James Gordon (DC)
James Gordon is a male comic character who features DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
James Gordon
Post-Crisis
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Gordon once served as a marine and served in the United States military. (Divergence v1 #1) At some point, his wife left him and his children with him being deeply hurt by the separation yet never re-married. (Batgirl v4 #5)
As a young police officer, one of his acts was killing the serial killer Wesley Mathis with the mans son Barton Mathis being taken into foster care. (Detective Comics v2 #3)
Powers came to convince him to volunteer himself for the program to become the new Batman that was part of the GCPD and used to maintain the peace. The position meant that only a few people were aware that Jim Gordon was the new Batman who utilised a powered suit to help maintain order in the city. He did not operate as a lone police officer but instead worked alongside them and other agencies with checks and balances used to ensure the job was done properly. For this assignment, he had to train rigorously to be able to operate in the field and had to live in a special apartment at the main facility. (Batman v2 #41) He then had to contend with superpowered criminals within the Narrows who had been given 'seeds' that gave them their powers with this being the work of a mysterious arms dealer named Mister Bloom. (Batman v2 #42) In the hunt for the arms dealer, he followed a trail to the Devil Pigs gang leading to a fight with them where he fell into an ambush. (Batman v2 #43) Overwhelmed by his attackers, the armoured suit was deployed on auto-pilot to assist Gordon with this being remotely piloted by his support team. It came to recover him and return him to base thus escaping the armed gang that were shooting at him. (Batman v2 #45)
Batman later came to learn that Gordon was one of the infected and confronted his old friend. This led to a battle with Commissioner Gordon deploying the Rookie Batman suit. Superman intervened in the fight where he destroyed the Project: Batman suit whilst Batman himself managed to apprehend Gordon. They then set about looking for a cure for him and the others that had been infected by the Batman Who Laughs. (Batman/Superman v2 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
As Batman, he wore a uniform that resemble the original Batsuit though lacking a cape and had a holster for a stun gun that he could use to apprehend targets. (Batman v2 #41) The inner suit was equipped with a digital camouflage allowing the user to become invisible. (Batman v2 #42) The fingerprints could emit an electrical charge allowing them to shrink the molecules in glass thus allowing the user to remove windows without the need to shatter the glass to gain entry into a structure. (Batman v2 #43)
Gordon came to refer to the powered suit as the Rookie. A Nimble Auto Program was later installed that allowed targets to be assigned with the armoured suit working on auto-pilot. This allowed it to be deployed to assist the pilot when they were out in the field. Thus, it was able to operate on its own on a basic level and used contextual material to achieve its goal. It was also able to take basic commands from its pilot after it was familiarised with their voice. (Batman v2 #45) The armored suit was constructed of nano-carbon making it tough and able to handle a great deal of damage. (Batman v2 #42) Missile launchers located on the shoulders could fire a wide range of armaments at enemies. (Batman v2 #45)
Notes
- James Gordon was created by Bill Finger, Lawrence Donovan, Henry Ralston and John Nanovic where he made his first appearance in Detective Comics v1 #27 (May, 1939).
Alternate Versions
- In Superman v1 #353 (1980), James W. Gordon appeared in a Just Imagine alternate world setting where he was a patrolman who found the crashed ship of the baby Kal-El who had landed in Gotham City on Earth. He took the child to the Wayne family where he said that without any parent claiming that he had no choice but to place the boy in an orphanage. However, Thomas and his wife Martha Wayne decided to adopt the boy who they named Bruce Wayne. Whilst moving in an alleyway, they were ambushed by hitman Joe Chill but were saved as his gunshots were stopped by Bruce Wayne due to his alien physiology. Jim Gordon arrived to arrest Chill who revealed that he had been hired by Lew Moxon. With this knowledge, he had Moxon arrested and was promoted to Sergeant Gordon with the Wayne's revealing the powers available to their adoptive son Bruce Wayne. Gordon kept the boys secret as he felt he would not have a moments peace if his nature was revealed to the world. James Gordon later became Commissioner and helped foster Bruce's talents until he became Superman.
- In JLA: Earth-2 (2000), an Earth-3 James Gordon was shown to reside in this version of the world that resided in the Anti-Matter Universe with him being an criminal gang boss that served Owlman and known as Boss Gordon.
- In Gotham City Garage v1 (2017), an alternate James Gordon was shown to reside on this Earth in the dystopic world of the Garden. He had a daughter that was Barbara Gordon who joined the ranks of the Lexes law enforcement who served Governor Luthor and he also adopted Kara Zor-El who was raised as Barbara's sister Kara Gordon.
In other media
Television
- In Batman, Commissioner Gordon appeared in the setting of the 1960s live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Neil Hamilton.
- In The Batman, James Gordon was introduced into the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Mitch Pileggi.
- In Gotham, the character was the protoganist of the prequel series where he was portrayed by actor Ben McKenzie.
Films
- In The Dark Knight Trilogy, James Gordon made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Batman Begins, James Gordon made his first appearance in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Gary Oldman.
- In The Dark Knight, James Gordon returned in the live-action sequel where he was portrayed again by actor Gary Oldman.
- In The Dark Knight Rises, James Gordon appeared in the final instalment of the live-action trilogy where actor Gary Oldman once more portrayed the character.
Video games
- In Batman: Vengeance, Commissioner Gordon appeared in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Bob Hastings.
Appearances
- Detective Comics v1: (1939)
- Batman v1:
- Batman v2:
- Detective Comics v2:
- Batman/Superman v1:
- Batman/Superman v2:
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