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Manny Esperanza

[[Image:|200px|center|Emmanuel Esperanza (New Earth)]]

Real Name

Emmanuel Esperanza

Current Alias

Manny Esperanza

Alignment

Neutral

Affiliation

Gotham City Police Department

Universe

New Earth

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Citizenship

American

Occupation

Police officer

Creators

Greg Rucka, Shawn Martinbrough

First appearance

Detective Comics Vol 1 761
(October, 2001)

History

Manny Esperanza is an Inspector in Gotham City Police Department's Internal Affairs Division and is thus not one of the Department's most popular members. He is dedicated to his job and to the principal that no matter the circumstances, no police officer is above the law. Ever. He famously once rooted out so much corruption in the vice squad that half of its personnel were taken down. More recently, he has had a number of run-ins with the detectives in the Major Crimes Unit. His investigations into the death of Jordan Reynolds led to Lt. Bullock resigning from the GCPD. He also investigated the possibilty that Detective Montoya had killed two men to keep her sexual orientation secret and was deeply regretful when he had to arrest her, and equally thankful when it was proved that Two-Face had set her up. Still later, he helped clear Detective Allen of false charges, acting against corrupt SOCO Jim Corrigan. He has a relationship of mutual respect with Montoya, but it would be wrong to describe it as a true friendship.

See Also

• Discuss Emmanuel Esperanza (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Emmanuel Esperanza (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Emmanuel Esperanza (New Earth)
• Images featuring Emmanuel Esperanza (New Earth)

Links and References

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Footnotes

GCPD Officer This character is or was an officer of, or held a title in the Gotham City Police Department, in any of its various incarnations. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "GCPD members" and "Police Officers" categories.