4. Fictional Obituary: Jim Gordon, Absolute Batman

4. Fictional Obituary: Jim Gordon, Absolute Batman Spoilers for Absolute Batman #19–20. Jim Gordon, a Gotham civic leader, former mayor and father of Barbara Gordon, has died. His public life was closely tied to a city struggling over its future. He remained involved with Gotham's people through periods of violence and political upheaval, and his relationships reached beyond the offices and institutions in which he had served. To the Wayne family, Mr. Gordon was also a familiar presence in a much more personal history. He was there in the aftermath of Thomas Wayne's death at the zoo and remained connected to Martha and Bruce through the years that followed. His relationship with Martha became an important part of his later life. With Bruce, he shared conversations about change, responsibility and the difficulty of holding on to the people one hopes to protect. He is survived by his daughter, Barbara, a Gotham police officer. His long connection to Martha and Bruce Wayne remains part of the personal history he leaves behind. Mr. Gordon's death has become the subject of public accusation and uncertainty. Those disputes should not be allowed to consume every account of the man himself. He was a father, a public servant and a person with commitments that continued outside public view. Jim Gordon leaves a family grieving and a city without one of its familiar voices.