Anthony Barland is the heir of the Barland Finance Trust, whose marriage to Jessica St. Cloud linked the finance trust and the St. Cloud Steel Corporation together. This angered certain interested parties enough that three assassins were sent to their wedding in order to stop the union from taking place. Luckily, Jessica has invited Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward to be one of her bridesmaids, and along with Parker and Roger Lyon they were able to put a stop to the three seperate assassins who tried to sabotage the wedding.
While the first assassin attempted to stop Jessica from reaching the wedding, the second assassin disguised himself as a bell-ringer and rigged the large church bell to fall onto the altar, right as Jessica and Anthony were taking their vows. Lady Penelope, anticipating trouble, had disguised herself as Jessica to keep Anthony safe, and had everyone move out from underneath the bell before it fell.
The third assassin struck the reception, disguised as a photographer. Hidden inside his camera was a vaporising ray gun. Unfortunately for this assassin, he forgot to take the cap off the lens, alerting Lady Penelope to the fact he was not there to take photos. Parker was able to knock him out with a nearby bottle before he could use his 'camera'.
With all three assassins taken care of, Lady Penelope returns to pick up Jessica and return her to the wedding, which finally takes place as arranged.
He appeared in Bullets for the Bride, an extra Lady Penelope comic story.