having no protection because of their benevolent intentions, the church and its kind staff were sitting ducks. The Huntress' desires to use her expertise to protect them was seen more as an unnecessary and warlike show of force than as help, even when she was trying to halt the Scarecrow's machinations to sabotage the church's efforts. It has been suggested that Scarecrow in the DC Comics Animated Universe be merged into this article or section. ...
The weaker gang-leaders fell first, mostly to Batman and or James Gordon's officers. Street by street battles were fought, with deaths on both sides. Eventually Gordon's forces split, with half the squad following the more violent Petit. Two-Face became a major warlord, acquiring and losing territory every so often, and caused major problems for the police. He kidnapped Jim Gordon, killing two of his guards, in revenge for breaking a previous alliance. The Penguin, as previously mentioned, remained in the city and was approached by Mercy Graves, acting on behalf of Lex Luthor, to begin a rudimentary clean-up of the downtown districts for Luthor's eventual move-in. Poison Ivy took over Robinson Park. She ended up caring for numerous orphans and was left alone by Batman in return for providing food. Zsasz owned his own territory, as did Mr. Freeze. Bane, too, was involved indirectly as a strong man for Lex Luthor; he notably destroyed the Hall of Records to fulfill one of Luthor's goals. He also drastically reduced Two-Face's territory in the process, making him insignificant. Despite his status as a supervillain, the Scarecrow was welcomed into a church filled with refugees and manipulated various factions in a plot to send the church's refugees spiralling into fear and despair. The Riddler, strangest of all perhaps, actually fled Gotham and spent the year barely noticed. The Joker made the most of his rare appearances. He spent some time as the ruler of an apartment building filled with supplies. This ended up, naturally, with lots of dead people, many from his own gang. He later re-formed and attacked Petit's territory. Petit went, killing an officer who tried to desert. The Joker killed the rest of his men, then Petit, and almost killed Huntress herself. This article is about the DC comics villain. ...
Mercy Graves from Superman: the Animated Series. ...
Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain. ...
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Victor Zsasz (referred to as Zsasz or Mr. ...
Mr Freeze (Dr. Victor Fries) (Pronounced as Victor Freese or Freeze) is a DC Comics supervillain, an enemy of Batman. ...
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The Joker is a comic book supervillain in the DC Comics universe. ...
When Lex Luthor's money illegally brought in an army of construction workers, the Joker tried to kill his share. Bane, employed by Luthor now, appeared again, protecting the innocent workers from death, maiming and worse.
Near the end of the saga, the Joker decided to kill all the children born during the "No Man's Land" storyline. Sarah Essen, Commissioner Gordon's wife, ended up confronting the Joker alone in Gordon's police headquarters. While saving a baby from a dangerous drop to a hard floor, she was shot and killed. Gordon restrained himself from killing the Joker, opting only to shoot out his knee. Sarah Essen Gordon is a fictional detective in DCs Batman stories, created by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. ...
Eventually, thanks in no small part to the financial and political machinations of Lex Luthor -- dipping his hands, as ever, in both legitimate and illegal means to achieve his goals -- Gotham City was released and rebuilt, and rejoined the United States. Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain. ...
Gordon and the surviving officers were reinstated as full policemen.
Much of the story line was narrated by Oracle, as she used her resources to become a low-tech version of herself. She used paper to document events and the passage of time, operatives and emergency phones (knowing which ones were still in operation) to gather intel, and maps colored by pencils to keep track of who controlled which portions of the city at a particular time. Her maps were frequently shown in the comics to help the reader follow the progression of territorial disputes (Gotham City maps in current series are based in large part on Oracle's maps from this series). Oracle remained one of the few people in the city with the ability to contact the outside world. In his own series, Hitman, Tommy Monaghan had found his own ways in and out of Gotham (he spent No Man's Land protecting his own few blocks of where he had grown up, putting out the skulls of vampires as warning signs). Tommy Monaghan redirects here. ...
Like Oracle, all of the characters got serious testing of their mettle. Commissioner Gordon became more of a general leading an army than a police officer and held a grudge against Batman, even after he had returned. It wasn't until nearly the end of the story line before they talked again, and Batman even revealed to Gordon his secret identity, in a gesture to regain his trust, but Gordon turned away without looking. He didn't want to know who was under the mask, and told Batman to put it back on.
Issues The story ran through the following issues: Young Justice was a DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. ...
Harley Quinn (real name Dr. Harleen Quinzel) is a fictional character in the animated series Batman: The Animated Series, as well as the DC Comics Batman series and its spin-offs, and subsequently in various Batman-related comic books. ...
Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ...
Batman #1 Spring 1940 Art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. ...
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, commonly referred to as simply Legends of the Dark Knight is a DC comic book featuring Batman. ...
Batman Chronicles is a series of comics published by DC Comics from 1995 to 2000, which lasted 23 quarterly issues. ...
Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics Batman franchise and created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. ...
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New Gotham Two of the story lines immediately following "No Mans Land" were collected as TPBs with the subtitles "New Gotham 1" and "New Gotham 2" respectively playing up the fact that they were set in the rebuilt Gotham City following "No Mans Land". These were Batman: Evolution from Detective 743-750 and Batman: Officer Down collecting the story from Batman #587, Robin #86, Birds of Prey #27, Catwoman #90, Nightwing #53, Detective #754, and Gotham Knights #13.
Lasting effects "No Man's Land" introduced the character of Cassandra Cain, who would become the third Batgirl. An ongoing quasi-romantic relationship between Two-Face and Renee Montoya started as a result to this crossover and came to a head in the pages of Gotham Central's "Half a Life" storyline. "No Man's Land" also saw the death of Sarah Essen, the wife of Gordon, who is brutally murdered by The Joker in the arc's finale; an event that precipitated Gordon's temporary retirement from the force. The crisis also gave Luthor enough of a foothold in public opinion to win the candidacy of the President of the United States in 2000. This series also set forth the basis of the friendship between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Cassandra Cain, is a fictional character in the DC Universe, and the most recent Batgirl. ...
Batgirl is a DC Comics superhero. ...
This article is about the DC comics villain. ...
Renee Montoya is a fictional character in DC Comics. ...
Gotham Central was a police procedural comic book series that was published by DC Comics. ...
Sarah Essen Gordon is a fictional detective in DCs Batman stories, created by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. ...
Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain. ...
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The novel There is a novel written about the No Man's Land time period that is mostly based around The Joker, The Penguin, Two-Face, Bane, Lex Luthor, and other villains, and the Gotham City Police Department along with the Batman himself. The novel addresses the relationship between Cassandra and her father David Cain, the infamous assassin. It also describes in more detail the various personalities left in the GCPD, including the militant cop Petit who is constantly belittling Gordon's orders as being too soft. Greg Rucka is the author of this novel. The book does, however, leave out Azrael, who was present throughout the story in the comics. The Joker is a comic book supervillain in the DC Comics universe. ...
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot), is a DC Comics supervillain and is an archenemy of Batman. ...
This article is about the DC comics villain. ...
Bane is the DC Comics supervillain, and sometimes ally, best known for having broken Batmans back. ...
Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain. ...
The Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) is a fictional police department servicing the city of Gotham City in the DC Universe. ...
Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...
David Cain is the name of a comic book character associated with the Batman mythos. ...
Greg Rucka is an American writer of novels and comic books. ...
Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) is a fictional character from DC Comics. ...
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