No Man's Land (comics) - Legacy

Legacy

• "No Man's Land" introduced the character of Cassandra Cain, who would become the third Batgirl.

• An ongoing quasi-relationship between Two-Face and Renee Montoya started as a result to this crossover and came to a head in the pages of Gotham Central's "Half a Life" storyline.

• Sarah Essen, a police officer and the wife of Jim Gordon, is brutally murdered by the Joker in the story's finale. This event, as well as getting shot in the back by one of his own officers, precipitated Gordon's temporary retirement from the force.

• Luthor rebuilds Gotham in a bid to claim it (as he had all the deeds destroyed). He is thwarted by Batman but gains enough public opinion to later win the candidacy of the President of the United States in 2000.

• Mercy Graves, who first appeared in Superman: The Animated Series, is introduced during No Man's Land.

• Harley Quinn makes her first appearance in the regular Batman continuity during "No Man's Land", in a one-shot titled Batman: Harley Quinn that also set forth the basis of the friendship between her and Poison Ivy. This is largely an adaptation of 1994's Batman Adventures: Mad Love. (Harley Quinn's first print appearance was in Batman Adventures #12 (1993).)

• Following No Man's Land, Batman changes his costumes from the all-black Troika storyline suit to a costume similar to the original, Year One Batsuit during the event.

• Behind the scenes, "No Man's Land" precipitated the exit of longtime writer and editor Denny O'Neil from the Batman family of books. In an interview, he stated that he retired three years before he was supposed to, due to the strenuous nature of editing. O'Neil was replaced by Bob Shreck.