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Gentleman Ghost

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Real Identity: James "Jim" Craddock
Appearances (Episodes): #NightmareInGotham Part 1 and #NightmareInGotham Part 2
Powers/Skills: Intangibility and Flight
Voiced By: Fred Tatasciore

Jim Craddock notoriously blew the entire family fortune then at some point became a ghost, infamously known as Gentleman Ghost. He was eventually trapped in an ornate red jewelry box and passed down from ancestor to ancestor. Barbara Gordon was fed a false clue from Joker pretending to be Batman that the villain was targeting the family fortune of the last living Craddock at Craddock Manor. Zatanna and Green Lantern were assigned to the manor. They met the last living descendant, Victoria Craddock. She told them the truth about the family fortune and showed them the only heirloom she had, the jewelry box. The surname sounded familiar to Zatanna but she couldn't place it. Lantern cleaned some dust off and Craddock read the engraving aloud, "Only a Craddock may set me free." Zatanna remembered but it was too late. Her great-grandfather was James Craddock, the Gentleman Ghost. He emerged from the jewelry box and laughed cunningly. Lantern formed a cube around Ghost but he simply moved through it. He was disappointed they were what passed as super-heroes.

Zatanna encanted backwards and bound Ghost in magic ropes. Lantern and Zatanna were relieved. However, Ghost broke free and motioned his cane, sending the ropes to tie them up. Zatanna was tiring of Ghost's 19th century burns. The Joker and Harley Quinn arrived in a blimp. She shouted to Ghost to join them for the party. Ghost tipped his hat and excused himself but not before calling the girls "ninnyhammers." Solomon Grundy, Gentleman Ghost, and She-Bat terrorized Gotham Square. Ghost knocked people off their feet with wind gusts. Green Lantern formed another cube construct around Gentleman Ghost. He was not amused by her trying the same trick as their first encounter. He stepped through the construct but it was just a distraction. Zatanna appeared behind him and encanted backwards. He was trapped in a magic bubble. Ghost broke out of the bubble and blew the girls off their feet. Ghost declared there was only one way to stop him. Victoria Craddock arrived and repeated the full inscription inside the jewelry box, "A Craddock may set you free, but a Craddock may your soul to keep." A vortex pulled Gentleman Ghost back into the jewelry box as he tried to pull away in vain.