Batman's Love Interests

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 * OfficialName           = Batman's Romantic Love Interests
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 * Universe               = Earth-Two; Earth-One; New Earth
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 * CurrentMembers         = Talia al Ghul, Catwoman, Vicki Vale, Pamela Isley, Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Zatanna, Queen Bee
 * FormerMembers          = Shondra Kinsolving, Jezebel Jet, Natalia Knight
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 * PlaceOfFormation       = Gotham City
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 * First                  = Detective Comics Vol 1 31
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 * HistoryText            = Batman has had many deep/strong romantic relationships with various female characters throughout his years of fighting crime.  The following characters do not include the various female hangers-on that Bruce has employed to maintain his image as a playboy.


 * Julie Madison:
 * In the earliest Batman comics, Bruce Wayne dates the often-imperiled Julie Madison. The two eventually separate and Julie weds into European royalty, much in the manner of Grace Kelly.
 * In Batman and Robin, Elle Macpherson plays Julie, though the character seems to have little in common with her comic book self. The character adds little to the plot, and many of her scenes were edited out of the film's final cut.
 * In the comics of The New Batman Adventures, Bruce briefly dated Julie, but he broke up with her after he discovered she attended Mayor Cobblepot's Rogue dressup parties.
 * Linda Page: Linda appeared during the Golden Age of Comics after Julie broke her engagement with Bruce. A former socialite, she dedicated her time as a nurse for the elderly, instead of falling into the stereotype that rich women were spoiled and lazy. She dated Bruce for a few issues, but later fell between the cracks and disappeared.
 * Appeared in the first Batman serial (1943).
 * Vicki Vale:
 * In several 1950s stories, reporter for the Gotham Gazette newspaper Vicki Vale, was shown as an occasional romantic interest of Batman. Vicki Vale returned in the early 1980s, brought back by Doug Moench.
 * Zatanna:
 * Selina Kyle (Catwoman)
 * Batman and Catwoman became strongly romantically involved during the Batman: Hush story arc. Batman ended their romantic relationship because he was unsure if Catwoman had been a willing participant in Hush's plot. Even when their romance rekindled later, Batman still suspected that Selina's reformation could be a result of a personality-altering mindwipe by Zatanna.
 * In pre-Crisis continuity, the Earth-Two versions of Batman and Catwoman were shown to have married in the 1950s, and later Selina gave birth to a daughter, Helena Wayne (alias Huntress) in 1957.
 * In Tim Burton's Batman Returns, Selina (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) seems to be the true love of Bruce's life, as not only their costumed identities but also their disturbed psyches are described as similar. Their relationship becomes intensely dramatic toward the end of the movie, to the point where Bruce actually implores her to abandon her vendetta against Max Shreck and come and live with him in Wayne Manor.
 * In All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder Batman's strong romantic feelings toward her are based on the fact that she's sort of a female version of himself: Another dark, beautiful creature that prowls in the night.
 * In Batman: The Animated Series, Bruce Wayne regularly dates Selina Kyle. In Batman Beyond, Bruce hints at a relationship with Selina in his past, as well as comparing that relationship with Terry's and the current 10 of the Royal Flush Gang.
 * In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the two regularly flirt, which others notice. Alfred even goes so far as writing a story about them where they marry.
 * In Batman: Arkham City, although their love is not explored, Catwoman constantly flirts with the Dark Knight whenever they meet. Catwoman even gives up her sure escape from Arkham City to go back and help the injured Batman. A hidden radio reel reveals that Catwoman has a slight grudge for Batman, though, since he knows her secret identity but she doesn't know his. However, by the time of the events of Batman: Arkham Knight, Selina is aware of Batman's identity as Bruce Wayne, addressing him as such after he rescues her from the Riddler.
 * In The Dark Knight Rises, Selina (played by Anne Hathaway) does not develop a romantic interest in Bruce until later on in the film. In the end the two are shown to have developed a relationship when Alfred sees them sitting at a table nearby him at a cafe in Florence.
 * Talia al Ghul: The daughter of the supervillain, Ra's al Ghul, Talia's father has encouraged the relationship in hopes of recruiting Batman as his successor, but sooner Batman and Talia has found their love to be true independently from Ra's. Unlike Catwoman, Talia is more than willing to play second-fiddle to Bruce's mission, and has some more serious feelings to Bruce than other love interests. Perhaps, she also has more feelings to Bruce himself rather than Batman.
 * The two are currently at odds, as Talia has been brainwashed into hating both her father and Batman; however, she is the mother of his son Damian, introduced in Batman: Son of the Demon.
 * In Earth-22's Kingdom Come, Talia admires Batman's drive, determination, and nobility, but is always torn between him and the love for her terrorist father.
 * In Batman: The Animated Series, she was portrayed similar to her Silver Age appearances. Her relationship with Batman/Bruce Wayne was considered very similar (maybe even inspirational) to relationship James Bond has with his girlfriends. She later returned in Batman Beyond, but Bruce was horrified to learn she had given up her body for her father. In the end of the episode, he wished Talia rest well, finally calling her "beloved" in return.
 * In Batman: Arkham City, as soon as Bruce and Talia meet each other again, they begin to kiss. However, they are interrupted when Talia notices Wayne is terribly sick. Later, even though Talia was mad that Batman lied to her about his willingness to become an assassin, Wayne attempts to save her from the Joker (despite all her pleadings not to do so and let her kill The Joker by herself). In Batman: Arkham Knight Batman finds Talia's capsule in the morgue (empty, however) and says "Sorry" to it. Later, during the War of Shadows DLC, Nyssa says that Batman's recklessness was one of the things Talia loved his for.
 * On Earth-16, Bruce broke off all ties with Talia because of her conflicted morals; her love for Batman on one side, her devotion to her father on the other, but mostly, because she considered the two equal.
 * In Christopher Nolan film The Dark Knight Rises, Talia (played by Marion Cotillard is wearing the disguice of Miranda Tate, under which develops a relationship with Bruce Wayne by helping recover both him and his company, Wayne Enterprises. At one moment the two spends the night together at Wayne Manor, after which Miranda asks Bruce if they can to just leave the city and fly wherever they want to, but Bruce refuses her offer, saying that maybe some day, but not at this night. Later, his relationship with Miranda plays the major role in her revelation of being actually Talia, a daughter of Ra's al Ghul (played by Liam Neeson) and the heir of the League of Shadows. This reveal was supposed to break Bruce mentally, once and for all, but he finds the strong to fight her during the final shawdown and save the city from the atomic destruction she planned.
 * Pamela Isley: A peculiar relationship can be found between Batman and Pamela Isley, aka Poison Ivy. There has always been a sexual tension between the two, most notably in their canonical earlier encounters.   In Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows, Batman filled Ivy's cell at Arkham with flowers as a gift. She was similarly lusting after Batman in Widening Gyre. In other instances, however, she is more than willing to kill Batman to achieve her goals.
 * Silver St. Cloud: A storyline in the late 1970s featured Silver St. Cloud, who managed to deduce the secret of Bruce Wayne's alter ego, but she couldn't handle being involved with someone in such a dangerous line of work.The two parted ways; she eventually returned although the romance has not been rekindled.
 * Rachel Caspian: In "Batman: Year Two", Bruce Wayne falls in love with Rachel. Unfortunately, Rachel's father moonlighted as a murderous vigilante who committed suicide once, losing a battle against a gun-wielding Batman. Discovery of her father's evils drove Rachel to pay her father's penance on his behalf by enrolling in a nunnery and breaking off her engagement with Bruce Wayne, who had prepared himself to end his crimefighting career to marry her.
 * Natalia Knight: The most remarkable of his love interests at the time was Nocturna, aka Natalia Knight, brought in by Doug Moench in the early 1980s. She was a jewel thief who briefly adopted Jason Todd and knew that Bruce Wayne was Batman. What made her remarkable was that she suffered from a rare "light sensitivity" disease and her skin was bleached white. She disappeared during the last days of pre-Crisis Batman after being stabbed by her brother Charles, floating into the crimson sky of the Crisis in her balloon.
 * Julia Pennyworth: The daughter of Alfred and French Resistance fighter Mlle Marie, Julia was brought in by Doug Moench in the early 1980s.
 * Vesper Fairchild: Fairchild's relationship with Bruce Wayne was established during Doug Moench's second run on Batman in the 1990s. A radio show host who left Gotham after the "No Man's Land" crisis, Fairchild was later killed by David Cain on orders from Lex Luthor.


 * Shondra Kinsolving: Shondra is a psychic and the half-sister of Benedict Asp. She had a brief love affair with Batman, having been brought in to help him when Bane  broke his back. Before Bruce could officially commit to her, Benedict kidnapped her and turned her abilities to evil use. Batman eventually defeated Benedict, but the damage to Shondra's mind was too great. As she healed Bruce's lingering injuries, Shondra's psyche regressed back into childhood.


 * Sasha Bordeaux: Assigned as Bruce Wayne's bodyguard, Sasha deduced that Bruce was Batman. She was framed for Fairchild's murder and later joined Maxwell Lord's Checkmate organization. During The OMAC Project, Bordeaux was turned into a cyborg OMAC, but this incident has since been resolved. While Sasha and Batman kissed near the end of The OMAC Project, their relationship seems to have passed on.
 * Wonder Woman: Diana and Bruce briefly dated but nothing came of the relationship and the two remained friends. . This is echoed in the Justice League animated series, where producers decided to pair Diana with Bruce instead of Clark because the show's creators disliked pairing Wonder Woman with Superman.
 * Black Canary: Although Black Canary has a relationship with Green Arrow, she has shown an attraction to the Dark Knight and she and Batman have shared kisses from time to time
 * On the Elseworlds Earth-31 and Earth-37, this attraction is stronger.
 * Jillian Maxwell: In {{c|Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1}}, during the beginning of his career, Bruce find himself attracted to a woman who called herself Jillian Maxwell after meeting her at a costume party. However, Alfred's suspicion of her led him to checking her background, discovering a criminal record of a woman, whose description matches Jillian's, who used the aliases of Kathryn Cole, Christine Gherard, Diana Lopez, Pamela Weisman, and many other identities to seduce young wealthy men for their fortunes, then later arrange events that led to their deaths so she can claim their wealth. After Alfred told Bruce of this, he was heartbroken, but Bruce kept an eye on the woman. When she used the identity Audrey Marguerite in Brazil, Bruce, as Batman, sent her a note, telling her to confess all her crimes.
 * Batman and Orion's wife Bekka, had a strong attraction to each other after she rescued him from Darkseid's forces on the planet Tartarus. She was later murdered.
 * Lorna Shore: In Batman Confidential "Lovers & Madmen", Bruce met museum curator Lorna Shore during the beginning of his career. It was love at first sight as Bruce was able to find peace when he was with her for the first time since he was 8 years old after his parents' murder. However, after his encounter with the Joker and realizing that there would be more enemies like him, he broke off their relationship to protect Lorna. Lorna later left the city, feeling that Gotham wasn't safe anymore because of Batman and The Joker.
 * Jezebel Jet: A wealthy woman of African descent who had lost her parents. She is said to own an African province. She worked for the Black Glove, and gained his love as part of a plot to destroy him during "Batman R.I.P.". She was later killed on Talia's orders.
 * Charlotte Rivers :

Other media

 * Andrea Beaumont: In Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Andrea is a woman that Bruce Wayne was briefly engaged to prior to becoming Batman.  She broke off the engagement when she and her father had to flee the country to escape the Mob.  She later became the title villain to get revenge on former mobsters.
 * Lois Lane: When The New Batman Adventures crossed over with Superman: The Animated Series, Bruce developed a relationship with Lois Lane, much to Superman's annoyance. Lois discovered that Bruce was Batman and broke off the relationship, but kept his secret.
 * Chase Meridian: Batman's love interest in Batman Forever.


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