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Commissioner James Gordon

from Batman

4,951 appearancesSince 1939

Commissioner James Gordon first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (1939-05), published by DC. 4,951 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

A frequent ally of Batman, James Gordon has served as a police officer, the Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department, and as Batman. Golden Age: Father of Tony Gordon. Pre-Crisis Earth-One: Father of Tony Gordon and Barbara Gordon (Batgirl). Post-Crisis: Ex-husband of Barbara Kean. Father of James Gordon Jr. with Barbara. Husband of Sarah Essen-Gordon. Uncle and adoptive father of Barbara Gordon (Batgirl / Oracle).

Character history

Key issues

6 issues

Detective Comics
#27
first appearance
1939-05-00
Superman
#363
death
1981-09-00
Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Batman
1940–2011
438 issues →
Detective Comics
1937–2011
412 issues →
World's Finest Comics
1941–1986
86 issues →

#2

death

2011-09-00

Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1 cover

Batman: The Dawnbreaker

#1

2017-12-00

Gotham City Garage #1 cover

Gotham City Garage

#1

2017-12-00

Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights #1 cover

Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights

#1

2020-10-00

The Brave and the Bold cover

The Brave and the Bold

1955–1983

71 issues →

Detective Comics cover

Detective Comics

2011–

69 issues →

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight cover

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight

1992–2007

67 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

2016–2026

41 issues →

The Menomonee Falls Gazette cover

The Menomonee Falls Gazette

1971–1978

39 issues →

Batman: Shadow of the Bat cover

Batman: Shadow of the Bat

1992–2000

36 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

2011–2016

31 issues →

Batman Confidential cover

Batman Confidential

2007–2011

28 issues →

Star Spangled Comics cover

Star Spangled Comics

1941–1952

24 issues →

Batgirl cover

Batgirl

2011–2016

24 issues →

Batman: Gotham Adventures cover

Batman: Gotham Adventures

1998–2003

22 issues →

Batman '66 cover

Batman '66

2013–2016

22 issues →

Legends of the Dark Knight cover

Legends of the Dark Knight

1989–1992

20 issues →

The Batman Adventures cover

The Batman Adventures

1992–1995

20 issues →

Batman: The Dark Knight cover

Batman: The Dark Knight

2011–2014

19 issues →

Batman Annual cover

Batman Annual

1961–2011

17 issues →

Catwoman cover

Catwoman

1993–2001

16 issues →

Batman: Gotham Knights cover

Batman: Gotham Knights

2000–2006

16 issues →

The Batman Strikes cover

The Batman Strikes

2004–2008

16 issues →

Batman Eternal cover

Batman Eternal

2014–2015

16 issues →

The Joker cover

The Joker

2021–2022

15 issues →

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