Jim Gordon Batman Year One
Working together since year one gordon and the dark knight have maintained a close partnership.
Jim gordon batman year one. Recent events however have shifted gordon towards a more anti vigilante stance making him a potential ally for gothams mayoral candidate christopher nakano. Gordon suspects early on that bruce wayne may be batman though he never follows up on his suspicions although sarah essen is correct in her suspicions even guessing bruces motivation. The 1998 miniseries gordon of gotham takes place nearly 20 years prior to the current events of the dc universe and two months before his arrival in gotham in batman.
Two other stories batman and the monster men and batman and the mad monk tie into the same time period of batmans career filling in the gap between. Unlike his previous batman tale the dark knight returns frank millers year one is composed of unambiguous dialogue internal thoughts and narration. As a child jj.
He left gotham and subsequently disappeared. Year one gordon claims not to see the unmasked batman well whom his wife at that time barbara also sees because he doesnt have his glasses on. In this panel it is clear that jim gordon has many things on his mind including his relationship with his wife his duty as a police officer and the mysterious character of batman.
The man who laughs following up on gordon informing batman about the joker and thus recounting their first official encounter. Year one last edited by cloudguy on 070218 0532pm view full history plot summary the story recounts the beginning of bruce waynes career as batman and jim gordons with the gotham city. It reveals that gordon during his tenure in chicago struggled with his wife over conceiving a child while taking night classes in criminology.
An infant james in batman. He was suspected to have killed others who taunted him. The year one story was continued in the 2005 graphic novel batman.
He becomes a minor celebrity after a foiling a late night robbery attempt.