Branden (New Earth)

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Contents 1 History 2 See Also 3 Links and References 3.1 Footnotes

History

"Branden" was the leader of the GCPD's S.W.A.T. team underneath the corrupt administration of Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb. He was noted for his overly violent approach to law enforcement, and Jim Gordon referred to his force as a "lunatic gestapo". He also briefly served as Acting Police Commissioner under Mayor Peter Grogan, when Gordon was suspended for his involvement with Batman. Although he was quickly indicted afterwards for his usage of excessive force. Branden was murdered by the Hangman Killer during the events of "Batman: Year One".

See Also

• Discuss Branden (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Branden (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Branden (New Earth)
• Images featuring Branden (New Earth)

Links and References

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Footnotes

The Batman Family's Early History
Main Storylines	Batman: The Man Who Falls | Batman: Year One | Batman: The Long Halloween | Batman: Dark Victory | Batman: The Man Who Laughs | Batman and the Monster Men | Batman and the Mad Monk | Untold Legend of the Batman
Supporting Cast	Batman Annual #14 | Robin: Year One | Batgirl: Year One | Nightwing: Year One | Batman: The Killing Joke | Huntress: Year One | Batman: Gordon of Gotham | Two-Face: Year One
Titles	Legends of the Dark Knight | Batman Confidential
Others	Batman: Year Two | Batman: Year Three | Year One: Batman/Ra's al Ghul | Year One: Batman/Scarecrow | Batman Family Year One Annuals | Batman: Blind Justice
Other Media	Batman Begins | The Dark Knight
Characters	Thomas and Martha Wayne | Joe Chill | Carmine Falcone | Sal Maroni | Tony Zucco | Lew Moxon | Commissioner Loeb | Detective Flass | Kirigi | Henri Ducard | Gilda Dent | Christopher Dent | Vernon Fields | Red Hood
See Also	Batman (Golden Age) | Batman (Silver Age) | Batman (Modern Age) | Year One
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