After being kicked out of boarding school, 16-year-old Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City to find that nothing is as he left it. What once was his family home is now an empty husk, lonely but haunted by the memory of his parents' murder.

the Batman mythos Gotham is an American superhero crime drama television series developed by Bruno Heller, produced by Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from the Batman mythos in comic books published by DC Comics.

Gotham High was the concept behind an animated TV show about a teenage Bruce Wayne attending high school with his future enemies and allies. When creator Jeffrey Thomas drew a picture of a young Joker and Harley, DC liked it enough to order an entire series based on the concept.

Some of you may already know that Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon first appeared in Detective Comics #27, but it goes deeper than that! Gotham has taken many elements from the pages of Detective Comics' history and used it to build their show.

The city was built up around a hidden underground temple used to conduct a demonic ritual to summon the demon then called "Barbathos." The story implies that Barbathos, or Barbatos, became the personification of Gotham City itself, and its narration talks about Bruce Wayne as its own child.

English proverbs tell of a village called Gotham or Gottam, meaning “Goat's Town” in old Anglo-Saxon. Folk tales of the Middle Ages make Gotham out to be the village of simple-minded fools, perhaps because the goat was considered a foolish animal.

Batman's creators, Bob Kane and Bill Finger, worked out of offices in Times Square and used the city as inspiration for the Caped Crusader's stomping grounds. "Gotham has always been a stand-in for the seedier side of New York City,” Manhattan comic book store owner Gerry Gladstone told the Associated Press in 2008.

Gotham City is a fictional city which is the home of Batman, a DC Comics character. The city is based on New York City and Chicago, and became Batman's home in 1941. Gotham was a village in England, near Nottingham, where the people were all very foolish.

Gotham is a unique and wonderful insight into the famous city before the birth of DC's most beloved hero. The show mixes comic book content with their own twists. On top of that they have one of the most talented casts on tv. To name but a few Ben McKenzie is an excellent lead as the young Jim Gordon.

9 Best DC Animated Movies To Watch Before Playing Gotham Knights

• Teen Titans Go! Vs.
• LEGO Batman: Family Matters (2019)
• Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
• Batman: Death In The Family (2020)
• Batman & Mr.
• Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker (2000)
• Batman: Under The Red Hood (2010)
• Son Of Batman (2014)

state of New Jersey Gotham City is traditionally depicted as being located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Gotham's look and atmosphere was primarily influenced by New York City.

Plot. A clown and aspiring stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck lives with his mother, Penny, in crime-ridden Gotham City during the early 1980s recession.