10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Commissioner Gordon

10. He’s Batman (Sort Of)

After the apparent death of both Batman and the Joker at each other's hands, Geraldine Powers offered James Gordon the chance to honor his fallen friend by becoming a new Batman in a specially created battle suit. When Jim first saw the suit, he thought it evoked nothing of the spirit of the fallen superhero. Additionally, Harvey Bullock tells him that he is too old for the job. Despite his misgivings, though, Gordon did indeed become the new Dark Knight.

Once Bruce Wayne was discovered alive but with no memory of his time as Batman, Gordon asked Bruce - due to the underlying tech being Wayne's - to remove the suit from the control of Powers. Unfortunately, Bruce didn't know how to do this, and this situation led to Alfred pleading to Gordon and Clark Kent that this is Bruce Wayne as he should have been all along, and that they should leave Bruce alone.

By this point, Gordon had discovered that the villainous Mr. Bloom was selling small devices to criminals in the Narrows which gave these rogues powers. After Jim is knocked unconscious, the suit, operating on its own, saved Gordon's life, before he was then rescued by the outfit's designer Daryl Gutierrez and Julia Perry, aka Julia Pennyworth.

Discovering Gordon's plans to take the suit offline, Powers wanted James to publicly resign, but that press conference was interrupted by Bloom - allowing Jim Gordon to remain as Batman for a little while longer.