Detective Comics #380
Detective Comics #380
Cover Credits
Artist: Irving H. Novick

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Title: "Marital-Bliss Miss"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Bob Brown
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 4 TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • James Jenkins (a former bank robber; dies in this story; no further appearances)
  • Eugene Driscoll (a bank president; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Virginia Jenkins (next appearance in Detective Comics #391)
  • Mrs. Hawkins (an administrator at Gotham High School; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Virginia "Ginny" Jenkins barges in to Wayne Manor and claims to be married to Bruce Wayne. Bruce plays along with her so that he can learn the reason for her actions. Ginny fears that her brother Jim wants to kill Bruce, so she pretends to be married to him to save his life.

Batman begins investigating Jim Jenkins to learn his reasons for wanting Bruce dead. He finds that Jenkins was turned down for a Wayne Foundation grant several times by bank president and Foundation treasurer Eugene Driscoll. When Batman visits Jenkins's office, he is attacked and Jim is killed by a third party.

Batman exposes Driscoll as the killer after proving that the two men had once attempted a bank robbery together. Jenkins wanted to kill Bruce, so that Driscoll would gain full control of the Foundation funds, and he could blackmail his former partner for millions. Driscoll is caught, and Bruce's marriage hoax is ended.


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