J. J. Ashley

A promoter of Mardi Gras carnivals in cities across the United States. and the partner of Ed Burton in an elaborate scheme that entails purchasing stolen goods in various cities and then transporting them for resale in other cities inside the wax statues of mythological figures that accompany the traveling Mardi Gras. When Burton and escaped convict Mike Kelso attempt to double-cross Ashley in November 1962, Ashley murders them both, only to be appre­hended by Batman and Robin soon aftenvard with the aid of a photograph taken by Vicki Vale.