Character Profiles - Allies, friends, & Others - Julie Madison
Real Name: Julie Mdison
Occupation: Actress
Weight: 132 lbs
Height: 5ft 9in
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Base Of Operations: Hollywood
Group Affiliations: None
Relatives: None
First Appearance: Detective Comics #31
Created by: Bob Kane
PRE-CRISIS
While attending Gotham University, Bruce Wayne and Julie Madison meet while acting in a production of Hamlet, in which Bruce plays the part of Polonius and Julie that of Ophelia. After a a few dates the two soon fall in love. Within a matter of a few months, Bruce Purposes to Julie and the two become engaged.
Julie falls under the thrall of the sinister Monk and his accomplice Dala, who try to hypnotically force Julie to murder one of their enemies. Bruce sends Julie on an ocean cruise to recuperate. As Batman, he follows her in the Bat-gyro. In Paris, he narrowly escapes a death-trap set by the Monk, and again rescues Julie from the villain’s clutches.
Sometime later Julie begins a new career as a film actress with a small part in the Argus Pictures horror film Dread Castle. She and the rest of the cast are threatened by the murderous Clayface, who is later revealed as former horror star Basil Karlo.
Thanks to the success of her first film, Dread Castle, Julie Madison decides to continue her film career under the stage name Portia Storme. Frustrated by Bruce Wayne’s apparent lack of ambition, Julie reluctantly breaks off their engagement. As Batman, Bruce Wayne protects her from a new attack by Clayface, but makes no attempt to change her mind about their engagement.
POST-CRISIS
Bruces first love was the aspiring actress Julie Madison. She was completely convinced by her paramour's playboy prentense. She was even engaged to him for a short while. But until Bruce was willing to "make something of himself", Julie knew that their relationship was facing it's final curtain call. As she ended her engagement to Bruce, Julie planned to cast a new life for herself in Hollywood.
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