![]() Robin and several members of the Gotham City Police department, Hitch, Gordon and Montoya, brave the surroundings, a burning chemical plant, partly to save his life. During the entire case Bullock plays the part of (or was) the "bad cop," intimidating and threatening whoever needed it.īullock is badly injured during a confrontation with the KGBeast, who has gained control of a small nuclear device. Ultimately, without Batman's assistance, Bullock and Gordon stop the Joker from causing an explosion that would have leveled Gotham City. ![]() He saves Gordon's life with careful driving and helps him work through the clues. Even before he made detective, he stayed by Gordon during one of the Joker's earlier rampages. This new post-Crisis Bullock was retconned as having been loyal to Gordon from the start. However, he also has elements of the earlier character including a fondness for doughnuts and a hidden sentimental streak. His colleagues in the Major Crimes Unit will swear up and down that he is a good cop, despite his reputation for taking bribes, police brutality, and ties to organized crime being on the top. Subsequent to this, he was a Bishop in the spy organization Checkmate.įollowing the continuity changes brought about in most of DC's comics by Crisis, Bullock was perhaps the most controversial police officer in the Gotham City Police Department. He also formed a close bond with Robin, based initially on their mutual love of old movies. His character later developed into a well-meaning cop who (probably) was exceedingly clumsy, similar to the later animated version. In his three-panel first appearance, Bullock was not much developed and became a forgotten character for nearly a decade, until he was brought back and further developed by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Newton, starting with Batman #361 (1983).Īfter inadvertently giving Gordon a heart attack, however, Bullock turned over a new leaf. Harvey Bullock first appeared in Detective Comics #441 (June 1974) and was created by Archie Goodwin and Howard Chaykin as "Lieutenant Bullock". ![]() 5.4.1 BBC Radio 1 adaption of Knightfall.
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