James Gordon Jr

James Gordon Jr

## Biography

### Early Life

James Gordon Jr or JJ Gordon as he became more commonly known was born on October 12th, 1977 to James and Sarah Essen Gordon in Gotham City. To put it mildly, JJ was a very troubled child. JJ was very violent and rebellious. Multiple times, Sarah caught him dissecting animals that were still alive and setting fires on the neighbor’s property.

It only grew from there, as JJ would get in completely unprovoked fights at school. He also refused to sit still during class and was caught by both parents sneaking out. He was eventually kicked out of school due to his actions, and so his father decided that Gotham was a bad influence and they moved to his hometown of Chicago.

In Chicago, JJ spiraled out of control. He joined a gang and got caught pushing drugs on the playground. Due to his father’s sway, they got him a psychiatrist, but it didn’t appear to help at all. Things got worse when Sarah became pregnant, and JJ began directing the violence towards her. He often left toys on the stairs hoping she would slip, and once even tried to push her but she fought back.

When his sister, Barbara, was born, his father began ignoring him completely, focusing all of his attention on the young girl, which only added fuel to the fire. When Barbara was just three years old, JJ kidnapped her and took off in Sarah’s car - resulting in a high speed police chase where he eventually wrecked the car and broke his nose. Barbara was unharmed, but JJ turned himself into the police.

Jim took him home from the station where he made him pack his bags and leave. And so, JJ obliged. But, he left them swearing to kill all three of them. Subsequently, the Gordons moved back to Gotham City.

### Becoming a Serial Killer

JJ spent the next year couch-surfing, before he eventually dropped out of high school and became a full-time drug dealer. He was severely addicted to meth while he was dealing, and wound himself up in some hot water after he stole some of their own product. Unbeknownst to members of his gang, JJ would also stalk young women and had taken to killing prostitutes and dissecting them in his own makeshift lab in the sewers.

One day, JJ’s friend picked him up from the corner and told him that the higher ups of their gang were planning to off him. He gave JJ money and told him to get out of dodge - which JJ did. He fled the city and bounced around for a bit - surviving between dealing his remaining supply and sleeping in sleazy motels - while leaving a bloody trail of unsolved murders in his wake.

He wound up in Hub City, where he was eventually arrested for possession. He got put on probation and was assigned a parole officer who was seriously committed to bringing JJ back to society. JJ however was not so committed and eventually skipped town, violating the terms of his parole.

He decided finally to go to Gotham City, where he crossed paths with Robert Hawkins, who recruited him as a dealer for Smilex. He was very effective, and eventually caught the eye of the Joker, who took a liking to the boy. On JJ’s birthday, Joker eventually walked in on him dismembering a prostitute and learned of his family heritage, where he decided it would be fun to sic the “birthday boy” on Commissioner Gordon.

JJ spied on Barbara at her librarian job, where he would eventually kidnap her and take her for a joyride - its suspected he was taking her to Amusement Mile where the Joker would then kill her. However, Barbara secretly activated a distress signal that allowed Batman and Robin to stop JJ and save her life.

Now, he was behind bars in Arkham Asylum, where he faced a new kind of manipulation at the hands of Hugo Strange, who stroked his ego and even encouraged his misogynistic obsession with murdering young women. When the League of Assassins attacked Gotham, JJ was freed and left to roam the streets.

Since then, not much has been heard of him. There have been conflicting reports, some saying he’s fallen back in with the Laugh Pack, especially since Punchline took over the gang, while some report that he’s become a drug manufacturer for the Sons of Batman. Wherever he is, his family is still fearful for when he returns.

## Notes

* JJ Gordon is a composite character with Birthday Boy from *Batman: Earth One*.