Jack Bauer: Basically Batman

Have you ever watched a television show, or an action movie and thought that there's no way any of this can really happen? That the hero, or protagonist does things that are just completely out of the realm of reality?

I've recently had this issue when watching Fox's 24 and the main character, in particular, Jack Bauer. At first, I was under the impression that this character was along the lines of action heroes of my childhood, like Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator, Sylvester Stallone's John Rambo, or even the legendary James Bond. But honestly, what I found in the character of Jack Bauer was something more.

Jack Bauer is pretty much Batman.

Gotham Central #105

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Helloooo Gothamites,

Gotham, Inc. here! We're back! And on this week's episode, we go deep into Gotham City. Way deep. That's right! We talk about all the things that we've gotten for Christmas, as well talking about ALL of the Gotham books that we missed! ..pretty much, at least. That's something! It's in recap form of course.. We also talk Dark Knight Rises news, Bane, and many other topics toiling within the torrid streets of the city of Gotham!

Also, our pull list!

Batman 3 Script Finished

According to the esteemed Mr. Christopher Nolan, via an interview with the Coventry Telegraph, the third Nolan-Batman movie script has been completed. Nolan himself has stated he keeps his mind firmly planted in one movie at a time, so until Inception is released on July 16th, don't expect too much Batman 3 news. He did however state he is very excited about the story he and his brother Jonathan have in stored. At this point in the Batman process, if Christopher Nolan says he's excited, we should all be excited too.

Source: Coventry Telegraph

Gotham Central-Pull List #26

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Hello Gothamites,

Welcome to our Pull List, where we talk about all the Bat-stuff coming out this week!

Coming this week to a store near you is:

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #2 (of 6)

Detective Comics #865

Gotham City Sirens #12

Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #3 (of 4)

Superfriends #27

Batman: Long Shadows (HC)

DC's Great Imaginary Stories Vol. 2: Batman & Robin (TPB)

Wednesday Comics (HC)

The Dark Knight 1:6 (Action Figure)

Dark Knight Silver Logo Web Belt

Toon Tumbler: Batman Clear Pint Glass

Maps of Gotham City

Now, I know that Gotham can and does get face lifts as far as cartography goes, but I've recently been curious to see the actual location of things like Narrows Island, Crime Alley, and Arkham as Asylum as they relate to Wayne Manor, etc.

So, I did a nice little Google search and found these great pictures from ChrisRoberson.net!

(No Man's Land)

(Nolan's Universe)