Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Before there was Batman there was Gotham With a reputation synonymous with law & order Commissioner James Gordon is one of the crime world&s greatest foes Everyone knows the name But what is known of Gordon&s rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? & what did it take to navigate the layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City the spawning ground of the world&s most iconic villains--the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman The Penguin The Riddler Two-Face & The Joker? Gotham is the origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains & vigilantes revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told From executive producerwriter Bruno Heller (The Mentalist Rome) this drama follows one cop&s rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil & chronicles the genesis of one of the most popular super heroes of our time Brave earnest & eager to prove himself the newly minted detective Gordon (Ben Mc Kenzie) is partnered with the brash but shrewd police legend Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) as the two stumble upon the city&s highest-profile case ever the murder of local billionaires Thomas & Martha Wayne At the scene of the crime Gordon meets the sole survivor the Waynes& hauntingly intense 12-year-old son Bruce (David Mazouz) toward whom the young detective feels an inexplicable kinship Moved by the boy&s profound loss Gordon vows to catch the killer As he navigates the often-underhanded politics of Gotham&s criminal justice system Gordon encounters imposing gang boss Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) & many of the characters who will become some of DC Comics& most renowned enduring villains including a teenaged Selina Kylethe future Catwoman (Camren Bicondova) & Oswald Cobblepot The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) Although the crime drama follows Gordon&s turbulent & singular rise through the Gotham City police department it also focuses on the unlikely friendship Gordon forms with the young heir to the Wayne fortune who is being raised by his unflappable butler Alfred (Sean Pertwee)--a friendship that will last them all of their lives & will play a crucial role in helping the young boy eventually become the crusader he&s destined to be ...

Before there was Batman there was Gotham With a reputation synonymous with law & order Commissioner James Gordon is one of the crime world&s greatest foes Everyone knows the name But what is known of Gordon&s rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? & what did it take to navigate the layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City the spawning ground of the world&s most iconic villains--the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman The Penguin The Riddler Two-Face & The Joker? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Before there was Batman there was Gotham With a reputation synonymous with law & order Commissioner James Gordon is one of the crime world&s greatest foes Everyone knows the name But what is known of Gordon&s rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? & what did it take to navigate the layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City the spawning ground of the world&s most iconic villains--the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman The Penguin The Riddler Two-Face & The Joker? Gotham is the origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains & vigilantes revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told From executive producerwriter Bruno Heller (The Mentalist Rome) this drama follows one cop&s rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil & chronicles the genesis of one of the most popular super heroes of our time Brave earnest & eager to prove himself the newly minted detective Gordon (Ben Mc Kenzie) is partnered with the brash but shrewd police legend Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) as the two stumble upon the city&s highest-profile case ever the murder of local billionaires Thomas & Martha Wayne At the scene of the crime Gordon meets the sole survivor the Waynes& hauntingly intense 12-year-old son Bruce (David Mazouz) toward whom the young detective feels an inexplicable kinship Moved by the boy&s profound loss Gordon vows to catch the killer As he navigates the often-underhanded politics of Gotham&s criminal justice system Gordon encounters imposing gang boss Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) & many of the characters who will become some of DC Comics& most renowned enduring villains including a teenaged Selina Kylethe future Catwoman (Camren Bicondova) & Oswald Cobblepot The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) Although the crime drama follows Gordon&s turbulent & singular rise through the Gotham City police department it also focuses on the unlikely friendship Gordon forms with the young heir to the Wayne fortune who is being raised by his unflappable butler Alfred (Sean Pertwee)--a friendship that will last them all of their lives & will play a crucial role in helping the young boy eventually become the crusader he&s destined to be ...

All 44 episodes from the first two seasons of the crime drama which follows the origin stories of several characters created by DC Comics Young detective James Gordon (Benjamin Mc Kenzie) & his partner Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) investigate the murders of Thomas & Martha Wayne (Grayson Mc Couch & Brette Taylor) The investigation leads Gordon to become entangled with the Mafia & he subsequently fakes the death of informant Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) telling him never to return But Cobblepot doesn&t heed the warning & comes back to Gotham with a hidden agenda Meanwhile Gordon gets to know the Wayne&s son Bruce (David Mazouz) who will one day become the vigilante Batman Season 1 episodes are & Pilot& & Selina Kyle& & The Balloonman& & Arkham& & Viper& & Spirit of the Goat& & Penguin&s Umbrella& & The Mask& & Harvey Dent& & Lovecraft& & Rogue&s Gallery& & What the Little Bird Told Him& & Welcome Back Jim Gordon& & The Fearsome Dr Crane& & The Scarecrow& & The Blind Fortune Teller& & Red Hood& & Everyone Has a Cobblepot& & Beasts of Prey& & Under the Knife& & The Anvil Or the Hammer& & & All Happy Families Are Alike& Season 2 episodes are & Damned If You Do& & Knock Knock& & The Last Laugh& & Strike Force& & Scarification& & By Fire& & Mommy&s Little Monster& & Tonight&s the Night& &A Bitter Pill to Swallow& & The Son of Gotham& & Worse Than a Crime& & Mr Freeze& &A Dead Man Feels No Cold& & This Ball of Mud & Meanness& & Mad Grey Dawn& & Prisoners& & Into the Woods& & Pinewood& & Azrael& & Unleashed& &A Legion of Horribles& & & Transference& ...

The origin story continues on Gotham & the stakes are higher than ever as Super Villains more ambitious & depraved are introduced & a shift of alliances shakes up the fight for power in Gotham City In season two Detective Jim Gordon (Ben Mc Kenzie) & the ethically questionable veteran Detective Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) remain at the forefront of the fight against crime in this dangerously corrupt city While confronting Gotham&s most notorious criminals however Gordon&s moral compass begins to waver but he is taken under the wing of Nathaniel Barnes (Michael Chiklis) a law-&-order zealot who is unafraid of making enemies At the same time Gordon continues his quest to gain the trust of the young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) who is on a clear path towards the man he is destined to become after discovering his father&s deepest secrets with the help of his trusted butler & mentor Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee) & newfound ally at Wayne Enterprises Lucius Fox (Chris Chalk) In the epic turf war that occurred at the conclusion of season one Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) battled his way into power over Gotham&s underworld Heading into season two Gotham will continue to follow the evolving stories of the city&s most malevolent villains Edward Nygma The Riddler (Cory Michael Smith) whose transformation from Gotham PD&s forensic expert to psychologically unhinged villain continues; Selina Kylethe future Catwoman (Camren Bicondova) whose hard-knock existence propels her into a life of crime; & the increasingly unstable Barbara Kean (Erin Richards) who is out for Gordon & his girlfriend Dr Leslie Thompkins (Morena Baccarin) Also hoping to leave his mark on the city is Theo Galavan (James Frain) the billionaire industrialist who appears to be the savior for whom Gotham has been waiting Theo along with his sister & lead enforcer Tabitha Galavan aka Tigress (Jessica Lucas) keep their centuries-old vendetta hidden as they manipulate their way to power ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The origin story continues on GOTHAM MAD CITY & the stakes are higher than ever as Super Villains more ambitious & depraved are introduced & a realignment of alliances shakes up the fight for power in Gotham City With the Indian Hill escapees on the loose Jim Gordon (series star BEN Mc KENZIE) must take matters into his own hands as a bounty hunter in Gotham making it his mission to find Hugo Strange (recurring guest star BD WONG) the mastermind behind the horrifying Indian Hill experiments & Fish Mooney (special guest star JADA PINKETT SMITH) one of Strange&s subjects Meanwhile Gotham City Police Detective Harvey Bullock (series star DONAL LOGUE) & Captain Nathaniel Barnes (series star MICHAEL CHIKLIS) remain at the forefront of the fight against crime in the monster-ridden city Also a young Bruce Wayne (series star DAVID MAZOUZ) with the help of his trusted butler & mentor Alfred Pennyworth (series star SEAN PERTWEE) & former Wayne Enterprises employee Lucius Fox (series star CHRIS CHALK) discovers there are still more secrets to uncover regarding his parents& murders as he peels back the curtain on the infamous criminal organization known as the Court of Owls As the city sinks deeper into chaos GOTHAM continues to follow the evolving stories of the city&s most malevolent villains The Penguin (series star ROBIN LORD TAYLOR) Edward Nygma The Riddler (series star CORY MICHAEL SMITH) Selina Kylethe future Catwoman (series star CAMREN BICONDOVA) Barbara Kean (series star ERIN RICHARDS) Tabitha Galavan aka Tigress (series star JESSICA LUCAS) & Butch Gilzean (series star DREW POWELL) The series also catches up with the future Poison Ivy (new series regular MAGGIE GEHA) who after an Indian Hill encounter finds herself reborn as a young woman who&s harnessed the full power of her charms In addition GOTHAM dives into the origin stories of the Tweed Brothers & Jervis Tetch aka Mad Hatter (new series regular BENEDICT SAMUEL) a talented hypnotist teetering on the edge of madness ...

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES! A slew of comics’ top writers & artists pay tribute to the coolest school in the DC Universe as GOTHAM ACADEMY ends its first semester with a bang! They faced magic monsters & mayhem-along with quizzes crushes & dining-hall food-but Olive Maps & the rest of the Academy gang survived their first term at Gotham City’s most prestigious school Now it’s time to look back by putting together their yearbook But it wouldn’t be Gotham Academy if there weren’t an all-new untold adventure on every page! What happens when students sneak into a faculty party full of (mostly) reformed super-villains? What kind of trouble can kids get into at the mall when an elite assassin is their chaperone? & why is Robin the Boy Wonder himself interested in Maps’ maps? In GOTHAM ACADEMY VOLUME 3 YEARBOOK writer Brenden Fletcher (BLACK CANARY) & artist Adam Archer (SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED) lead an all-star team of killer creators including David Petersen (MOUSE GUARD) Michael Dialynas (THE WOODS) Hope Larson (BATGIRL) Katie Cook (MY LITTLE PONY) Derek Fridolfs & Dustin Nguyen (LI’L GOTHAM) Faith Erin Hicks (The Adventures of Superhero Girl) James Tynion IV (BATMAN ETERNAL) Annie Wu (BLACK CANARY) Rafael Albuquerque (AMERICAN VAMPIRE) Steve Orlando (MIDNIGHTER) & more! ...

Gotham City&s most prestigious prep school is a very weird place It&s got a spooky campus oddball teachers & rich benefactors always dropping bylike that weirdo Bruce Wayne But nothing is as strange as the students! Like what&s up with Olive Silverlock? Is she crazy or what? Where did she go last summer? & what&s the deal with her creepy mom? And how come that Freshman Maps is always following her around? & is she still going out with Kyle? PS Did you hear the rumor about the ghost in the North Hall?! Collects Gotham Academy 1-6 ...

Gotham Academy is haunted! At the beginning of the term Olive Silverlock returned to Gotham Academy a shadow of her former self But thanks to her new friendships & their Detective Club sleuthing Olive was finally starting to feel whole again Then abruptly Olive’s mother died—or she seemed to In the weeks after the funeral Olive begins seeing her mother around the school An Arkham Asylum patient with a deadly dark side Sybil Silverlock was a powerful & complicated woman Could her spirit be reaching out from beyond the grave? & if so is it motherly Sybil who haunts Olive—or her deadly alter ego Calamity? Plus the kids hunt a werewolf on campus & Maps teams up with the Academy’s newest transfer Damian Wayne! Writers Becky Cloonan & Brenden Fletcher team with artists Karl Kerschl & Mingjue Helen Chen for GOTHAM ACADEMY VOL 2 CALAMITY Collects GOTHAM ACADEMY 7-12 & DC SNEAK PEEK GOTHAM ACADEMY 1 Meet the Author Becky Cloonan is an American comic book artist & creator known for her manga-influenced artwork Her first major comics work came when she teamed with writer Brian Wood to create Channel Zero Jennie One However she is best-known for her second collaboration with Wood DEMO a 12-issue limited series that was named " Indie of the Year" by Wizard Magazine in 2004 & nominated for two Eisner Awards including Best Limited Series In 2009 Cloonan & Wood expanded DEMO & re-published it through DC Comics& Vertigo imprint Cloonan&s first solo graphic novel East Coast Rising Volume 1 earned her a third Eisner Award nomination for Best New Series Her other work for DC Comics

Includes:: AMERICAN VIRGIN co-created with writer Steven T Seagle & NORTHLANDERS for Vertigo as well as issues of BATMAN & SWAMP THING

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Writer Ray Fawkes (BATMAN ETERNAL) & artist Juan Ferreyra (CONSTANTINE) uncover the deadly secrets of the GCPD’s strangest detectives with help from guest artist Christian Duce (BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL) The detectives working the Gotham City Police Department’s special Midnight Shift aren’t like the other cops in this city They take on the cases that defy rational explanation—cases where the perps are monsters freaks & demons Of course the Midnight Shift may be just as monstrous themselves Detective Jim Corrigan is a good cop but he also plays host to the Spectre—the spirit of divine wrath At any moment the Spectre might emerge & take bloody vengeance on the guilty But in a town like Gotham guilty parties are everywhere & no one is safe from the Spectre’s fury—not even the good guys Collects GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT 6-12 & GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT ANNUAL 1 Meet the Author Ray Fawkes is a Toronto-based fine artist & writer of comics graphic novels prose fiction & games Ray&s work ranges in styles from introspective dreamscape narrative to bombastic slapstick He is an Eisner Harvey & three-time Shuster Award nominee & a YALSA award winner for Possessions Book One Unclean Getaway His recent book One Soul debuted in July 2011 to critical acclaim including a starred booklist review & was nominated for the 2012 Eisner Award & 2012 Harvey Award ...