And regardless of whether or not Butch lives or dies, it can’t possibly be long before Ed realizes that Oswald, his good buddy and boss, is the real source of his latest misery, and their relationship will undoubtedly get even more twisted.
If Penguin manages to get some happiness during all this, isn’t it worth the lives of Isabella and Butch, and probably plenty of others?
I quite enjoy everything that’s happening between Penguin and Riddler at the moment, and while it hasn’t given Robin Lord Taylor that much to do by way of changing Gotham City, it’s an interesting detour from how we normally view the comic book villains.