Summer Gleeson is a current events reporter and news anchor in Gotham City.
Summer was the host of the news show, Gotham Insider, on the television channel WGOB.
History[]
Summer became one of Gotham's biggest news celebrities, as well as media figures, starting out working in newspapers, and local public television, working her way to fame in Gotham. She soon became a fixture around high society and the entertainment business. But as a public figure, she was involved in many of the criminal activities in Gotham.
Summer was kidnapped by Joker on Christmas Eve and the mad man had planned to destroy the train where Summer's mother was travelling. The train was stopped and she was rescued, along, with the other hostages, by Batman.[1]
Since Summer was the only reporter at the moment, during the event, she had, made a news report on the attacks of the Scarecrow on Gotham University.[2]
Shortly after, Summer was reporting a conference, by Hamilton Hill, when a metallic structure collapsed on top of him. Hill was not injured and Summer approached him to ask him more questions, instead of helping the man.[3] Summer was also reporting live, during the successful police had raid that, had captured a great fraction of Rupert Thorne's gang and she had managed to record Harvey Dent's angry reaction against one of Thorne's men.[4]
Summer and Bruce hostages.
When Wayne Enterprises was attacked, by a mysterious ninja, Summer had started investigating and she had followed Bruce Wayne to a ceremony, where they were both kidnapped, by one of Bruce's old enemies, Kyodai Ken. There, Bruce had revealed to Summer that, he has some martial art training, as the reporter had previously researched that, Bruce once stayed in Japan. But he only demonstrated himself to be a decent fighter and nothing like Batman.[5] Further, he did not fight at his best, until Summer was unable to see.
Summer was also the host of a tv show that, showcased the present lives of past actors. Because of her research, she had provided Batman and Robin, with additional information on Mary Dahl, the former kid actress that, had abducted most of her co-stars. Summer's information had allowed Batman to stop Dahl, but Batman did not return the favor as Summer would have liked.[6] She was also later kidnapped, by Lock-Up.
Background[]
Summer had not appeared in any DC Comics before, and, like many DCAU original characters, has featured in Batman comics, since. Her character seems to be based upon that, of Vicki Vale, a character with many common traits, but different enough for comparison. These traits, include both having red hair, both being reporters and both knowing Bruce Wayne on a personal level. The main difference between the two is that, unlike Vale, Summer has never been romanticized, with Bruce Wayne and only knows him professionally.
Summer also has an undisclosed past with detective Harvey Bullock, as they have a relationship based on past "favors".[7]
Appearances[]
- Heart of Ice
- Feat of Clay Part I
- Feat of Clay Part II
- Nothing to Fear
- Be a Clown
- Appointment in Crime Alley
- The Clock King
- The Last Laugh
- Two-Face Part I
- Vendetta
- Night of the Ninja
- Beware the Gray Ghost
- I Am the Night
- Christmas With the Joker
- Joker's Wild
- Shadow of the Bat Part I
- Shadow of the Bat Part II
- Riddler's Reform
- Baby-Doll
- Make 'Em Laugh
- Lock-Up
- A Bullet for Bullock