Television Crossover Universe

Part two of A Sense of Place, a four part series on fictional locations.   Thanks to Robert E. Wronski Jr. and Ted Gregory, without whom this article would be much less complete.     As Dennis O’Neil whispers, “Gotham City is Manhattan below Fourteenth Street at eleven minutes past midnight on the coldest night in November.” There’s no escaping the art deco gone wrong, nor the encroaching shadows and stumble-down sidewalks that all funnel toward crime. It’s a rotting city, and always has been. But there are heroes there, if you choose to look.     Take note: this is not a Batman blog. I will only be charting crossovers where Gotham City itself is the crossover. Gotham’s most famous citizens are a sideshow affair today.     December, 1940~“The Coming of Mr. Scarlet” in Wow Comics #1; story by Ed Herron and Jack Kirby           Mr. Scarlet, pre-war mystery man, operates in Gotham City. ...