Heir to the Wayne family fortune Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) lives by day as a seemingly lavish playboy millionaire socialite but by night assumes the role of his crime-fighting alter-ego: the caped crusader known as The Batman. Throughout the show Batman receives help from sidekicks Dick Grayson/Robin (Loren Lester) and Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (Melissa Gilbert) as well as Police Commissioner James Gordon (Bob Hastings) in protecting the streets of Gotham City from a large rogue's gallery of criminals lunatics and nemeses.