Gotham Knights" Court Of Owls: 4 Biggest Differences To The Comics

Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Gotham Knights episodes 1-4The CW's new Gotham Knights show prominently features the Court of Owls as the main villains, but they have a few key differences from their comic counterparts. Taking place after the murder of Batman, Bruce Wayne's adopted son Turner Hayes (Oscar Morgan) finds himself targeted as a suspect along with a trio of teenage rouges who've been framed as well. However, the Court of Owls is quickly revealed to be the true orchestrators behind the murder, the shadowy cabal of Gotham's rich and elite with origins dating back to the foundations of the city itself.
Desperate to clear their names, Turner joins Harper and Cullen Row (Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara), along with Duela, aka the Joker's Daughter (Olivia Rose Keegan). Together with Stephanie Brown and one of Batman's Robin Carrie Kelley (Anna Lore and Navia Ziraili Robinson), the titular Gotham Knights have begun to uncover the secrets of the Court as they continue to target anyone who stands in their way. Despite the new timeline that's been created for Gotham Knights, which has been remixing and adding several new elements to the Batman mythos, the Court of Owls only has a few notable differences between their depiction on the CW and in the comics.
Gotham Knights’ Court of Owls Kills Batman Beginning with Gotham Knights' pilot episode, it's revealed that Batman has been murdered, and the Court of Owls are the primary suspects by the premiere's ending. Likewise, their role in Bruce Wayne's death is further evidenced by Gotham Knights episode 4. While the exact murderer has yet to be revealed, the Court's involvement has been confirmed. Having something to do with a recent change in Wayne's will, which the Court didn't want happening, the villains have gone to great lengths to cover it up via Batman's murder and pinning it on Turner and his fellow fugitives.
While the Court of Owls has tried to kill Batman in the past, they've obviously never succeeded in the comics, making his murder in Gotham Knights the first true deviation in their CW depiction. However, their first appearance in the comics did coincide with Wayne wanting to renovate massive parts of Gotham's infrastructure, something the Court was actively against due to their lairs secretly embedded within the architecture of Gotham itself. Perhaps Wayne had something similar in mind by changing his will, an act that would have similarly made the Court reveal themselves as a true threat behind the myths and old nursery rhyme as they did in the comics.


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