History ComicBook / BatmanDigitalJustice

* WhipItGood: Catwoman uses a whip, just like her predecessor. It's [[ShockAndAwe electrified]] for good measure.

%% * CyberPunk

%% * DaChief: Captain Grover.

%% * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Batman's raison d'etre.

** Digital Batman's boast against the conspirators:

%% * AlternateContinuity
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: In the end of their struggle, both [[spoiler:Batcom and the Joker Virus]] somehow come together into an harmonious fusion that transcends reality, leaving the future Gotham free from its past.

* {{Gorn}}: There are multiple scenes of the servo-enforcers tearing people to pieces, or even microwaving them into puddles, to make identifying the bodies difficult.

* {{Bookends}}: The story begins and ends on a shot of a cybernetic cityscape and a videogame screen reading "Game Over".

* {{Bookends}}: The story begins and ends on a shot of a cybernetic cityscape and a videogame screen reading "Game OVer".

* BetterToDieThanToBeKilled: As soon as the Law Man, an eldery cyborg bound to a life support machine, is found by Batman, he seemingly kills himself to keep from being arrested. His last words [[GracefulLoser are of encouragement]] for Batman to hold on to his dreams.

* DatingCatwoman: Atypically for this trope, Gordon never gets any closer to her (romantically speaking) than "There's something about her..." or "I am your friend". Of course, putting Batman and Catwoman together '''without''' invoking this trope would be... wrong.
%% * DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:The Mayor]] makes amends with her dying gasp.
%% * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Lena's death]] sends Gordon nearly over the edge...
* DigitalAvatar: For both Batman (see page image) and [[spoiler:The Joker]].
%% * DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Captain Grover]]. Really, it wouldn't be Gotham without (at least) one.
%% * EverythingIsOnline: except for one small computer in [[spoiler:the Batcave]].

%% * HopeSpot: ... until he happens upon a statue of Batman -- but he doesn't yet know what to do with the inspiration. "Batman... He's '''damn''' sure needed now!" (He realizes that, since EverythingIsOnline and protected by rigid security access, he could never wage a one-man war on crime without getting caught in short order.)

* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The [[TheSyndicate Mob Lord]], the [[StrawmanNewsMedia Media Man]], the [[AmoralAttorney Law Man]] and [[spoiler:the Mayor]] conspire with [[spoiler:the Joker Virus]] to rule Gotham.
%% * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Captain Grover]] wouldn't stay corrupt.

* SlasherSmile: The identity of the virus that plagues Gotham is first foreshadowed by a familiar disembodied smile appearing on multiple screens to taunt Gordon.

* TitleDrop: Done in the opening narration, about the only hope against the dystopia the story is set in:
-->''"A new kind of hero, a program of "clean" code and pure memory, a program written by a legendary Crime Fighter... A Digital Hero, one that can restore digital truth and... '''Digital Justice'''."''
* TheVirus: written by [[ComicBook/TheJoker the madman]] himself.

* ComputersSpeakBinary: Turns up in conversation a couple of times, if not in trope-form itself.
-->'''Batman:''' You get him?\\
'''Robin:''' Can a CPU add one and zero?

--->''"A new kind of hero, a program of "clean" code and pure memory, a program written by a legendary Crime Fighter... A Digital Hero, one that can restore digital truth and... '''Digital Justice'''."''

%% * TitleDrop

The story takes place "sometime into the next century" in a CyberPunk Gotham City which is being overrun once again by crime, aided by several high-ranking officials. The police force's robotic lapdogs, the so-called "servo enforcers", are going berserk and killing random citizens, ostensibly in the course of duty; but Jim Gordon becomes suspicious when he is unable to verify their internal memory logs nor even to positively identify any of the victims, and suspects that someone with [[EverythingIsOnline high-level computer access]] is using the servos as private assassins. In an attempt to get him off the case, his [[DirtyCop superiors]] put him on bodyguard duty for arrogant superstar Gata, but Gordon will not be distracted. However, as the investigation continues, Gordon's partner Lena is murdered, and Gordon himself narrowly escapes a similar fate.

* ExtyYearsFromNow: The story is set "sometime into the next century".

* TheVirus: written by [[ComicBook/TheJoker the madman]] himself.
* ZeroesAndOnes: Turns up in conversation a couple of times, if not in trope-form itself.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computer-rendered images, state of the art when the comic was produced, started to look dated in the early 2000s.

* ConspicuousCG: On occasion, consecutive panels depict the exact same artwork, zoomed in or out or panned to achieve various effects.

''Batman: Digital Justice'' is also particularly noteworthy for being written and illustrated '''entirely''' using computer-generated images, a'la the movie ''Film/{{Tron}}''. While not the first all-digital comic (that honor goes to the 1985 series ''Shatter''), ''Digital Justice'' was a radical departure from the dot-matrix look of its predecessor, utilizing then-advanced graphics and even 3-D modelling techniques to create a pseudo-photorealistic look.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''[[GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman Incorporated]]'' Vol 1 #8, also a CGI cyberpunk Batman story, in this case featuring Bruce Wayne and Barbara Gordon entering the "Internet 3.0".

The story takes place "sometime into the next century" in a CyberPunk Gotham City which is being overrun once again by crime, aided by several high-ranking officials. The police force's robotic lapdogs, the so-called "servo enforcers", are going berserk and killing random citizens, ostensibly in the course of duty; but Jim Gordon becomes suspicious when he is unable to verify their internal memory logs nor even to positively identify any of the victims, and suspects that someone with [[EverythingIsOnline high-level computer access]] is using the servos as private assassins. In an attempt to get him off the case, his [[DirtyCop superiors]] put him on bodyguard duty for arrogant superstar Gata, but Gordon will not be distracted. However, as the investigation continues, [[spoiler:Gordon's partner Lena]] is murdered, and Gordon himself narrowly escapes a similar fate.