Crisis
Crisis noun - A time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action.
Shootout
Shootout noun - A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
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The second season had a new Big Bad who instigated bigger crimes such as an attempted bombing, a hostage crisis gone bad and a shootout in order to bring the system.
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At the moment of crisis during the shootout, he turns to his wife and tells her that if he doesn't survive—she should call his attorney.
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The Wrath was a pre-Crisis villain who was even more of a Batman counterpart, down to duplicating much of his origin (his parents being killed in a shootout by Commissioner Gordon in his days as a rookie beat cop).
Source: Evil Counterpart / Comic Books
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