17 Facts About Gotham City

Gotham City, or simply Gotham, is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of the superhero Batman and his allies and foes.

Gotham City is traditionally depicted as being located in the U S state of New Jersey.

Gotham City is the home of Batman, just as Metropolis is home to Superman, and the two heroes often work together in both cities.

Suggestions of other Gotham City histories include a founding date of 1820 seen in a city seal in Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.

In Batman: Gothic, Gotham City Cathedral plays a central role for the story, as it is built by Mr Whisper, the story's antagonist.

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Live-action TV series Gotham was filmed in New York City and was an important requirement of the show's creative team.

Gotham City is featured heavily in Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures and Batman Beyond and makes cameo appearances in Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited and Static Shock.

The episode "Harlequinade" states that Gotham City has a population of approximately 10 million people.

Gotham City was first shown in the Arrowverse as part of "Elseworlds", a 2018 crossover storyline among the shows, which introduced Batwoman, although it had been referred to several times previously.

Themed lands meant to represent Gotham City have been physically constructed in several different theme parks around the world.

The look of Gotham City was overseen by production designer Anton Furst, who won an Oscar for supervising the art department.

Furst stated Batman was "definitely based in many ways on the worst aspects of New York Gotham City" and was inspired by Andreas Feininger's photographs of 1940s New York.

Ling's vision of Gotham City was a luminous and outlandish evocation of modern Expressionism and Constructivism.

However, Christopher Nolan's Gotham City was deliberately set in New Jersey to honor Gotham's location in the comic books.

In Batman Begins, Nolan desired that Gotham appeared as a large, modern city that nonetheless reflected a variety of architecture styles and periods, as well as different socioeconomic strata.

Gotham City appears in several video games, including Batman Begins, DC Universe Online, and Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe.

Gotham City appears as a location in the 2017 video game Fortnite Battle Royale as part of a crossover in commemoration of Batman's 80th anniversary.