| JAMES GORDON | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger |
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CHRONOLOGY
James Gordon first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of James Gordon in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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James Gordon Chronology
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| Detective Comics #27 (May 1939): "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" |
| Detective Comics #28 (June 1939): [Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang] |
| Detective Comics #35 (January 1940): [The Case of the Ruby Idol] |
| Detective Comics #36 (February 1940): [Professor Hugo Strange] |
| Batman Vol. 1 #1/4 (spring 1940): "The Joker Returns" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #2 (summer 1940): [The Joker Meets the Cat-Woman] |
| Batman Vol. 1 #2/3 (summer 1940): "The Case of the Clubfoot Murders" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #3/2 (fall 1940): "The Ugliest Man in the World" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #3/4 (fall 1940): "The Batman vs. the Cat-Woman" |
| New York World's Fair Comics #2 (1940): [Visit the 1940 New York World's Fair] |
| DC Special #29 (August-September 1977): "The Untold Origin of the Justice Society" |
| World's Best Comics #1 (spring 1941): "The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #6/2 (August-September 1941): "The Clock Maker" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #6/4 (August-September 1941): "Suicide Beat" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #7 (October-November 1941): [The Joker's Practical Jokes] |
| Batman Vol. 1 #7/2 (October-November 1941): "The Trouble Trap" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #7/4 (October-November 1941): "The People vs. the Batman" |
| Detective Comics #58 (December 1941): [One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups] |
| Batman Vol. 1 #8 (December 1941-January 1942): "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #8/2 (December 1941-January 1942): "The Strange Case of Professor Radium" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #8/3 (December 1941-January 1942): "The Superstition Murders" |
| Detective Comics #60 (February 1942): "The Case of the Costume-Clad Killers" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #9 (February-March 1942): "The Four Fates" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #9/3 (February-March 1942): "The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #9/4 (February-March 1942): [Christmas] |
| Detective Comics #62 (April 1942): "Laugh, Town, Laugh" |
| World's Finest Comics #6 (summer 1942): "The Secret of Bruce Wayne" |
| Detective Comics #65 (July 1942): "The Cop Who Hated the Batman" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #12/2 (August-September 1942): "The Wizard of Words" |
| World's Finest Comics #7 (fall 1942): "The North Pole Crimes" |
| Detective Comics #68 (October 1942): "The Man Who Led a Double Life" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #13 (October-November 1942): "The Batman Plays a Lone Hand" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #13/2 (October-November 1942): "Comedy of Tears" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #13/3 (October-November 1942): "The Story of the Seventeen Stones" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #13/4 (October-November 1942): "Destination Unknown" |
| Detective Comics #69 (November 1942): "The Harlequin's Hoax" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #14 (December 1942-January 1943): "The Case Batman Failed to Solve" |
| Detective Comics #72 (February 1943): "License for Larceny" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #15/2 (February-March 1943): "The Boy Who Wanted to Be Robin" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #15/4 (February-March 1943): "The Loneliest Men in the World" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #16/2 (April-May 1943): "The Grade A Crimes" |
| Detective Comics #75 (May 1943): "The Robber Baron" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #18/3 (August-September 1943): "The Good Samaritan Cops" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #20/2 (December 1943-January 1944): "The Trial of Titus Keyes" |
| Detective Comics #86 (April 1944): "Danger Strikes Three" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #22 (April-May 1944): "The Duped Domestics" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #22/2 (April-May 1944): "Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #23 (June-July 1944): "The Upside-Down Crimes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #24/2 (August-September 1944): "Convict Cargo" |
| Detective Comics #91 (September 1944): "The Case of the Practical Joker" |
| World's Finest Comics #15 (fall 1944): "The Men Who Died Twice" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #25 (October-November 1944): "The Knights of Knavery" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #25/4 (October-November 1944): "The Kilowatt Cowboys" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #26 (December 1944-January 1945): "Twenty Ton Robbery" |
| Detective Comics #95 (January 1945): [The Blaze] |
| Detective Comics #97 (March 1945): "The Secret of the Switch" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #28/3 (April-May 1945): "Shirley Holmes, Policewoman" |
| World's Finest Comics #19 (fall 1945): "The League for Larceny" |
| Detective Comics #104 (October 1945): "The Battle of the Billboards" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #31/4 (October-November 1945): "Trade Marks of Crime" |
| Detective Comics #108 (February 1946): "The Goat of Gotham City" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #33 (February-March 1946): "Crime on the Wing" |
| Detective Comics #110 (April 1946): "Batman and Robin in Scotland Yard" |
| World's Finest Comics #22 (May-June 1946): "A Tree Grows in Gotham City" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #35 (June-July 1946): "Nine Lives Has the Catwoman" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #35/3 (June-July 1946): "Dick Grayson, Author" |
| World's Finest Comics #23 (July-August 1946): "Champions Don't Brag" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #36 (August-September 1946): "The Penguin's Nest" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #37/3 (October-November 1946): "The Joker Follows Suit" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #38/2 (December 1946-January 1947): "The Carbon Copy Crimes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #38/3 (December 1946-January 1947): "The Penguin on Parole" |
| Detective Comics #119 (January 1947): "The Case of the Famous Foes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #39 (February-March 1947): "The Frightened People" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #39/3 (February-March 1947): "A Christmas Tale" |
| Detective Comics #121 (March 1947): "Commissioner Gordon Walks a Beat" |
| Detective Comics #122 (April 1947): "The Black Cat Crimes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #40/2 (April-May 1947): "The Case of Batman II" |
| Detective Comics #123 (May 1947): "The Dawn Patrol Crimes" |
| Detective Comics #124 (June 1947): "The Crimes Parade" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #41/2 (June-July 1947): "The Bandits of Tiny Town" |
| Detective Comics #125 (July 1947): "The Citadel of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #29 (July-August 1947): "The Second Chance" |
| Detective Comics #127 (September 1947): "Pigmies in Giantland" |
| Detective Comics #128 (October 1947): "Crimes in Reverse" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #43 (October-November 1947): "The Blackbird of Banditry" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #43/3 (October-November 1947): "The Four Horsemen of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #31 (November-December 1947): "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #44 (December 1947-January 1948): "Gamble with Doom" |
| Detective Comics #133 (March 1948): "The Man Who Could See the Future" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #46 (April-May 1948): "Guileful Greetings, or, The Joker Sends Regrets" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #46/2 (April-May 1948): "Big House Chaplain" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #47/3 (June-July 1948): "The Origin of Batman" |
| Detective Comics #137 (July 1948): "The Rebus Crimes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #48/2 (August-September 1948): "The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #48/3 (August-September 1948): "Crime from Tomorrow" |
| Detective Comics #139 (September 1948): "Crimes of Jade" |
| Detective Comics #140 (October 1948): "The Riddler" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #49/2 (October-November 1948): "The Scoop of the Century" |
| Detective Comics #141 (November 1948): "The Gallery of Public Heroes" |
| World's Finest Comics #37 (November-December 1948): "The Underworld's Museum of Crime" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #50 (December 1948-January 1949): "Lights - Camera! - Crime" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #50/3 (December 1948-January 1949): "The Second Boy Wonder" |
| Detective Comics #143 (January 1949): "The Pied Piper of Peril" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #51 (February-March 1949): "Pee Wee, The Talking Penguin" |
| Detective Comics #145 (March 1949): "Robin, The Boy Failure" |
| World's Finest Comics #39 (March-April 1949): "The Conquest of Batman's Identity" |
| Detective Comics #147 (May 1949): "Tiger Shark" |
| Detective Comics #148 (June 1949): "The Experiment of Professor Zero" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #53 (June-July 1949): "A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #53/2 (June-July 1949): "The Portrait of Doom" |
| World's Finest Comics #41 (July-August 1949): "The Man with the Fatal Hands" |
| Detective Comics #150 (August 1949): "The Ghost of Gotham City" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #55 (October-November 1949): "The Case of the 48 Jokers" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #55/2 (October-November 1949): "Bruce Wayne, Rookie Policeman" |
| Detective Comics #154 (December 1949): "Underground Railroad of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #43 (December 1949-January 1950): "The Man with a Thousand Eyes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #56 (December 1949-January 1950): "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #56/2 (December 1949-January 1950): "The Riddle of the Seven Birds" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #56/3 (December 1949-January 1950): "A Greater Detective than Batman" |
| Detective Comics #156 (February 1950): "The Batmobile of 1950" |
| World's Finest Comics #44 (February-March 1950): "The Confession of Batman" |
| Detective Comics #158 (April 1950): "The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman" |
| World's Finest Comics #45 (April-May 1950): "The Historian of Crime" |
| Detective Comics #159 (May 1950): "Bruce Wayne - You are Batman" |
| Detective Comics #160 (June 1950): "The Globetrotter of Crime" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #59 (June-July 1950): "The Man Who Replaced Batman" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #59/2 (June-July 1950): "The Forbidden Cellar" |
| Detective Comics #161 (July 1950): "The Man Who Died on Time" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #60/3 (August-September 1950): "The Auto Circus Mystery" |
| Detective Comics #164 (October 1950): "Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #61 (October-November 1950): "The Birth of Batplane II" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #61/2 (October-November 1950): "The Mystery of the Winged People" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #61/3 (October-November 1950): "The Wheelchair Crimefighter" |
| Detective Comics #165 (November 1950): "The Strange Costumes of Batman" |
| Detective Comics #166 (December 1950): "The Man with a Million Faces" |
| World's Finest Comics #49 (December 1950-January 1951): "A White Feather for Batman" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #62 (December 1950-January 1951): "The Secret Life of Catwoman" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #62/2 (December 1950-January 1951): "The Batman of England" |
| Detective Comics #167 (January 1951): "Bodyguards to Cleopatra" |
| World's Finest Comics #50 (February-March 1951): "Bullet-Hole Club" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #63/2 (February-March 1951): "The Case of the Flying Saucers" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #63/3 (February-March 1951): "The Origin of Killer Moth" |
| World's Finest Comics #51 (April-May 1951): "The Academy for Gangsters" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #64 (April-May 1951): "The Candid Camera Killer" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #64/2 (April-May 1951): "The Forgotten Men of Crime" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #64/3 (April-May 1951): "The Return of Killer Moth" |