10 Unused Villains Who Should Be In The Next Batman Video Game
3. James Gordon Jr.
In the story that propelled Scott Snyder into Batman superstardom, Black Mirror introduced James Gordon Jr. to the iconic rogues gallery and quickly established him as one of Gotham’s sickest psychopaths.
Returning to the crime-infested city after a lengthy absence, James promises he is taking medicine that controls his demented behaviour and is thus welcomed back by his father, Jim. This is of course found out to be a lie, and when he’s not skinning people alive and hiding their bodies in the corpses of Whales, James spends his time poisoning hospitalised children with pills that slowly turn people insane.
The inclusion of James Gordon Jr. would greatly amplify the levels of anxiety and signs of mistrust Rocksteady only marginally captured between Batman and the Commissioner in Arkham Knight, and it would be a welcome turn-of-events to explore the history and family dynamic of the Gordon’s instead of having to hear Batman brood over his dead parents again.
He’s twisted, psychotic and the star of Dick Grayson’s greatest story as Gotham’s protector, and out of all the villains Snyder has introduced and radically transformed, James Gordon Jr. is - by far - the most riveting and harrowing.