Gotham by Midnight: We Do Not Sleep Review

Finished reading Gotham by Midnight: We Do Not Sleep, this begins the DC comics series as writer Ray Fawkes gives detective Jim Corrigan his own police precinct called the midnight shift as they deal with the supernatural threats in Gotham. The book opens up with Sergeant Peyton Rook form GCPD's internal affairs meeting Lieutenant Sam Weaver at a local police precinct while Jim Corrigan and his partner detective Lisa Drake return with a new case after meeting with Batman. The case takes the team to the home of two young girls than have been talking a strange language ever since they returned home from being kidnapped this leads Corrigan and Weaver to head to the Slaughter Swamp after Corrigan noticed a strange mark on the house's porch where they come into contact with a demonic nun who has a cabin full of kidnapped children. The second story finds detectives Corrigan and Drake at Gotham County Hospital where the shadow of a young girl comes to life and starts to attack the people inside the hospital. The last story of the book opens up with Corrigan and Weaver in a long bar when a supernatural parasite tries to poison the two with their drinks in hoping the the Spectre would be summoned out of Corrigan to pass judgement over the whole of Gotham when a giant being emerges out of the Slaughter Swamp to confront the Spectre. Overall this was an amazing book as writer Ray Fawkes showcases the supernatural side of Gotham city through the view of a police precinct and with detective Jim Corragan as one of its members its helps to bring a citizen point of view to the world of Gotham due to Corragan also being the Spectre as well. The backstories of Detective Drake and sister Justine are great and intriguing to how Corrigan first meets the characters as the situations he finds them in which makes the ending of the book great. The art work accompanies the story extremely well as artist Ben Templesmith draws out some amazingly designed horrifying and supernatural creatures that the team encounter throughout the book. This is further enhanced by the colour pallet that is used in the dark times of the book helps to solidify the horror esc feel to the book which also helps certain things to standout on the page such as the bright green glow of the Spectre. 9/10