Nora Clavicle was a villainess and an enemy of Batman, Robin, and Batgirl in the 1960s Batman TV series.
Biography[]
Under the guise of a champion for women's rights, she charmed Mayor Linseed's wife into making him give her Commissioner Gordon's job. She then appointed Mrs. Linseed Police Chief and had the new Chief replace all the policemen with untrained women. This resulted in the new policewomen being more interested in sales and swapping recipes than catching criminals. Nora then sent her molls to rob a bank to lure Batman, Robin, and Batgirl into a trap so they wouldn't interfere with her scheme. Her plan was to destroy Gotham City so she would collect an insurance claim of $10,000,000 on it. Of course, she had to make sure that Gotham's heroes won't be there to stop her when she collects the money; and while Nora was confident that Batman and Robin posed no threat to her grand scheme, she admits that with a woman, Batgirl, on their side, that could prove problematic. She then enacted a plan to not only defeat, but also to humiliate the Terrific Trio, subjecting them into the infamous Siamese Human Knot. With the heroes trapped and immobilized, Nora sent an army of mechanical mice with bombs in them to blow up Gotham City. As a result, the new police force was helpless as they were all afraid of mice, even mechanical ones. When Batgirl experiences terrible cramps in her legs, Batman recalls the Basic Formula for escaping from the Siamese Human Knot. The Terrific Trio then used special flutes to lure the mice onto the docks and into the water, foiling her plans. She and her associates were taken into custody by the former Commissioner, Chief O'Hara, and Alfred, who made a citizens' arrest.
Known Associates[]
- Millie Linseed (portrayed by Jean Byron), Mayor Linseed's wife who was taken in by Nora's trickery as a champion for Woman's rights. She soon realized her mistake when Nora's true colors were revealed.
- Evelina (portrayed by June Wilkinson), Nora Clavicle's left hand moll
- Angelina (portrayed by Inga Neilsen), Nora Clavicle's right hand moll
- Policewomen (portrayed by Jennifer Gan, Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece, Elizabeth Baur and Judy Parker) - Women hired by Chief Linseed as officers of the law. They were innocent dupes who, in general, cared little about protecting Gotham and were more interested in other things
Cancelled comic appearance[]
Even though Nora Clavicle never made an appearance in the Batman '66 comic continuation, artist Scott Kowalchuk created concept art for a redesigned version of the character and developed plans for a future storyline in which Nora Clavicle was going to be retconned to have secretly been Talia all along. According to Kowalchuk, Nora infiltrating the civic offices in Gotham City would then reflect Talia's actions in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises while the League of Shadows would have been reimagined as "Batman's equivalent to SPECTRE" from the James Bond franchise. These plans, however, ultimately never came to fruition when the comic series was cancelled and ended with issue 30 in February 2016.[1]
Appearances[]
Batman (1960s series)[]
Season 3[]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Kowalchuk, Scott (June 14, 2016). Batman '66 League of Shadows...