COMMISSIONER GORDON

Real Name: James Gordon

Class: Human

Occupation: Police commissioner

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Barbara Gordon (Batgirl, granddaughter), Tony Gordon (son)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City, Earth-3839

First Appearance: Batman / Captain America #1 (December, 1996)

Powers: Gordon had an intuitive mind, and a skill for politics. He was armed with standard GCPD firearms.

History: (Batman / Captain America #1) - <January, 1945> The U.S. military started the Gotham Project, a top-secret research group dedicated to creating a functioning atom bomb. The Red Skull contacted Joker on behalf of Germany, enlisting him in a series of espionage missions against the Project. Batman and Robin teamed with the legendary Captain America and Bucky to take them down. Commissioner Gordon put up the bat-signal to alert the heroes that the Joker had stolen Fat Boy, an atom bomb prototype turned out by Project Gotham. Joker ended up turning against Red Skull when he tried to detonate an atom bomb over Washington. Batman and Captain America took control of Red Skull’s plane while Joker and Red skull fought in the bomb bay. They tumbled out alongside the bomb over the Atlantic Ocean, and the resulting atomic explosion seemingly killed them.

Comments: Created by Bill Finger & Bob Kane.

Commissioner Gordon had a cameo Superman & Batman Generations #1.