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Henry Claridge
Continuity: DC Universe
Earth-Two
Notability: Minor character
Type: Victim
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Location: Gotham City
Status: Deceased
Died: 1940
First: Batman #1

Henry Claridge is a fictional millionaire & murder victim, and a minor character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is associated with the Batman line of titles and made a single appearance in Batman #1 in the Spring of 1940.

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Henry Claridge was a millionaire who lived in Gotham City. The Joker selected him to be his first victim. He issued a radio broadcast declaring that he would murder Claridge at the stroke of midnight and steal his fabled prized diamond. The Gotham City Police Department gave him in-house protection, but as the clock struck midnight, Claridge fell over dead - a ghoulish grin etched across his face - the telltale sign of the Joker's infamous venom. [1]

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  1. Batman, Volume 1 #1 (Spring, 1940). Story by Bill Finger. Artwork by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson.
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