Sarah Essen is an officer in the Gotham City Police Department and the second wife of Police Commissioner James Gordon. She first met Gordon during her first year in Gotham after having transferred from Chicago and they started an affair. Sarah knew that James was married with two children, and she soon brought the affair to a close. Unable to work with Jim any longer, she put in a transfer to New York City.
Years later, Sarah returned to Gotham and resumed her romance with the now-divorced Jim Gordon. By this point, Jim had become Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department and the two were eventually wed.
Trivia[]
- Though Sarah doesn't appear in Batman: Arkham City, Gordon has his men use her name as a code to prove they are GCPD when they rendezvous with Batman.
- Sarah's affair with Gordon from Batman: Year One is also indirectly alluded to in Batman: Arkham Origins, where Commissioner Loeb implied in one of the extortion tapes that he was going to have Harvey Bullock not only spy on then-Captain James Gordon, but also set up a honeypot trap for him.
External Links[]
Sarah Essen on the DC Comics Wiki