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Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Abilities 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Links and References 6.1 Footnotes

History

Vicki Vale was a reporter for the Gotham Gazette, whose job it was to report on the Batman. What complicated things further for her was, she was also romantically linked to billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. She would regularly have her suspicions about Batman and Bruce Wayne's identities, but Bruce was usually able to fool her into at least reasonable doubt. After a last appearance in 1963,^[1] she appeared again briefly in 1977,^[2] but didn't become a serious figure in Bruce Wayne's life again until 1982.^[3] She soon became one of Bruce's leading ladies again, and vied for his affection with the others in his life, including Julia Remarque. She even merited the wrath of Catwoman. Vicki resurfaced again in the '90s, and again tried to make her love with Bruce work, but was simply unable to tolerate all of the time he spent mysteriously away from her (while he was the Batman). Bruce actually almost revealed his secret identity to her at this point, but eventually decided not to, and they broke up once again.

Vicki has at one point been seen as one of the four hostesses of daytime talk show "The Scene," along with Tawny Young, Emily Briggs, and Linda Park. "The Scene" is largely equivalent to "The View."

Vicki and Bruce Wayne have not dated in a while, though the local gossips obviously assume they will to be together again. Vicki has also won the Press Club's top award for photos of super heroes taken during Infinite Crisis.

During the events of the Battle for the Cowl, it's seen that Vicki had returned to her old job as a reporter for Gotham Gazette, reporting on the uncertain status of the Batman, and trying to make contact with Bruce. Though finally seeming to accept that she and Bruce will no longer work out together, it's revealed that she has a wall of photos of the Bat-Family, including Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Barbara Gordon, in their Bat-Identities, and becoming determined to prove the connections.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

Vicki Vale has no particular skill at hand-to hand combat but has been working out recently. Her reflexes are considered above average.

Notes

• Although today Vicki Vale seems to be more of a footnote, she was a very frequently used character from her first appearance in 1948 until the end of the Silver Age, when Julius Schwartz became Batman editor in 1964. He decided to drop her, along with many of the other more trivial Batman Family back-up characters, such as Batwoman, Batgirl, Bat-Mite and Ace, the Bat-Hound

Trivia

• Vicki Vale's look has been said to have been based on the features of young model "Norma Jean Mortensen," who would later become Marilyn Monroe.
• Vicki was originally created as Batman's response to Lois Lane, and the two women share many similarities.

See Also

• Discuss Victoria Vale (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Victoria Vale (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Victoria Vale (New Earth)
• Images featuring Victoria Vale (New Earth)

Links and References

• Vicki Vale at Wikipedia

Footnotes

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