Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #31!

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:38:07 +0000

I think the Ditko cover is much better.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:00:20 +0000

Englehart has written good stuff, but his Fantastic Four run was absolutely horrible, and the Harkness issues are the worst by far. He spends those six issues throwing a temper tantrum at the readers’ and characters’ expense. The final issue is the worst — not only does he stop even pretending to have a plot about halfway through, but he appears in person on the last page. Lee, Kirby, and Byrne could do that because they were tongue-in-cheek about it. “Harkness” is dead serious — and readers at the time had no way to even know what he was talking about. It’s a truly sickening display.

- Z

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:59:48 +0000

Good question.

I forget, to be honest. Anyone have the issue handy?

Did Jim sleep with his brother’s wife or his wife’s sister?

By: Nemesis

Nemesis — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:50:55 +0000

So, wait, we’re saying that Jim Gordon slept with his wife’s sister before they were married, and got her pregnant, then married his wife?

Soap: Season Four. Same exact plotline.

By: Endless Mike

Endless Mike — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:49:11 +0000

I don’t really see how having Gordon have an affair is sullying him, since he’s had more than just that one.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:12:34 +0000

Not necessarily, but that’s where they were the last time it was discussed (Gotham Knights, I believe).

By: Savant

Savant — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:28:10 +0000

James Gordon did not necessarily have an affair with his brother’s wife. It was entirely possible for Jim to have had sex with Barbara’s mother, before either of them were in a steady relationship, and the woman just never told Jim. Jim’s brother could have just married her and brought up Barbara as his own, never questioning who the father was.

There, a perfectly rational explanation that doesn’t sully the reputation of one of the greatest supporting characters in comicdom.

By: John Cage

John Cage — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:36:05 +0000

A few years ago this was answered by saying he was living out of Gotham with his mother, but that’s going on ten years and I don’t know if Jim jr’s popped up since.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:51:01 +0000

Whatever happened to James Junior, anyway?