Real Name: Michael Akins
Occupation: Commissioner Of The Gotham City Police Dept.
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Eyes: Brown
Hair: None
Base Of Operations: Gotham City
Group Affiliations: GCPD
Marital Status: Single
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First Appearance: Batman: Turning Points # 5 (Jan 2001)
Created by: Chuck Dixon

Michael was chosen to succeed long-time Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon, who retired shortly after He was Shot.

Akins is an honorable man, although living in Gotham has made him lose some of his innate idealism. He is also thorough in his crusade against crime enough so that he caused a controversy in his office when he worked with Internal affairs to determine if GCPD Det. Harvey Bullock may have been responsible for the death of a man who shot and attempted to murder Gordon.

Akins dislikes the city's reliance on Batman, though sometimes he is forced to work with the Caped Crusader as needed. His initial reluctance to work with Batman originated from a past incident when a street vigilante, sanctioned by Akins during his days with the Gateway City police, botched the rescue attempt of a kidnapped child; Akins blamed himself for the result, in which both the vigilante and child were killed. Akins's tolerance of Batman was further strained during the "War Games" story arc, when Batman assumed control of the GCPD, causing heavy casualties to the police. As a result, Akins ordered the arrest of Batman, had the Bat-signal removed from the roof of GCPD's headquarters; Gotham Central, and declared all costumed vigilantes illegal.

As of DC's One Year Later jump as part of Infinite Crisis, Akins is no longer Commissioner, with Gordon having resumed the position (And the GCPD's relations with Batman). Akins' whereabouts are unknown.

This Bio came from Wikipedia

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