WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Punchline #1 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Mirka Andolfo, Romulo Fajardo Jr. & Gabriela Downie, on sale now

Punchline has quickly become one of the most polarizing figures in Gotham City. Thanks to the growing distaste for superheroes in general as well as the lingering chaos from the Joker War, families and friends are starting to turn against each other in potentially dangerous ways. Now, she's even threatening to come between a member of the Bat-Family and the hero's only remaining family.

Punchline's plans to influence Gotham's public have led Cullen Row to turn against his sister Harper Row, who is also the masked crusader Bluebird, and set him up to indulge in his anger with Batman.

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As part of her plan to turn Gotham against itself and to ensure her freedom from prosecution for her crimes, Punchline has released more and more accounts of her life, earning sympathy and respect from a number of Gotham citizens. She argues that her journey to learn more about the Joker is what pushed her onto this path and that he's far more culpable for her actions than she is. At the end of the day, she's just completing his message for changing Gotham. She points out that she saw him as a signal, a beacon that could be used to tear down the old world and build up something new -- and better -- in its place. While the ploy has largely failed against the crimefighters and protectors of the city, it turns out there's at least one person with a connection to the Bat-Family who's been swayed by her words.

Cullen Row is the younger brother of Harper Row, aka Bluebird. The pair live together in downtown Gotham City, keeping an eye on one another in a world where no one else will. The two have always had an appreciation for Batman and the actions of the Bat-Family, which directly led to Harper joining the fight to protect Gotham City. But while he's expressed enthusiasm for the Bat-Family in the past, the events of the Joker War seem to have left a bad taste in his mouth. Much like a seeming majority of Gotham, Cullen seems to be turning against the very idea of Batman, arguing with Harper that conflicts like the Joker War destroy lives for no good reason.

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Things only get more heated as Cullen falls more down the Punchline rabbit hole. He listens to her underground podcast, which goes into more detail about her descent into the calculated madness that could turn an average woman into Punchline. He slowly starts to find himself empathizing more and more with Punchline, even arguing with Harper over dinner one night about whether or not Punchline actually deserves the scorn and potential prison time she's facing for her actions. Despite her being an accessory to the Joker's crimes, Cullen argues it's no different than when Cassandra Cain had been brainwashed in Batman & Robin: Eternal and was used to kill their mother.

He even blames Batman, saying that all of her crimes were caused by the Joker and that Batman's had plenty of chances to kill him and end his threat once and for all. It all builds to Harper and Cullen both arriving at Punchline's first full court appearance. While Harper arrives on the scene in costume as Bluebird, Cullen comes to meet a friend he met online. This same friend is the person who turned him onto Punchline's podcast and even encourages him to wear a Joker mask as a sign of support. With most of Gotham turning against costumed heroes, it's unsettling to see even their families turning against them.

While James Gordon initially worried his daughter Barbara with his extreme anti-Batgirl rhetoric in Batgirl #50, the two still found some middle ground. With Cullen seemingly falling in with the growing group of villain sympathizers and lashing out at his sister in the process, soon some heroes' closest loved ones might make life far more difficult than any regular villain.

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