Despite lacking Batman himself, the marquee superhero protector of the city it takes place in, FOX's Gotham is this fall's highest profile comic book TV show. With an impressive cast and an epic parade of cops and crooks to portray (basically everyone Gotham-related who isn't Batman), Gotham takes place long before billionaire Bruce Wayne decides to dress up like a bat and stalk criminals at night. Gotham: Series Premiere Review Acting under the unifying "What If?" premise of "What if Jim Gordon, as a rookie GCPD detective, was the one who investigated the Crime Alley murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne?" Gotham hopes to reinvent some of the characters and switch up some of the relationships in the Batman-verse. Continue reading…