JAMES GORDON	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane

James Gordon

PERSONAL DATA

Full Name: James 'Jim' Worthington Gordon
Occupation: Police Commissioner, G.C.P.D.
Citizenship: American
Marital Status: Widower
Known Relatives: Barbara Eileen Gordon (ex-wife); Sarah Essen Gordon (ex-wife, deceased); Roger Gordon (brother, deceased); Thelma Gordon (sister-in-law, deceased); Barbara Gordon (niece, adopted daughter); James Gordon, Jr. (son)
Base of Operation: Gotham City
Group Affiliation(s): G.C.P.D.
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown, now White
First Appearance: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)
Creators: Bill Finger and Bob Kane

HISTORY

An officer from Chicago, James Gordon was unaware of the level of corruption in the Gotham City Police Department until he arrived in the city. Finding allies in District Attorney Harvey Dent (who would later become Two-Face) and the masked vigilante Batman he began a crusade to bring real justice to the city, eventually rising to the rank of police commissioner, where he was able to make sure that at least the major crimes unit was free of corruption. On the way he lost his wife and son, who left because of his obsession with the job, but gained an adoptive daughter in his niece Barbara Gordon, who thought he was unaware of her activities as Batgirl and later as information-broker Oracle. In recent years, Gordon married Sarah Essen, an old colleague from his days on the Chicago PD, but lost her to the Joker's bullets during the 'No Man's Land' period which the city suffered through. The Joker had previously crippled his adoptive daughter, but still Gordon was determined to bring him in 'by the book.'

Not long afterward, James Gordon was shot by one of his own men, whom he had arrested many years ago in Chicago. Seriously injured, he made the decision to retire, leaving the department in the hands of Chief Akins, much to he chagrin of his officers and Batman, with whom he now has a close friendship. He left the city for some time, but later returned as a professor of criminology at Gotham's university.

Gordon is now back as Commissioner of the GCPD.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of James Gordon in chronological order click here

PROFILE REFERENCES

Who's Who: Update '87 #2 (September 1987)

Batman Annual #13 (1989)
Who's Who in the DC Universe #16 (February 1992)