Vicki Vale

Vicki Vale is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a reporter who was once a love interest of Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego, Batman.

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Fictional character - DC Comics - Universe - Batman

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Vicki Vale first appeared in Batman #49 (Oct/Nov 1948). She remained a prominent character in Batman stories for the next fifteen years. Her role in the story was very similar to that of Lois Lane: she reported on Batman's activities for a newspaper, she was romantically attracted to Batman (and sometimes Bruce Wayne as well), and she repeatedly suspected they were the same person, forcing Batman to fool her into giving up this belief (for a while).

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Detective # 320 (Oct 1963) was Vicki's last appearance for a long time. In 1964, new Batman editor Julie Schwartz dropped a number of Batman's Silver Age backing characters, including Vicki Vale, Batwoman, Bat-Girl, Bat-Mite, and Ace the Bat-Hound.

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Julie Schwartz - Silver Age - Batwoman - Bat-Girl - Bat-Mite - Ace the Bat-Hound

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Vicki Vale surfaced again in Batman Family # 11 (June 1977). She was now married: Mrs. Vicki Vale Powers. She was also mentioned in Batman Family # 16, but then vanished for almost another decade.

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She returned around 1982. The editor and writer were apparently unaware of her 1970's appearances, so there was no mention of her being married, and it was stated in a footnote that she hadn't appeared since Detective # 320. Supposedly she had been in Europe for years, but now had returned to Gotham City. She became a minor romantic interest of Bruce Wayne again, earning the wrath of Catwoman in Batman # 355 (Jan 1983).

Related Topics:
Gotham City - Catwoman

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Vicki continued to appeared sporadically after this point, but never became as regular as she had been in the 1950's and early 1960's.

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Vicki Vale also plays the role of a romantic interest for Bruce Wayne in the new series All Star Batman and Robin, which is written by Frank Miller and drawn by Jim Lee as part of DC's All Star line of comics.

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