There are a number of deaths in the Injustice: Gods Among Us comic and game, but a stalwart Batman ally's death still hurts today.

TheInjusticeseriestakes place in an alternate DC Universe in which Superman, driven insane by the death of his family, transforms into a ruthless dictatorwho establishes a totalitarian regime that takes over the world. Opposing Superman's tyranny is Batman, who forms an insurgency in hopes of bringing the former hero down, resulting in a violent DC Universe unlike any before it.

Over several years, Batman and Superman recruit various allies and battle each other across the DC universe.The lives of several DC heroes and villains, usually ones allied with Batman, are lost during the long war. But of all the deaths in the series, the one that still ends up being the most heartbreaking is Commissioner Gordon.

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In Year Two of the Injustice: Gods Among Us comics series, Superman has deployed his forces in Gotham and occupies the city. In an effort to liberate the city, Gordon and the GCPD team up with Batman and the Birds of Prey to fight back with Superman's soldiers. A massive war breaks out in the city, but Gordon's forces manage to stay in the fight with the help of Kryptonite pills that allow those who take them to acquire superhuman strength. After Gordon's forces take the Hall of Justice, he and Lex Luthor teleport themselves to the Watchtower to find Cyborg and stop him from finding the location of both Batman and his daughter Barbara Gordon/Oracle.

Gordon confronts Cyborg, who reveals that the lung cancer Gordon has is accelerating rapidly due to him taking the Kryptonite Pills and that he is dying. Undeterred, Gordon knocks Cyborg out and stops him from finding Barbara's location. While Luthor teleports Cyborg back to the Hall of Justice, Gordon remains on the Watchtower and looks down on the Earth as he talks to Barbara and Bruce one last time. Realizing that both Gotham and Barbara are safe, Gordon says goodbye to his daughter and quietly passes away on the tower.

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Gordon's death stands out when compared to many of the other deaths in the original Injusticecomics due to both the build-up leading to it and the quietness of how it happened.Many of the deaths within the first five years ofInjustice, from Green Arrow to Kyle Rayner, are defined by their brutality and how suddenly they occur. But Gordon's was foreshadowed at the beginning of Year Two when Superman revealed his cancer to him, so both he and the reader knew that he would most likely not survive the events of the comics.

Gordon also knew that taking the pills would cause him to die sooner, but he took them anyway because there was no other choice. All of these factors culminate in Gordon sacrificing himself to save both his family and the rest of the world, dying peacefully, knowing that his daughter will still fight for what's right.

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