Line #147 Characters/BatmanEarthOne


1	This page lists the characters appearing in the ''ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne'' line of comic books. '''All spoilers from the first two books will be ''unmarked'' below.'''
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	!! Protagonists
6	[[folder:Batman]]
7	!ComicBook/{{Batman}} / Bruce Wayne
8	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/page_72.jpg]]
9
10	The son of the murdered Thomas and Martha Wayne. He has become a vigilante in Gotham City.
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12	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He isn't the jaded VigilanteMan just yet.
13	* AdaptationalWimp: This Bruce Wayne never traveled the world to become a martial arts master, having learned everything from Alfred. He is also far from a master detective.
14	* BadassNormal: As to be expected from Batman.
15	* CompositeCharacter: He's the last living heir of the Arkham family in this universe, not unlike the character of Dr. Jeremiah Arkham.
16	* CrimefightingWithCash: PlayedForLaughs in Volume 3 when he simply gets [[spoiler:The Cat]] on his side by simply giving her a roll of money. {{Lampshaded}} by Croc.
17	-->'''Killer Croc''': You're ''paying'' her?
18	* DeconReconSwitch: This Batman is far less effective than the usual version, having a more realistic skill level rather than an expert martial artist/detective/inventor. However he is still a force for good, partly due to placing a greater emphasis on one of Batman's less flashy skills: his ability to gather allies.
19	* HeroicWannabe: He starts out as this, but starts to grow out of it.
20	* HeroWithBadPublicity: He even has this as Bruce Wayne, at least in the eyes of Harvey Dent.
21	* HonorBeforeReason: He won't wear body armor because of this, reasoning that using body armor would clash with the ability to intimidate.
22	* IrislessEyeMaskOfMystery: Averted. Bruce's eyes and pupils are clearly drawn and are visible when he's in his cowl.
23	* YouKilledMyFather: His motivation in the first volume.
24	[[/folder]]
25
26	[[folder:Alfred Pennyworth]]
27	!Alfred Pennyworth
28	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/page_78.jpg]]
29
30	A friend of the Wayne family who is Bruce's ally.
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32	* AdaptationalBadass: This version of Alfred plays up his military experience. He's also a bodyguard, not a butler.
33	* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: He's one of the few incarnations of Alfred to have a full head of hair instead of being balding. He also has a beard and mustache instead of just a mustache.
34	* AdaptationalJobChange: This version of Alfred still worked for the Waynes, but as a bodyguard instead of their butler.
35	* BattleButler: Played with. He only calls himself Bruce's butler, but he isn't one.
36	* BigDamnHeroes: He saves Batman in Volume One near the end.
37	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He resembles Creator/ChristopherLee in appearance.
38	* DisabledInTheAdaptation: This version of Alfred is missing his right leg, having replaced it with a prosthetic.
39	* HandicappedBadass: This version has a fake right leg, after he lost his real one in battle.
40	* OldSoldier: A major part of this incarnation's character.
41	* PrivateMilitaryContractors: He was one in Seoul, Korea. His daughter lives there.
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	!! Criminals
45
46	[[folder:Mayor Cobblepot]]
47	![[ComicBook/ThePenguin Oswald Cobblepot]]
48	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/page_124.jpg]]
49
50	The corrupt mayor of Gotham.
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52	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Oswald Cobblepot may not be a good-looking man, but he's a damn sight better than the heavyset, and frequently disfigured Penguin of the mainstream comics. This makes sense, as he probably wouldn't have been elected mayor of Gotham with his more common appearance.
53	* AdaptationalBadass: He's not terribly formidable in a fight (though he holds his own against Bruce), but the fact that he's the Mayor of Gotham means that he's much more dangerous here than in most other versions.
54	* BigBad: of Volume 1.
55	* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He's never referred to as the Penguin [[spoiler:until Volume 3.]]
56	* CorruptPolitician: Oh lord yes.
57	* DeathByAdaptation: Alfred kills him in Volume 1.
58	* DeathBySecretIdentity: [[spoiler: Dies after learning Bruce is Batman. According to Alfred in Volume 2, this is ''why'' he had to kill him.]]
59	* FauxAffablyEvil: He's impeccably well-mannered, but it doesn't change the fact that he's a power-hungry psychopath.
60	* InsistentTerminology: About being called 'Mayor'.
61	* JabbaTableManners: He's a rather messy eater.
62	* MayorPain: He runs the city like a mob operation.
63	* MythologyGag: He wears "penguin suits".
64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder:Riddler]]
67	!ComicBook/TheRiddler
68	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/page_120.jpg]]
69
70	A MadBomber who leaves riddles around Gotham City after the fall of [[CorruptPolitician Mayor Cobblepot]].
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72	* AdaptationalVillainy: He's a MadBomber who [[spoiler:wants to take control of the late Mayor Cobblepot's crime network]], and in terms of riddles, [[spoiler:he has none of his main counterpart's HonorBeforeReason, [[ILied lying]] about being willing to not kill a train full of people when Batman successfully solves one of his riddles]].
73	* BigBad: The main antagonist of Volume 2.
74	* MadBomber: His way of villainy is the use of bombs at locations of choice.
75	* MortonsFork: Riddler tells Batman that he has to solve a riddle. If he doesn't, he'll blow up a train full of people, if he solves it, they live. [[spoiler: He was lying, even when Batman answers correctly, he blew up the train anyway because he never expected Batman to answer correctly]].
76	* NoShirtLongJacket: His attire of choice.
77	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike his classic version, his name is never given, and the news reports state that it isn't known.
78	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:In the final parts of Volume 2, Riddler undergoes a rather quick one, going from calm and confident as he kills people with his various tactics to screaming at Batman and trying to shoot him as soon as he finally catches up with him]].
79	[[/folder]]
80
81	[[folder:Birthday Boy]]
82	!Birthday Boy / Ray Salinger
83	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/birthday_boy_earth_one.jpg]]
84	A crazy serial killer under the control of Mayor Cobblepot.
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86	* {{Expy}}: Birthday Boy is a combination of Bane (big well-muscled ImplacableMan who wears a full head-mask, but without the Venom) and Victor Zsasz (SerialKiller brandishing a knife with a thing for young ladies). The idea of a birthday-themed serial killer might also be a take on [[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween Holiday]].
87	* ImplacableMan: The Birthday Boy during his battle against Batman, Gordon, and Bullock. Nothing will keep him down, and his massive strength lets him overpower all three of them for most of the fight.
88	* PsychoForHire: The Birthday Boy is this for Mayor Cobblepot.
89	* SerialKiller: The Birthday Boy, [[spoiler:who kidnaps young girls, is implied to cut their throats and then keep their corpses rotting in Arkham Manor's basement]].
90	[[/folder]]
91
92	[[folder:Impersonator ('''Spoilers''')]]
93	!!Clayface
94	[[quoteright:322:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clayface_earth_1.jpg]]
95
96	A shapeshifting impersonator who takes his roles very seriously.
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98	* AxCrazy: He is violently insane, attacking those around him and being a danger to himself and others. However, how much of this is due to him impersonating [[spoiler:Adrian Arkham]] is unclear.
99	* BaldOfEvil: In his true form.
100	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:He's introduced as Bruce Wayne's maternal grandfather Adrian Arkham, but turns out to actually be this continuity's Clayface impersonating him.]]
101	* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: While he is clearly this continuity's version of Clayface, he is never named as such.
102	* CriminalDoppelganger: His modus operandi, with his most recent identity being [[spoiler:Adrian Arkham]].
103	* DecompositeCharacter: While he has had the identities of Basil Karlo, Matt Hagen, and Preston Payne, it is heavily implied that none of them are his real name. As such, none of the others seem to have ever been Clayface.
104	* TheDragon: To [[spoiler:Jessica's "Harvey" personality]].
105	* LostInCharacter: He has had so many roles that it seems he doesn’t even know who he is anymore.
106	[[/folder]]
107
108	[[folder:Rising Criminal ('''Spoilers''')]]
109	!!ComicBook/TheJoker
110	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joker_earth_1.jpg]]
111	->''"I'm '''nobody'''."''
112
113	A criminal dressed as a clown.
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115	* AdaptationalLateAppearance: [[spoiler:The Joker is only introduced at the very end of volume 3, as a SequelHook, long after the appearance of Killer Croc, the Penguin, Riddler, Clayface, Two-Face, and Catwoman, when in most media (including the mainline comics) he appears long before any of them.]]
116	* AdaptationalOriginConnection: It is heavily implied that he is part of the origin of [[spoiler:Dick Grayson, the first Robin]], as a clown was seen to have caused the death of [[spoiler:the Flying Graysons]].
117	* MonsterClown: His appearance harkens to it.
118	* VillainousWidowsPeak: [[spoiler:Even for a character that's part of the page image, this version of the Joker has an incredibly pronounced one]].
119	* WalkingSpoiler: Only actually shows up at the end of Volume 3.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	!! The Outsiders
123
124	[[folder:Killer Croc]]
125	!Killer Croc / Waylon Jones
126	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/page_74.jpg]]
127
128	A vagrant living in the sewers who has a [[BizarreHumanBiology rather severe skin condition]].
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130	* AdaptationalHeroism: Killer Croc is a pretty decent guy here, if misunderstood. After being rejected and attacked by a world that judged him for his disfiguring illness, he retreated into the sewers. Chased there by hunters, he pre-emptively attacked any people he encountered. He eventually ends up saving Bruce from the Riddler, and joins Team Batman.
131	* AdaptationalWimp: Killer Croc applies to this, in the sense that he doesnt have a three-digit killing record like his original self. This version is basically just a normal human who's been put under extreme circumstances and sought out isolation rather than lashing out with murder.
132	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Killer Croc tells Batman he suffers from ichthyosis, which is a family of genetic disorders that do cause scaly skin; Croc's condition, though, is not like any known cases-- in particular, he appears to have bony plates on his brow, which doesn't happen.
133	* BodyHorror: He's specifically played up as having a horrible skin disease rather than some bizarre mutation.
134	* MyGreatestSecondChance: Killer Croc helps take down the Riddler after he realizes he could have saved countless lives if he stopped him early on.
135	* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: Volume 3 ends with him joining the Outsiders, when no prior incarnation of Killer Croc was ever affiliated with that team.
136	[[/folder]]
137
138	[[folder:The Cat]]
139	!![[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} The Cat]]
140	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catwoman_earth_one.jpg]]
141	[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a civilian]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/selina_kyle_earth_one.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
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144	* ActionGirl: A skilled female fighter, with her fighting style involving a lot of SheFu.
145	* AdvertisedExtra: She was the focus of TheStinger in volume 2, and marketing for volume 3 makes a big deal about her, but she ultimately plays a very minor role in the plot.
146	* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: A cat-themed burglar.
147	* CheapCostume: Compared to other versions of ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, her costume was clearly homemade by her.
148	* ColorMotif: All of the clothes she wears have a lot of [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] and [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple purple]].
149	* DynamicEntry: The first time we see her in her costume, she's giving a dramatic flying kick to a {{Mook}} who's about to attack Batman.
150	* FlirtingUnderFire: Flirts with Batman even while they're busy fighting off {{Mook}}s.
151	* FriendToAllLivingThings: She seems to be fond of animals, owning a black cat she's seen petting often and immediately takes a liking to Bat-Dog when meeting Batman's crew.
152	* HyperAwareness: After she sews up Bruce's wounds, she correctly guesses that he isn't Mayor Cobblepot's killer after inspecting his utility belt while he's out cold, noting that Penguin was shot and Bruce only carries Batarangs as weapons.
153	* KarmicThief: She only steals from criminals or rich people who are guilty of unethical actions.
154	* KickChick: Her fighting style seems to mostly involve kicks.
155	* MeetCute: Her first encounter with Batman is filled with sexual tension, giving she had to [[UndressingTheUnconscious undress him]] and patching up his wounds in her first meeting, and they were flirting with each other right after.
156	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: When Batman asks for her help in tracking down the illegal weapons entering Gotham she refuses, citing she "doesn't do non-profit". So Batman decides to [[BoringButPractical simply pay her to do it]]. It works.
157	* MsFanservice: She's a HeadTurningBeauty whose outfits often bare her stomach and a lot of panels give a lot of focus on her [[LegFocus toned legs]] that are covered with [[StockingFiller thigh-highs]]. Her civilian outfit emphasizes her stomach and feet.
158	* NoNameGiven: While it's obvious she's meant to be the Earth-One version of ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, the name Selina Kyle is never mentioned, nor does she ever call herself Catwoman. When Batman asks who she is, she jokingly replies "if you're the Bat, then I'm The Cat" and [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep everyone simply refers to her as "Cat" after that]].
159	* {{Roofhopping}}: She's able to travel around the rooftops in Gotham without any equipment.
160	* SexyCatPerson: A alluring woman with a cat theme.
161	* SheFu: She uses this a lot in her fighting style.
162	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her burglar outfit exposes a lot of skin.
163	[[/folder]]
164
165	[[folder:Ragman]]
166	! Rory Regan / Ragman
167
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169	* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: He doesn't appear until the end of the third volume.
170	* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: No prior incarnation of Ragman was affiliated with the Outsiders.
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	!! Other Characters
174	[[folder:James Gordon]]
175	!James Gordon
176	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/page_1045.jpg]]
177
178	A detective who is forced onto criminal payroll after the death of his wife.
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180	* AdaptationalJerkass: As noted below, he starts off a corrupt cop, whereas in ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', he's was one of the few clean cops in the GCPD. [[JustifiedTrope Justified, though]], as he was reluctantly forced onto criminal payroll after his wife was killed.
181	* AdaptationalJobChange: While he'd later get the same promotion to Captain as in ''Year One'', this version was merely a detective at first.
182	* DirtyCop: A reluctant one. He looks the other way because he's so jaded that he's long given up hope on things improving in Gotham City.
183	* PapaWolf: It's the idea of his daughter being in danger that gets him to declare ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder:Harvey Bullock]]
187	!Harvey Bullock
188	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/page_115.jpg]]
189
190	A former television detective who comes to Gotham for a second chance at fame.
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192	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Bullock has the looks of a Hollywood star, as opposed to the overweight disheveled mainstream version. By the time of Volume 2, he's beginning to look like his usual counterpart.
193	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He might look and act like a smug celebrity whose time has passed, but he makes damn sure that you remember he's still a trained cop.
194	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Seeing the ''dozens'' of bodies in Arkham Manor's basement has scarred Harvey deep, leaving him to seek refuge in the bottle.
195	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His attempts to reopen cases by using Gordon's name leads to the latter's daughter being kidnapped as punishment.
196	* TokenGoodCop: Played with. In a universe where Jim Gordon is just as corrupt and ineffectual as every other cop in the GCPD (because [[IHaveYourWife his wife was murdered and he's terrified his daughter will be next]] if he actively opposes corruption), it's Bullock who takes this role. Whilst an out-of-touch, smug outsider who comes to Gotham in order to [[GloryHound boost his profile]], Bullock is a genuinely honest and dedicated cop, who starts up proper investigations, even into the cases Gordon tells him to drop. His influence and support actually help Gordon regain his former backbone and allows him to grow into his more familiar role in the franchise as the series goes on, with his rise in the ranks seeing him able to bring about some real improvements to the GCPD.
197	[[/folder]]
198
199	[[folder:Harvey Dent]]
200	!Harvey Dent
201	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harvey_dent_earth_one.jpg]]
202
203	The District Attorney of Gotham.
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205	* AdaptationalJerkass: Zigzagged with Harvey Dent. In most adaptations, he's portrayed as a troubled but nice guy before he becomes Two-Face but here Harvey is a major Jerkass from the beginning [[spoiler: and dies before he even becomes Two-Face.]]
206	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:His corpse is badly decayed by the time he is dug up in Volume 3. The shadows on his face make it look as though he is scarred similarly to his ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' incarnation, but in truth it is his whole body.]]
207	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:In Volume 3. It appears that he was not really dead, but in actuality, [[AngstySurvivingTwin Jessica]] had dug him up and [[OfCorpseHesAlive was keeping him around]] to justify her Harvey personality.]]
208	* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Harvey Dent is not merely scarred by the burns he receives from Sal Maroni, but dies from them.]]
209	* DecompositeCharacter[=/=]GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Two-Face. ''Jessica'' Dent, not Harvey, is the one who becomes TwoFaced and crazy.]]
210	* DemotedToExtra: Harvey Dent. He is still D.A., but his sister plays more of a role than he does. Harvey does show up in a flashback to deliver some exposition and [[spoiler:get punched in the face by an angry Bruce]].
211	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The spin on Harvey Dent's tale in Volume 2: [[spoiler:he gets hit in the face with a molotov cocktail by Sal Maroni, and though he does receive his trademark TwoFaced appearance, he quickly dies of the burn wounds due to their severity]].
212	* {{Jerkass}}: Even though he's still on the right side of the law and he's not corrupt, this is the Harvey Dent most prone to jackassery in a long time; he's an insufferable prick towards others such as Bruce Wayne or any underling that doesn't show any awe towards him.
213	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In Volume 3, [[spoiler:he revolves into claiming ''all'' of Gotham is guilty of his death and wants to destroy it. A SubvertedTrope, as he is actually dead, and it is Jessica's personality of him that is like that]].
214	* OfCorpseHesAlive: [[spoiler:PlayedForDrama. In Volume 3, Jessica digs up his corpse and speaks to it to justify her own split personality.]]
215	[[/folder]]
216
217	[[folder:Jessica Dent]]
218	!Jessica Dent / [[spoiler:ComicBook/TwoFace]]
219	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jessica_dent_earth_one_1.jpg]]
220	[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in volume 3]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/two_face_earth_one.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
221
222	The childhood sweetheart of Bruce Wayne, twin sister of Harvey Dent and Mayor of Gotham.
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224	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: [[spoiler:While this continuity's Two-Face in place of her brother Harvey, her disfigurement is notably less severe than is typical for the character.]]
225	* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:Surviving Sal Maroni killing her brother drives her insane, resulting in her split personality.]]
226	* BigBad: [[spoiler:She's the main villain of Volume 3.]]
227	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Jessica and Bruce have known each other since they were kids and eventually come to form a relationship as adults.
228	* CompositeCharacter: Is one of Rachel Dawes from The Dark Knight Trilogy and [[spoiler: Two-Face.]]
229	* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Even though the Jessica personality loves Bruce and wants to help him save Gotham City, her violent "Harvey" personality seeks to kill him and burn Gotham to the ground.]]
230	* DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Jessica Dent, not Harvey, is the one who becomes TwoFaced and crazy.]]
231	* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:Deep down, Jessica in Volume 3 is sick, and it is her personality of her brother who is the villain, so hostile she herself fights against him.]]
232	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: After her twin brother dies Jessica is driven insane and develops a split personality who tries to destroy Gotham and murder hundreds of innocent people.]]
233	* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:At the end of Volume 3, this is how she tries to confront [[SplitPersonality Harvey]], telling Bruce his plans.]]
234	* ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler:Gives one to Bruce while having him tied to a chair in Volume 3 in a brief MomentOfLucidity.]]
235	* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:She becomes Two-Face, not Harvey]].
236	* GoodScarsEvilScars: She gets a second-degree burn on the left side of her face after [[spoiler:pressing her cheek to her twin brother's flaming corpse. Shortly afterwards she becomes an insane crime lord.]]
237	* InsaneEqualsViolent: [[spoiler: The "Harvey" personality that develops becomes a major villain.]]
238	* LoveInterest: For Bruce across the Earth One trilogy.
239	* TheMentallyDisturbed: [[spoiler:In Volume 3, she becomes increasingly mentally ill, her "Harvey" personality becoming increasingly hostile to Gotham and even herself.]]
240	* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: [[spoiler:PlayedForHorror. Her split personality version of her twin brother is intensely hostile to anyone and everyone, out of revenge against his murder. It seems to disturb her as much as anyone else.]]
241	* SplitPersonality: On the one hand you have Jessica Dent, kindhearted LoveInterest of Bruce Wayne and devoted Mayor of Gotham. [[spoiler:On the other hand you have "Harvey" the violent and psychopathic personality based on her dead twin who wants to burn Gotham to the ground for his murder.]]
242	* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:By the end of Volume 3, "Harvey" is in charge, with Jessica's original personality as the secondary, nearly completely subsumed one.]]
243	* StarCrossedLovers: With Bruce. It's made very clear that the two of them love each other, but [[spoiler:her decaying mental state puts them at odds.]]
244	* TragicVillain: Jessica is a good person who genuinely wants to help save Gotham City, however [[spoiler:the death of her brother and her physical scarring give way to mental illness and a violent split personality that she can't control.]]
245	[[/folder]]
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