Aunt Harriet

AUNT HARRIET

Real Name: Harriet Cooper

Class: Human

Occupation:

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Dick Grayson (Nightwing, nephew), John Grayson (brother-in-law), Mary Cooper Grayson (sister),

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City

First Appearance: Detective Comics I #328 (June, 1964)

Powers: None

History: (Batman I #170) - Aunt Harriet asked Bruce and dick to look into a mystery; her friend Mrs. Tompkins had won a soap company jingle contest even though she'd never entered it. Bruce wondered if Aunt Harriet was onto their secret identities, but that would have to wait until they solved the mystery. They met Tompkins, who had brand new appliances, and visited the soap company, learning the postmark was from Hillvale. Stilts and his gang thought Batman was investigated them, and lobbed a grenade at the Batmobile. They used a bulldozer to push the Dynamic Duo towards a clifface, but they were the nearby abandoned Anchor Restaurant, and Batman grabbed the oversized storefront anchor, cleanly cleaving the water when they jumped off the cliff. One of the crooks left behind his watch, and Batman found traces of animal hairs in it, leading him to the riverboat Cap'N Ben's Wild Animal Act. They apprehended the criminals, who used the showboat to move towns during shows and move on. They found a sack of stolen Hillvale mail, with a letter to Tompkins from James Statten. They brought the two together, and Statten, a poor college student, entered and won the contest for Tompkins because she'd nursed him to health after a serious illness. Harriet was happy to hear form Tompkins that the mystery had been solved, but told Bruce she wanted him to solve the case, not Batman.

(Batman I #175) - Dick entertained Aunt Harriet at Wayne Manor while Bruce was away on a Justice League case.

(Batman I #184) - Batman and Robin were in a remote cave guarding Slippery Sam Lorenzo from his compatriots in Robbery Inc. while he spilled the beans on his crew. for nearly two weeks Aunt Harriet was driven mad at Wayne Manor by the Batman hotline that kept going off with no one to answer it.

(Batman I #191) - Alfred was kidnapped by Duke Kelsey to cook for his Millionaire Mobster Club, worrying Aunt Harriet to no end. The Dynamic Duo rescued Alfred, and to celebrate his return Bruce, dick, Alfred and Harriet had their own dinner party.

Comments: Created by Bill Finger & Sheldon Moldoff.