Betsy Boldface was the female associate of the Riddler.
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She was responsible for buying food for the Riddler's training diet. She also had a midnight sports telecast. Commissioner Gordon was quite taken with her, noting that she did as well as any man could do in that position.
Riddler, dressed in a burnoose, appears on Betsy Boldface's TV show in the guise of Mushy Nebuchadnezzar, SW Asia's supposed boxing champion. Barbara suspects it's Riddler in disguise and switching to Batgirl, follows Betsy to Riddler's hideout at a little-used gymnasium, where Lorelei Circe, The Siren, tries to put her under her spell. She is unsuccessful, since her powerful high note (2 octaves above high "C") works on men only! The Riddler then resorts to having Batgirl tied up and thrown into the steam room, but she escapes through an air vent.
As the boxing fight between Batman and Riddler begins, The Caped Crusader has the advantage over The Prince Of Puzzlers, but this quickly changes when he is pelted with metal filings by The Riddler and is immobilized by a giant electromagnet hidden under the ring, activated by Betsy. While Batman is pounded to a pulp by Riddler, Barbara, who bore witness in the audience, leaves to become Batgirl; she finds Betsy Boldface underneath the ring and shuts off the magnet, setting Batman free.
Betsy was arrested along with Riddler and his gang.