Punishment
Not all of Gotham is run down and dangerous. Of course any city which has as many dangerous criminals in it as the Gotham doesn't truly have completely safe neighborhoods, but Murphy Avenue is relatively safe. An unseasonably warm snap, combined with a relative sense of security, keeps people out in the last few minutes before sunset. A group of young girls playing jumprope down the street without parental supervision is one sign of this relaxed attitude; another is a group of teenagers sit on a stoop, couples within the group sitting in each others' arms.
There's some additional factors to this sense of security. Gotham City has a new hero... and she lives in the area. Though the apartments are a little run-down, people feel safer knowing that Romy Chandler lives near here. She nearly killed the Scarecrow, after all... the sicko is still in a coma in the hospital.
And then there are the added police patrols. They're there to help protect Romy from any potential retribution.
But Killer Croc isn't really concerned by them.
He doesn't want a direct confrontation with the cops, which is why he's dressed in a trenchcoat with an oversized hat. That gets him close to the building.
But once he's climbed the fire escape to her window and smashes in her window, he loses all subtlety.
"Chandler!" he snarls. "Where are you, bitch?"
There's some additional factors to this sense of security. Gotham City has a new hero... and she lives in the area. Though the apartments are a little run-down, people feel safer knowing that Romy Chandler lives near here. She nearly killed the Scarecrow, after all... the sicko is still in a coma in the hospital.
And then there are the added police patrols. They're there to help protect Romy from any potential retribution.
But Killer Croc isn't really concerned by them.
He doesn't want a direct confrontation with the cops, which is why he's dressed in a trenchcoat with an oversized hat. That gets him close to the building.
But once he's climbed the fire escape to her window and smashes in her window, he loses all subtlety.
"Chandler!" he snarls. "Where are you, bitch?"