Thread:SforHope/@comment-25737724-20150304015551/@comment-18172179-20150304021152

Ok, here's the deal

1) On that page it says: Michael Akins was a trusted member of the Gotham City Police Department, appointed by James Gordon as Chief of Police after the city's period as a 'No Man's Land'. And later in the paragraph: The Bat-Signal was removed from the roof of Gotham City Police Headquarters and all costumed vigilantes were declared illegal in the city. What happened after NML, is that he became Chief Police when Gordon was shot during Batman: Officer Down. The removal of the Bat-Signal happened, IIRC, during Batman: War Games or as an aftermath to that storyline. The whole thing just happened once in GC #25.

2. He never appeared or was mentioned in NML. Kelly is a character introduced after NML, but his origins story are connected to the event, much like Millicent Mayne. She was created in 2009, but her origin story is connected to the earthquake in Batman: Cataclysm, which happened in 1998.