Batman's city is Gotham City, a fictional American city that is home to Batman and his allies. Gotham City is located in the state of New Jersey, and is a major setting in the Batman comic books, films, and television series.
Batman's city is Gotham City, a fictional American city that is home to Batman and his allies. Gotham City is located in the state of New Jersey, and is a major setting in the Batman comic books,
Finger explains in the Steranko History of Comics that changing the locale from Manhattan to the fictional Gotham City made the setting of Batman more vague. In fact, the nickname goes a lot further back than 1940, when in Batman issue number four, Gotham City is named for the first time.