Scandal Savage. Publication history[edit] Scandal first appeared as a shrewd businesswoman in Villains United #1 (July 2005) where she was created by author Gail Simone and artist Dale Eaglesham. Within this run her character was developed and revealed by the author to be as deadly a character as any of the others in Secret Six, where she unveiled her trademark "lamentation blades" and battle outfit. In Villains United #6, the character was officially confirmed to be among the few lesbian supervillains in the DC Universe. Fictional character biography[edit] While the two were vacationing in Bangkok, Knockout was almost killed when she was shot with a Thanagarian sniper rifle by Pistolera.
Following Knockout's murder by an unknown assailant,[5] a drunk and distraught Scandal is kidnapped by Bronze Tiger and Rick Flag on the orders of Amanda Waller. Powers and abilities[edit] References[edit] Holly Robinson (comics) In 2004 the Catwoman comic won a GLAAD Media Award for its positive portrayal of Holly as an openly gay character.[2] Holly also appeared in the 1989 Catwoman mini-series by Mindy Newell and J.J Birch (collected in trade paperback as Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper), which retold Catwoman's origin based on Miller's take on the character in Batman: Year One. In this story, Catwoman leaves Holly at a convent where Selina's sister Maggie is a nun. In 1988 Holly appeared in "The Tin Roof Club", from Action Comics Weekly #611-614. In this story, she has married a successful businessman who is actually a mobster.
Her new husband has Holly killed off in his quest to reclaim a valuable piece of jewelry that Catwoman stole from one of his safehouses. Unable to link Holly's death to her husband in order for him to be arrested for the crime, Catwoman kills two corrupt security guards in his employment and frames Holly's husband for their murders. Holly reappeared in Catwoman vol. 3 #1. Maggie Sawyer. Maggie Sawyer is a fictional character that appears in stories published by DC Comics, and has been a supporting character in both Superman and Batman comic books. Fictional character biography[edit] Maggie has a close working relationship with Dan Turpin, the second-in-command of the SCU. Henderson, however, resents the fact that she gives orders to officers who outrank her and, when he becomes Commissioner following the Death of Superman storyline, resolves the situation by promoting her to Inspector.
In the aftermath, Sawyer becomes involved in a covert 'war' between Superman's allies and Project Cadmus. The group, led by the evil Paul Westfield, has stolen Superman's body for their own ends.[2] Inspector Sawyer is the main character in the 1998 comics limited series Metropolis SCU. In mid-2000s comics, Maggie has been transferred to Gotham City's police force as the head of the Major Crimes Unit, and is a significant character in the comic Gotham Central. 52[edit] Detective Comics[edit] Foxglove (DC Comics) Foxglove was born Donna Cavanagh. As a young woman she has a tumultuous relationship with Judy, which ends badly. As shown in Sandman #6, Judy is part of a group of people forced to kill themselves by the supervillain Dr. Destiny. Foxglove is a supporting character in the Sandman graphic novel A Game of You.
She makes her first full appearance in Sandman #32, where she is living with her new girlfriend, Hazel McNamara, a chef at an unnamed restaurant. After Hazel confesses to Foxglove that she had become pregnant after a one night stand, Foxglove becomes angry, but eventually decides to stay with Hazel and raise the child. Jump up ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Death", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 54–56, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015 Annotations to A Game of You.
Heroes (comics) The Heroes are a team of fictional superheroes created by Milestone Comics and published by DC Comics. The team debuted in Heroes #1 (May 1996), and was created by Matt Wayne and ChrisCross. The team consisted primarily of refugees from the Shadow Cabinet, a covert organization dedicated to saving humanity from itself, through questionable means. Fed up with that mode of operation, they and some allies established themselves as an above-ground superhero team, named (off the cuff) "Heroes". The team comes together when various heroes arrive to help save lives in the aftermath of a town being flooded. They continue to work together which raises the ire of the Shadow Cabinet, whom several of the team have worked for.
Milestone rave: Heroes #1. Kathy Kane. Salu Digby. Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby), also known as Atom Girl, is a fictional character, a superhero and Legion of Super-Heroes member in the DC Universe's 30th and 31st centuries. She comes from the planet Imsk. She was created by writer Jerry Siegel, the co-creator of Superman, and artist Jim Mooney. She has the power to shrink to tiny size, as do all Imsk natives. Pre-Zero Hour[edit] After returning to active duty, Violet broke up with Duplicate Boy when she learned that, although he had discovered Yera's secret some months earlier, he had neither told anyone nor tried to rescue her.
She later had a short-term romantic relationship with fellow Legionnaire Sun Boy. Some time afterward, it was strongly implied (but never explicitly stated) that she entered into a longer, more serious romance with another teammate, Lightning Lass.[1] Before the Legion reboot, one of Violet's legs was disintegrated and subsequently replaced with an artificial one. Post-Zero Hour[edit] Post-Infinite Crisis[edit] Thunder (comics) Eventually her father appeared at the Outsiders headquarters, demanding her resignation from the team.[4] Naturally, she refused and when the danger of Sabbac arose again, her father even decided to accompany the Outsiders.[5] During that adventure, the two came to respect each other's abilities, neither having seen the other in action before, and Thunder was allowed to remain an Outsider.
OYL, Anissa remains a member of the Outsiders (a team that was currently believed to be dead), and has been involved in the attempted toppling of the regime of Mali. Her role has been instrumental in the mission, having gone undercover amongst the government, a role that has required her to pretend she was having a sexual relationship with the country's ruler Ratun Bennin; in actuality Metamorpho used a hallucinogenic compound to fool the dictator.
She compromised the team's mission when she revealed her cover and attacked Mali's army, who were going to slaughter a village.[7] DCU Guide: Thunder III. Black Canary. Black Canary is the name of a superheroine appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Black Canary was created by the writer-artist team of Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, and debuted in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947). One of DC's earliest superheroines, the Black Canary has featured on many of the company's flagship team-up titles, including both Justice Society of America and the Justice League of America. Since the late 1960s, the character has often been paired with the archer superhero Green Arrow professionally, romantically and sometime as man and wife. As introduced during the Golden Age of Comic Books, the Black Canary was the alter-ego of Dinah Drake, and took part in crime-fighting adventures alongside her love interest and eventual husband, Gotham City detective Larry Lance.
The Black Canary did not possess superpowers, but was a hand-to-hand fighter who frequently posed as a criminal in order to covertly take down criminal organizations. Pre-Crisis[edit] Zatanna. Fictional character biography[edit] Zatanna assists the Justice League of America on a number of cases before being elected to membership in Justice League of America #161 (Dec. 1978). During her tenure with the group, her power level diminishes, so that she can only control the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water; this limitation is reversed in World's Finest Comics #277 (Mar. 1982). In Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic series Zatanna becomes friends and even temporary guardian to Timothy Hunter, a boy destined to become the greatest wizard in the world, and his girlfriend Molly who at the time was cursed by the Queen of the Fairies and unable to touch anything in the human world including the ground.
After a brief stay she sent Molly home and Tim wandered off on his own adventures. Catwoman discovers that Zatanna's mind-wipe of Dr. A 2005 four-issue Zatanna limited series was published as part of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory event. The New 52 Zatanna's costume. Batwoman. Gotham Girls. It is also the name of a related comic book series. Flash animation series[edit] Gotham Girls is one of the few series of Flash animations made by a professional publisher of mainstream cartoons, and features professional voice-acting by the same actresses and actors as those who voiced the television series.
Its use of Flash (and also vector graphics) enables the animation to appear undistorted and unpixellated at any resolution. However, the episodes do not tend to show the Symbols (the pieces used to create the flash) outside of the intended viewing area. For example, in Season 1 Episode 1 while the light beam on Harley continues off screen, her body is only drawn for the dimensions of the intended viewing area. Harley partially drawn for an intended viewing area. Each episode features a mini-game or puzzle which can be played while the clip downloads, as well as an interactive feature which allows viewers to help a character make a certain decision.
Voice cast[edit] Comic series[edit] Renee Montoya. Renee Montoya is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. The character was initially created for Batman: The Animated Series, and was preemptively introduced into mainstream comics before the airing of her animated debut in 1992.[1] Fictional character biography[edit] Montoya is the focus of an uneasy truce between Gordon's forces and the crime boss Two-Face.
She reaches out to Two-Face's Harvey Dent persona in helping with aid and relief efforts, and he falls in love with her. He in fact, keeps her restrained in his headquarters against her will. Gotham City is later re-opened thanks to humanitarian efforts spearheaded by Lex Luthor. In "Officer Down", Montoya is hit hard by a murder attempt on Gordon, and when the assassin walks free, goes to seek vengeance. Gotham Central[edit] Montoya is one of the main characters of Gotham Central, a comic book series about the Gotham City police department. 52[edit] The journey is difficult and harrowing. Detective Comics[edit]