  victoria "vicki" vale is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by dc comics. the character first appears in batman #49 (october/november 1948), and was created by bob kane and bill finger. the character was ranked 93rd in comics buyer's guide's "100 sexiest women in comics" list. ==fictional character biography== ===1940sâ1960s=== vicki vale first appeared in batman #49 (oct/nov 1948), in a 12-page story entitled "scoop of the century!", written by bill finger, with art by bob kane and lew schwartz.the grand comics database: batman #49. retrieved april 5, 2008. her look is said to have been modeled by kane on that of young model norma jeane mortenson, who would later become known as marilyn monroe.norma jean mortensen: trivia. retrieved april 5, 2008. her role in the story consisted largely of reporting on batman's activities for a newspaper (the gotham gazette). she was frequently romantically attracted to batman (and bruce wayne on occasion also), and repeatedly suspected they were the same person. often the plot of a story featuring vicki vale revolved around her suspicions regarding batman's identity. batman would usually manage to fool her into concluding that he was not really bruce wayne by the end of the story, but then her suspicions would reemerge in a later story. vicki vale remained a prominent character in batman stories from batman #49, in 1948, until detective #320 in october 1963. in 1964, julius schwartz became the editor of the batman-related comics. schwartz dropped a number of batman's silver age backing characters, including vicki vale, batwoman, bat-girl, bat-mite, and ace the bat-hound. ===1970sâ1980s=== vicki vale surfaced thirteen years later, in batman family #11 (june 1977). she was now married and known as vicki vale powers. she was also mentioned in batman family #16. after that, she vanished for another five years. she returned in february 1
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