Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 4 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: July 22, 2009 Direct Market Date July 22, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Direct Market Date July 22, 2009
Source: Previews, #247

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 520
Editor: Sean Mackiewicz

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

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

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

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

Reprinted From:
Batman #214 (1969)

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.