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The Judge was an enemy of Batman.

Clay was a corrupt judge from Gotham City, who killed a criminal for having information that would implicate him in several crimes. During the investigation of the murder of his victim, Clay's daughter Melissa was accidentally grazed by a bullet to her forehead, causing permanent blindness. Clay blamed Batman for his daughter's blindness, because the Caped Crusader caused the criminal to fire the gun.

A few years later, Clay adopted the costumed identity of The Judge and developed a series of traps in an abandoned resort. Clay then kidnapped Robin to lure Batman into his trap, but when the time came, Batman managed to elude all the traps and Robin also broke free. Melissa tried to talk sense to him and stop him from his vendetta against Batman, but Clay didn't listen and his traps ultimately killed her. After this and filled with regret, Clay allowed Batman to turn him over to the authorities and confessed his past crimes.


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  • This version of the Judge, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

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