Hamilton Hill is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the former Mayor of Gotham City and an adversary of Batman.

Publication history

Hamilton Hill first appeared in Detective Comics #503 (June 1981) and was created by Gerry Conway and Don Newton.

Fictional character biography

Hamilton Hill is originally presented as a corrupt politician running against city councilman Arthur Reeves in Gotham City's mayoral election. Hill defeats Reeves and becomes mayor of Gotham City after the councilman's photos purporting to reveal Batman's identity turn out to be faked. Unbeknownst to the citizens, Hill is in league with crime lord Rupert Thorne, who helped him become mayor in exchange for Hill granting him favors. During his time in office, he assists Thorne's attempts to identify and defeat Batman. He also hires an assassin to take out police detective Harvey Bullock, who confronts Hill and is shot. Bullock survives, with Hill covering up the events to preserve his public image. Hill later fires Police Commissioner James Gordon and replaces him with Thorne's minion Peter Pauling. After Thorne is brought down and Pauling killed, Hill re-instates Gordon, but spends the rest of his tenure as Mayor blaming him for Gotham's problems. Hill attempts to get rid of Batman by accusing him of the Nightslayer's crimes. Batman defeats Nightslayer and exposes Hill's plot, leading to him being removed from office. In 2016, DC Comics implemented a relaunch called DC Rebirth, restoring its continuity to a form much as it was before The New 52. Hill is revealed to have a son named Hamilton Hill Jr., who is Gotham's deputy mayor.

In other media

Television

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Miscellaneous