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WARNING : The following article contains SPOILERS forBatman # 51 .
Fans ofBatmanwondered how DC Comics could possibly follow - up the spectacle and fervour ofBatman and Catwoman ’s weddinginBatman # 50 . Obviously , there was only one thing they could do to top that event - send Bruce Wayne off to serve panel duty !
Many people view a court summons to sit down on a jury as a petty pain in the neck , given the pauperism to remove one ’s self from their bit for at least a daylight while they are interviewed regarding their suitableness to help . This disruption can go on to last for several workweek , if one is delegate to the panel for a long - running visitation . Nevertheless , the right to a run by a jury of one ’s compeer is one of the authentication of a modern bon ton and serving as a juryman is a duty that the civic - minded Bruce Wayne clearly direct severely .
Despite the fact that one can plead ineligibility to a variety of factor , such as being too crucial to their employer to be allowed to leave work for an drawn-out period , we do not see Bruce Wayne attempting to practice his berth as CEO of a major company to get out of his responsibilities as an American citizen - much to the astonishment of his fellow judge !
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ThoughBatman # 51reveals nothing of Bruce Wayne ’s thoughts as the action of the take unfolds , it ’s possible he did n’t recall there was a luck he would be selected to serve , give his reputation as a law - and - order minded philanthropist wholost his parents to violence .
Wayne is briefly questioned about his old association with Batman as part of the jury selection cognitive operation - presumably a nod to the upshot of theBatman Incorporatedseries , in which Bruce Wayne revealed that he had been on the Q.T. finance Batman ’s activities for years before establishing a publicly - traded company toassist offence - combatant around the world . It is something of a electric shock then when Bruce Wayne is selected to wait on on the panel trying the case of Mr. Freeze - one of Batman ’s most notorious enemies !
The trial which follows offers a fascinating look at how the legal system might operate in a macrocosm with superheroes . Mr. Freeze ’s defense attorney , knowing that her guest is unconvincing to draw out much sympathy from the jury give his record as a have it off killer , center his type on the fact that all of the evidence connect Mr. Freeze to the slaying of which he is criminate was forgather by Batman . Though police research worker later confirmed all of Batman ’s findings , the fact that Batman is not officially licensed by the Gotham City Police Department to perform postmortem or act as a CSI should project all of that evidence into doubtfulness , if not make it entirely inadmissible in a motor inn of law .
It does n’t assist matters that while Mr. Freeze made a full confession , this follow a beating at the hands of Batman . One curio that rise is Mr. Freeze ’s insistence that the " Batman " who exhaust him into confessing was not the same one he had struggle with so many time before .
While this attain little difference to the court or the rest of the jury , it is certainly a matter of great concern for Bruce Wayne , who now has to interest about an impostorBatmanand the possibility that Mr. Freeze might be innocent of the crimes of which he ’s been accused .
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Batman # 51is now available fromDC Comics .
