James Gordon (Earth-Two)

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 * Title = Commisioner Gordon
 * Image                  = brave_bold197_page02.jpg
 * RealName               = James Gordon
 * CurrentAlias           = Commissioner Gordon
 * Distinguish1           = James Gordon
 * Aliases                = Mysteryman
 * Identity               = Public
 * Affiliation            = Batman I, Batman II, Batwoman Justice Society of America of Earth-Two (ally)
 * Relatives              = Barbara (wife, deceased), Tony (son, deceased)
 * Universe               = Earth-Two
 * BaseOfOperations       =


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6'
 * Weight                 = 250
 * Eyes                   = Brown
 * Hair                   = White
 * UnusualFeatures        =


 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Married
 * Occupation             = Police officer (attained the rank of Commissioner)
 * Education              = Law School Graduate


 * Origin                 =
 * PlaceOfBirth           = Earth-Two
 * Creators               = Bill Finger
 * First                  = Detective Comics #27
 * Last                   =


 * Quotation              = This fellow they call "The Bat-Man" puzzles me!
 * Speaker                = Commissioner Gordon


 * HistoryText            = Born on January 5, 1900, James Gordon was selected as Police Commissioner of Gotham City because of his honest intent and good service record as a line police officer.  He graduated from law school at the age of 24 and married his wife on October 11, 1926 .  The two soon had a child named Tony.  However he was completely ineffective against the open crime lords and gangsters who controlled the political and governmental basis of the city and government.  It was because of that he allowed the justice seeking vigilante Batman to do what he could not -- openly fight crime in an effective and at times brutal way in order to slow the crime activities of Gotham's underground.  In 1941, after Batman is threatened with arrest during the trial of Bruce Wayne, Gordon rises to his defense and declares "I speak for the Batman - the friend of the people!  Yes, he works 'outside the law,' as you call it, but the legal devices that hamper us are hurdled by this crimefighter so he may bring these men of evil to justice.  The eminent District Attorney calls him a meddler with a theory...Washington, the Wright Brothers, Lincoln, Edison and others, they were 'meddlers,' too who proved their theories.  They made sacrifices so that we might enjoy the security and comfort we do.  The Batman has done that too!  This man who has saved a nation's gold reserve, fought fifth columnists and saboteurs, beaten the Joker, the Puppet Master, and other crime geniuses...This man who daily risks his life to save others - who never carries a gun - who is aided by his young friend, Robin, fights crime with the courage and zeal born of love for his fellow man.  This is the Batman!"  With a handshake, Gordon then officially appoints Batman "an honourary member of the police department".

Mysteryman
At one point, Gordon briefly adopted the secret identity of Mysteryman to help Batman on a case.




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 * Equipment              = None
 * Transportation         = No exotic transport devices, though did ride in the Batmobile on select occasions
 * Weapons                = No exotic weaponry, common handguns


 * Notes                  =
 * Due to the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, he along with all members of the Earth-Two dimension were erased from ever having existed and was only remembered by Kal-L and his wife Lois Lane-Kent after Earth-Two was erased from ever having existed.


 * Trivia                 =
 * Gordon was succeeded by his long-time friend and partner Batman I of Earth-Two. He died shortly after retiring (All-star #66) due to old age.
 * A version of the Mysteryman costume appears in Kingdom Come, battling at the Gulag.

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