Petit swiftly goes insane and Huntress barely survives an ensuing attack on Petit's compound by the Joker and his men. It was Batman's intent to drive Huntress to Petit's group when he rejected her, knowing that Huntress's presence there was necessary to keep Petit in line. ![]() Huntress then ends up with Petit and his men, who had broken off from the group led by former commissioner James Gordon. Huntress refuses to follow Batman's exact orders and gives up the Batgirl costume. Batgirl fails to protect Batman's territory from Two-Face and his gang of more than 200 criminals, leading to an argument between her and Batman. To bring order to the city, Huntress assumes the mantle of Batgirl, and she discovers criminals fear her more as Batgirl than they do as Huntress. The United States government declares Gotham City a "No Man's Land," and Batman disappears. In the No Man's Land storyline, an earthquake levels Gotham City. Huntress and Lady Blackhawk No Man's Land - Helena becomes Batgirl The young heroes engage in a brief affair, after which Helena confesses to Nightwing that she seduced him partly because she thought it might help get her into the "boys' club" of Batman's world. In the four-issue Nightwing/Huntress limited series, Helena partners with Nightwing on a mission against the mafia. In the Huntress: Cry for Blood limited series Huntress' origin is revised a young Helena Rosa Bertinelli believes Franco Bertinelli to be her father, but her father is actually Santo Cassamento, the don of a rival mafia family, who was carrying on an affair with Helena's mother, Maria. However, she is later forced to resign after Batman stops her from killing Prometheus. Under the guidance of heroes such as Superman, Helena grows in confidence, even playing a key role in defeating Solaris during the DC One Million storyline, as well as helping the League defeat foes like Prometheus, as well as encouraging Green Lantern to fight the Queen Bee's hypno-pollen during her invasion of Earth. During the League's restructing following the 'Rock of Ages' crisis, Batman sponsors Huntress' membership in the Justice League, hoping that the influence of other heroes will mellow the Huntress, and for some time, Huntress is a respected member of the League. This would not be her only involvement with the League. However, besides League members helping her on one of her own cases and getting a tour of the group's New York embassy, she never officially joined the team. Impressing the League, she was invited to join. Huntress briefly became involved with the Justice League International when she happened upon a brainwashed Blue Beetle attempting to murder Maxwell Lord. Early in his career, he worked with the female vigilante, and later clears her name in a murder case. Others in the Batman family feel differently for instance, Tim Drake has a good relationship with her. However, when James Gordon questions Batman about his attitude towards the Huntress, Batman replies "You know exactly why I don't approve.You're not the only one she reminds of Barbara" - in reference to Gordon's crippled daughter who had previously fought crime as Batgirl. This origin story is heavily revised in the 2000 limited series Huntress: Cry for Blood.īatman rarely accepts the Huntress, and usually claims that this disavowal is due to her unpredictable and violent behaviour. ![]() She travels, accompanied and trained by her bodyguard Sal, before returning to Gotham to make her debut as the Huntress. After she witnesses the mob-ordered murder of her entire family at a wedding, she crusades to put an end to the crime families. Helena hides her fear and shame until the age of 19. Her parents, Guido and Carmela, sent her to boarding school and assigned a bodyguard for her protection. At the age of six, she was kidnapped and raped by an agent of another Gotham crime family. In the 1989 Huntress limited series, Helena Rosa Bertinelli, who was born into one of Gotham City's most prominent Mafia families, is a withdrawn girl. 1.2 No Man's Land - Helena becomes Batgirl.
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