Dr, Freeze, Two-Face, The Joker, The Mad Hatter...most of the Batman stories I've read play up their color and eccentricity, not here.
In Gotham Central, Brubaker and Rucka, imagine what it would be like to Serve in a city inhabited by these freaks and whackos and it's not pretty. They're dangerous, unstable. lost in their own little worlds of insanity and the only other person in their sights is The Bat. Everyone else is cannon fodder and chewed scenery when caught between Bats and his foes. On other titles, this is just glossed over, your standard "These are the bad guys and this one here is the good guy." Not so here.
The Dark Knight is fighting crime, sure, but is he really on the side of law & order?
