Ranking Every 2017 Comic Book TV Show Worst To Best
6. Gotham
Fox
Gotham might get a bad rap from the Bat-faithful for its liberal use of the license, but that's also - largely - what makes it so great.
Anchored by a cast that are obviously having way too much fun in their own respective roles, Gotham's highpoint this year has come in its most recent season, where the suitably terrifying Professor Pyg has largely dominated proceedings.
Owning its unconventional 'sixties series meets Burton' vibe, Gotham has also done well to spotlight its own wasted characters. Harvey Bullock - played to perfection by Donal Logue - has shaken his two-dimensional roots and has been given plenty to do recently, exemplified best by last month's episode, "Stop Hitting Yourself".
Although the chances of Fox's series winning over the Bat's most vociferous fans are next to none, Gotham has continued to be one of the most enjoyable comic book series to watch in recent months. It has its frustrating moments (what show doesn't?), but beneath all the bluster surrounding its canonical alterations to the Bat-mythos, there lies a truly compelling product.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
