What Happened To Gilda Dent?

[Young Avenger]

I read Batman: The Long Halloween in the school library today and I thought it was a great story. I was shocked at the end of the story when Gilda was revealed to be the first Holiday killer. After reading the story's end I want to know if Glida has appear in any other Batman stories and what shes up to now.

[Lester C.]

What are you talking about Gilda posts all the time in the Community and YABS forum. :confused:

Okay to really answer your question the last in continuity appearance of Gilda Dent was during Dark victory a direct sequel to The Long Halloween story you read. Prior to The Long Halloween storyline Gilda was an after thought of a character so she her status in the DC would have been classified as dead or alive depending on the creative team handling her.

My guess is, and this is just speculation, is that both Gilda Dent, and Barbara Gordon (Jim’s ex wife not Oracle) are being kept on ice in DCU universe just in case Loeb and Sale agree to make the long Halloween arc a trilogy. If DC is putting Gilda and Barbara fates on hold until Loeb and Sale do another story then they have to stay out of the DC Universe as one of them might die in a year three story so it wouldn’t make sense for them to be in a year twelve story or whatever year Batman is in right now.

That being said both Barbara and Gilda have appeared in Legend of the Dark Knight tales, which were published after Dark Victory, but take place before The Long Halloween in terms of official continuity. I say official because Barbara made an appearance during year ten, in a story where Jim Gordon gets married, but several year one characters were killed in that story. Same characters that were killed in Dark Victory and Long Halloween so I don't think that annual is part of the official history of batman.

[Apathy Boy]

In SECRET ORIGINS SPECIAL #1 (which was published several years before LONG HALLOWEEN but takes place several years after) Gilda Dent is still very much hung up on Harvey, and vice versa. She appeared on a talk show to talk about their relationship.

Fantastic story, but who knows if it's still in continuity? Not that it matters.

[Gilda Dent]

I have to say, when I signed on this morning and saw this thread, it freaked me out for a few seconds :).

I don't know of any post-crisis appearances. She just kinda disappeared there for awhile.

Gilda

[OverMaster]

IIRC, the Two-Face Strikes Twice miniseries had her divorcing Two-Face and marrying another man.