CSBG Archive
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 251
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today we look at a cool issue of Detective Comics spotlighting Harvey Bullock…
In Detective Comics #651 (written by Chuck Dixon and drawn by Graham Nolan), Harvey Bullock is “forced” to turn to Batman for help when he keeps getting death threats. He asks Batman to find out who it could be (and there are TONS of suspects). In the meantime, we get a nice spotlight on Bullock’s life – his pigsty of an apartment, his annoying landlord, his love of doughnuts, his distaste for Batman (and especially his distaste for asking Batman for help).
In any event, Batman thinks he has a good suspect…






I thought that this was well-handled all the way through – a “done in one” story rather than a “filler” issue.
Good stuff.






17 Comments
Zabba
September 9, 2009 at 3:03 am
Pretty cool Batman story overall.
Patrick
September 9, 2009 at 4:50 am
Another excellent story adapted into a fun episode of BTAS
Aaron Thall
September 9, 2009 at 6:16 am
I remember that episode. A lot of fun. Great moment.
chad
September 9, 2009 at 6:19 am
even thought i always thought bullock was a over bearing stuffed shirt loved how he swallowed his ego and asked batman for help. that and when batman kept saying you think its over bullock starts to put two and two together.
Hangman Jury
September 9, 2009 at 7:56 am
Which Batman episode was this?
wwk5d
September 9, 2009 at 8:02 am
I remember another Spotlight on Bullock pre-Crisis that was pretty cool also.
Bill Reed
September 9, 2009 at 8:23 am
“A Bullet for Bullock” was the name of both stories, I think.
Callum
September 9, 2009 at 9:37 am
Do Bullock’s neon lime green pants get their own moment later on this list? They’re perfect for sneaking up on criminals with a shotgun.
Zory
September 9, 2009 at 9:49 am
A Bullet For Bullock! I love this comic!
Graham Nolan was a hell of a Batman artist.
Matt Beahan
September 9, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I love the B:TAS episode, but had no idea it was based on a comic. Maybe that’s a new top 5 list, best episodes of B:TAS/TNBA based on comics (and graphic novels, so you could include “Mad Love” and “Dark Knight Returns”)…
Ethan Shuster
September 9, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I always liked Bullock’s character. He’s a good cop, he’s just a jerk at the same time. Having a regular cop hating Batman makes sense, too. Always loved his portrayal on the animated series. I think it would be great if he showed up in a new movie sequel. He’d fit nicely into Nolan’s Batman.
In Batman Begins, I remember first thinking that fat corrupt cop was going to be named Bullock. Then in The Dark Knight I expected the hispanic woman cop would be Montoya. It was good that they weren’t since they both were more or less bad.
Zor-El of Argo
September 9, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I loved this story when I read it. I liked the ending of the BTAS episode better, though. Batman’s look of disgust and telling Bullock “you have enough problems,.” very cool.
I am all for a list of top cartoon episodes that directly adapted comic book stories. This would need to be on that list along with “For The Man Who Has Everything” from JL Unlimited.
stephen cade
September 9, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I was pretty sure that “that fat corrupt cop” was Flass from Year One–and that’s who it was based on.
But Bullock would be cool to see in a movie.
kalorama
September 9, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Huh. A Bullet for Bullock is one of my favorite B:TAS eps, but I never knew it was based on a pre-existing comic book story. I’ll have to check this out.
DubipR
September 9, 2009 at 8:43 pm
I miss Graham Nolan. I know he’s doing one of the comic strips for newspapers but I’d like to see him come back and do an issue or 2 of Batman
Ethan Shuster
September 10, 2009 at 5:45 am
I’m all for an article of TV adaptations of comic stories, too. Didn’t B:TAS also have “Joker’s Millions” or whatever the title is? Some guy leaves Joker millions of dollars, but it all turns out to be counterfeit, I believe.
stealthwise
September 11, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I’m glad someone mentioned that this one was a BTAS episode, because reading it felt familiar, but I couldn’t place where I knew the story from at all.