Gotham City is a large city located on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, in the federated state of New Jersey, across the bay from its sister city, Metropolis, Delaware in the District of Metropolis. It is also the birthplace of the fearsome vigilante known as the Batman.
Always a literal cesspool filled with criminals, corruption, pollution and vermin infestations, Gotham is considered by some to be the most dangerous and criminally corrupt city in the world. By day, an attractive and alluring tourist location, while by night, every decent persons' worst nightmare.
History
Foundation
Founded centuries ago in 1635 by a Norwegian mercenary, Gotham City grew to become one of the world's leading economic hubs and a center for history, technology and the arts.[1]
20th century
Gang Violence
In the 1970s, Gotham experienced a period of extreme civil unrest and gang wars. These conflicts forced the businesses in the city's famed Clocktower to exit.[2]
Murder of the Waynes
Thomas and Martha Wayne were gunned down by Joe Chill after leaving the Aragon Theatre.
In 1981, eminent philanthropists Thomas and Martha Wayne were murdered by mugger Joe Chill after watching The Mask of Zorro at the Aragon Theatre. The crime left their only son Bruce the last remaining member of the Wayne Family, who witnessed the murder of both of his parents at just 9 years old.[3]
Legend of the Batman
""Crime Wave in Gotham." Other breaking news, "Water... wet.""
―Perry White to Clark Kent[src]
In the mid-1990s, a vigilante known as "the Batman" waged a one-man war on crime. Armed with a prototype high-tech armored suit, numerous gadgets and a custom combat vehicle, the vigilante went on to take down both the Falcone and Maroni crime families,[citation needed] as well as other extremely formidable criminals, ranging from the flamboyant psychopaths Joker and Harley Quinn, to the mercenary Deadshot, and cannibalistic metahuman Killer Croc.[4]
21st century
Bertinelli massacre
Stefano Galante watched on while Victor Zsasz, Happy, and Carlo Rossi gunned down the Bertinellis.
To further fund his criminal empire, Roman Sionis placed a hit on the Bertinelli Crime Family, once the most powerful crime family in Gotham City. He ordered some of henchmen and members of the Galante Crime Family to obtain the Bertinelli Diamond. The entire crime family was massacred with only Helena Bertinelli surviving. She would later become a crossbow wielding assassin to kill the people involved in the massacre to avenge her family.[5]
Assault on Arkham Asylum
Duel at Gotham Port
Two years after the Black Zero Event, a grizzled and cruel Batman came to the conclusion that Superman was a threat to humanity, and must be destroyed. He fashioned three kryptonite gas grenades and a kryptonite spear, and arrived at the abandoned Gotham Port, where he set up traps and put the kryptonite spear in place. When all was ready, Batman activated the Batsignal and waited for Superman to appear.
Superman arrived and attempted to explain how they were being manipulated by Lex Luthor, however Batman refused to listen, and claimed he already understood the situation. Superman demonstrated his strength to Batman while Batman, knowing that his odds could only improve if Superman was placed into a weaker state, used a kryptonite gas grenade to weaken him. Batman bested Superman and tackled him down into a building where the two battled it out. However, just as Superman gained his strength and invulnerability back, Batman reloaded his grenade gun and fired another kryptonite grenade, giving him an even greater advantage. Batman grabbed his kryptonite spear and sliced it across Superman's face as Superman pleaded with him to save "Martha", just as Lois Lane arrived and explained that coincidentally, his own mother was named Martha. Finally realizing that Superman's existence on Earth was never a threat and by obsessing on Superman turning evil, he himself became the embodiment of this evil himself, and threw his spear aside.
Map of downtown Gotham City.
Downtown Gotham City is comprised of many smaller neighborhoods.
Neighborhoods
Amusement Mile
Bowery
Bristol
Burnley
Chelsea
Chinatown
Corktree
Coventry
East End
Financial District
Gotham Heights
Little Bohemia
Little Odessa
Lower Gotham
Lower East Side
Lower West Side
Midtown
Old Gotham
Park Row
Robbinsville
Somerset
South Gotham
Tricorner Yards
Upper East Side
Upper West Side
Warehouse District
Locales
"The answer is always more." ―Max Lord, Wonder Woman 1984
"The answer is always more." ―Max Lord, Wonder Woman 1984
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Ace Chemicals factory
Alice's Antiques
Aragon Theatre
Archie Goodwin International Airport
Arkham Asylum
Arkham Island
Balthazar's
Bertinelli mansion
Big Belly Burger
Black Mask club
Blackgate Penitentiary
Blades Arena
Blue Heron
Bristol Country Club
Bryant Chemical Works
Buford Building
Castleland Mall
Ciao Bella
Circo Roma
City Hall
Hall of Records
Mayor's Office
Clocktower
Club Vesuvius
Crystal Palace
Courthouse Alley
Davenport Tower
Davenport Center
Diamond District
Doc's Place
Egyptian
Ellsworth Building
Empire International Airport
Excelsior Motel
Falcone's
Fashion District
Father Knickenbocker Wax Museum
Finger Foods
Founders Pier
Fox Gardens
Gramercy Loft
Globe Theater
Gotham City Cemetery
Gotham City Arms Hotel
Gotham City Gas warehouse
Gotham City General Hospital
Gotham City Imports Office
Gotham City Museum of Antiquities
Gotham City Museum of Natural History
Gotham City Olympus
Gotham City Opera House
Gotham City Police Department
Gotham City Public Library
Gotham City Stock Exchange
Gotham City Yacht Club
Gotham City Zoo
Gotham Heights
Gotham State University
Haley's Circus
Harbor Light Motor Lodge
Harborgate Towers
Harry's Revue
HMS Tar
Hotel Aventine
Hotel Parvenu
Hyde Towers
Iceberg Lounge
International Museum of Financial History
Janus Cosmetics building
Jazzland
Jitters
Kane Art Museum
Kingston Square
Krankzz
Kremlin Klub
La Jeste Clown College
La Scala Theater
Luigi's Pizza
Maxie's Casino
Marin Hotel
Mecha Sushi
Midtown Arena
Midtown Mall
MM Good Donuts
Murray's Exotic Animals
Neo-Eden
North Central Hospital
Official Gotham City Information Center
Orchard Hotel
Orpheum Theater
Pamela's Café
Paora
Paradise Club
Paz Rudi
Peregrinator's Club
Powers Hotel
Powers Stadium
Red Lotus
Richland Mall
Riverside Lounge
Robinson Park
Finger Castle
Forum of the Twelve Caesars
Giella Gardens
Johnson Landfill
Nero Pavilion
Robinson Station
Rosemont Theater
Sal's Bodega
Sionis Below
Slaughter Swamp State Park
St. Bernadette's Orphanage
Taco Dirty to Me
Tap Room
Theater Row
Docks
Narrows
Palisades
The Booby Trap
Tobacconists Club
Tricorner Park
Tricorner Yards
Up All Night
Ventriloquist Club
Victorian Parlor
Von Gruenwald Tower
Wayne Aerospace Hangar
Wayne Botanical Garden
Wayne Enterprises
Wayne Manor
Wayne Mausoleum
Wayne Medical Center
Wayne Tower
Zatara's Magic Shop
Organizations
Ace Chemicals
Birds of Prey
Fuller & Form
Gotham City Fire Department
Gotham City Gas
Gotham City Police Department
Gotham Free Press
Gotham Times
Gotham City Wireless
Janus Corporation
Wayne Enterprises
Gotham Organized Crime
Black Mask's criminal organization - Inactive
Golden Lions - Inactive
Gotham City Crime Families
Bertinelli crime family - Defunct
Galante crime family - Defunct
Falcone crime family
Leo crime family
Maroni crime family
Gotham City Hunters
Gotham City Sirens
Harley Quinn and Associates
Joker's gang
Lords of the Avenues