Frank Miller's Dark Knight Universe
In this continuity encompassing only and all Frank Miller penned storylines, including Year One, Merkel wasn't killed and remained on the police force through the events of All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder and is among the first police officer to see the returning Batman during The Dark Knight Returns.
In these stories, Merkel's face is never visibly seen, always off-screen or obscured by shadows.
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