Dr. Sheila Haywood

A Gotham City figure whose debut in Batman #426 (1988) places her at the heart of one of the most consequential stories in Copper Age comics history, Dr. Sheila Haywood shares the page with Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, and Jason Todd's Robin in the legendary "A Death in the Family" arc — a story so momentous it warranted its own DC Comics Classics Library edition and, decades later, an alternate-reality reimagining in From the DC Vault: Robin Lives! Though her catalog footprint is small, the company she keeps is anything but — Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo crafted her into the fabric of a Batman tale fans have never stopped talking about across nearly four decades.