Sarah Essen Gordon is a fictional character in the DC Universe, created by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli as a supporting character in the Batman mythos.
She first appears in Batman #405, part of the Batman: Year One storyline. Then simply Sarah Essen, she is a detective partnered with then-lieutenant James Gordon. She and the married Gordon start a brief affair, but when Commissioner Loeb attempts to blackmail them, Gordon ends the affair a...
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Sarah Essen Gordon is a fictional character in the DC Universe, created by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli as a supporting character in the Batman mythos.
She first appears in Batman #405, part of the Batman: Year One storyline. Then simply Sarah Essen, she is a detective partnered with then-lieutenant James Gordon. She and the married Gordon start a brief affair, but when Commissioner Loeb attempts to blackmail them, Gordon ends the affair and confesses his actions to his wife Barbara. Sarah leaves Gotham for New York City soon after.
Editor Denny O'Neil later chose to revive the character as both an investigator and a love interest for Gordon. When she returns in 1990, it is explained that Sarah had married a New York cop who was killed in a drug bust. Gordon had long since divorced his wife Barbara, and the two begin a serious and open relationship, eventually resulting in Gordon proposing to her on a night when the police station is under attack a trio of electric-based super...
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