Publisher DC Comics Alter ego Summer Gleeson Supporting character of Batman | Created by Paul Dini
Bruce Timm Played by Mari Devon Creators Bruce Timm, Paul Dini | |
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First appearance Batman: The Animated Series
"Christmas with the Joker (November 13, 1992)" Voiced by Mari Devon
Lonnie Leavitt-Barker TV show Batman: The Animated Series Similar Batman, Lock‑Up, Hamilton Hill, Roland Daggett, Red Claw | ||
Summer Gleeson is a fictional character on Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Mari Devon.
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Batman: The Animated Series
Gleeson is a reporter and talk show host for "Gotham Live", a news channel in Gotham City.
Gleeson is often seen on the show in cameo appearances, reporting on crimes as exposition for the audience. She has been taken hostage a few times by criminals, but usually by accident. Most notably, she was kidnapped by evil ninja Kyodai Ken in the episode "Night of the Ninja" and nearly discovered Bruce Wayne's secret identity as Batman while he rescues her. She was also featured in the episode "A Bullet For Bullock". In this episode, Harvey Bullock approaches her for help and implies that the two have a history together. In the episode "Lock-Up", moments before she is kidnapped by the titular vigilante, she is seen exiting a restaurant with Bruce, having just had dinner with him, but their dialogue implies that it was dinner over an interview about a Wayne Enterprises merger, and not romantic.
When Batman: The Animated Series was revamped as The New Batman Adventures, Summer Gleeson was mostly absent. Instead, Jack Ryder was used as Gotham's exposition-speaking reporter, mostly to set up for his eventual transformation into The Creeper.
Comics
Summer Glesson made small appearance in Mad Love. In The Batman Adventures comic book, she has been romantically pursued by Clayface and went on a date with him while he was in the form of a handsome young man. She is also pursued by Killer Croc in Batman and Robin Adventures. Croc tries to convince her to go out with him, but she is unaware of his affections. When he attacks Batman and Robin, she says he is acting like a monster, which causes Croc to turn himself in, allowing Batman to take him to prison.
Although Summer Gleeson has not appeared in the main DC Comics universe, she receives a byline in an article in Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files #1.
In other media
Batman Beyond episode "Lost Soul". She also made a cameo appearance at Bruce Wayne's wedding in the episode "Chemistry", along with other characters who had not appeared since Batman: The Animated Series such as Leslie Thompkins, Zatanna, and Kirk and Francine Langstrom. Summer later made several more speechless cameo appearances in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. She was last seen in the huge crowd scene addressed by Superman in the ending of the episode "Divided We Fall".