Comic Title: Batman #214
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1969
On Sale Date: June 5, 1969 Copyright Date June 5, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date June 5, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #73

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of April and October
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Batman's Marriage Trap"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Irving H. Novick
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batgirl Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 4 TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #389; next appearance in Justice League of America #73)

Guest Star(s)

• Batgirl (last appearance in Detective Comics #389; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #189)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #389; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #189)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #389; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #186)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #387; next appearance in Batman #215)

Villain(s)

• Strack and his gang (Trigger named; no further appearances)
• Cleo Starr (no further appearances)
• Various unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Nicki Karr (a beauty pageant winner; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The winner of a beauty contest receives a night on the town with Batman as her escort. Gang leader Strack takes advantage of the situation by staging crimes while Batman is entertaining his date. After a successful night of crime, Strack decides to cripple Batman using women.

Strack conspires with Cleo Starr. Cleo approaches an ad company and begins a campaign to rally the women of Gotham to force Batman to the marriage altar. Crowds of women surround Batman, hampering his attempts to fight crime. Cleo then intervenes to help Batman.

Batman becomes intrigued by Cleo. While trailing the members of a stolen car gang, Batman sees them stealing Cleo's car. He tries to stop them and falls into Strack's trap. Cleo realizes that Strack's men intend to kill Batman, so she confesses her role in the deception. Batgirl then arrives to help defeat the crooks. She had infiltrated Cleo's group to find out the real reason for the marriage campaign. Batman and Batgirl then apprehend Strack. Cleo is jailed, but her cooperation results in a lighter sentence.