The Penguin's finale saw Oswald Cobblepot emerge as the top criminal kingpin of Gotham City after navigating betrayals and forming new alliances following Carmine Falcone's death.

The Batman director Matt Reeves has finally explained why the Caped Crusader doesn't intervene during the events of The Penguin. "This was a time of great turmoil in the city, it's literally the week after what happened,

HBO’s The Penguin only exists because The Batman was wildly successful and audiences really gravitated to Colin Farrell’s against-type rendition of Oswald Cobblepot, or Oz Cobb as he’s known in this universe.

The Penguin was so good that we didn't even care that Batman himself never showed up. The show is set in the same world as the 2022 film The Batman, where Bruce Wayne is played by Robert Pattinson. That filmed ended with the Riddler (Paul Dano) blowing up a sea wall in Gotham and flooding a poor part of the city,