James Gordon (Gotham)

James Gordon
Gotham‎ and Pennyworth
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Real Name	James Gordon
Relatives	Unnamed father (deceased)
Affiliation	Gotham City Police Department
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Engaged
Occupation	Gotham City Detective
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Gotham (TV Series)
Creators	Bill Finger · Bob Kane · Bruno Heller
First Appearance	"Pilot" (September 22, 2014)

If we don't save this city, who will?

— Det. James Gordon

History

Jim Gordon resided in the suburban area of Gotham during his childhood, the son of a successful, although corrupt, district attorney. After his father was killed in a car crash by a drunk driver, he joined the army and become a war hero. After returning to the city in which he had grown up in and becoming engaged to Barbara Kean, Jim joined the Gotham City Police Department as a rookie detective, and partner of the corrupt Harvey Bullock.

As his first case, Jim was assigned the murder of two of Gotham’s wealthiest citizens, Thomas and Martha Wayne. He promised their son Bruce he would find their killer. This led him and Bullock to several leads finalizing in the murder of the then suspect, Mario Pepper. Later discovering that Pepper had been framed, Jim went on to interrogate mobster, Fish Mooney. After being held and restrained by Fish Mooney’s men after offending her, he, along with Bullock, were rescued from death by Carmine Falcone, the head of one of the major crime families in Gotham.

To return the favor, Jim was assigned the duty of killing Oswald Cobblepot, a former employee of Fish Mooney who snitched to the police in an attempt to push Mooney out and take over her operation. Despite his, Barbara, and Bullock’s lives depending on the murder, Jim faked Cobblepot’s death under the condition that Cobblepot was to never come back to Gotham.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
• Investigation
• Firearms

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series Gotham and is an adaptation of James Gordon. The original character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane and first appeared in Detective Comics #27.
• James Gordon is portrayed by Ben McKenzie.

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Footnotes

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