Jane Doe (character)
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) |
Created by | Dan Slott (writer) Ryan Sook (artist) |
In-story information | |
Species | Human |
Abilities | Hand-to-hand combat Master of disguise Voice mimicry |
Jane Doe is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 and was created by Dan Slott and Ryan Sook.
Sarah Pidgeon portrayed a variation of the character in the
.Fictional character biography
Jane Doe is introduced as a serial killer who observes her targets and then kills them before assuming their identity. She first appears disguised as
After the Black Glove's failed plan to destroy Batman, Jane Doe and the rest of the inmates from Arkham Asylum were transferred to
During the "Brightest Day" storyline, Jane Doe was seen in Arkham Asylum at the time when Deathstroke's incarnation of the Titans entered Arkham Asylum to deal with a certain patient. After Osiris kills a guard, he unknowingly activates a switch that releases all the inmates, thus allowing Jane to escape once again.[7]
In 2011, DC Comics rebooted their universe with "
Powers and abilities
Jane Doe is driven by a psychological need to "become" other people, and thus is highly skilled at assuming the identities of anyone she chooses. Her choice method is removing her victim's skin and hair, wearing them over her own body, and then perfectly mimicking her victim's voice. Jane's disguises are usually near-perfect. She was able to spend two months impersonating Dr. Anne Carver before being discovered by Batman. Underneath her disguises, Jane's real appearance is that of a woman without her own skin, only muscle and tissue. Jane is skilled at hand-to-hand combat and is an expert at psychological manipulation and strategy.
In other media
Television
- A variation of Jane Doe makes her live-action debut in the Gotham episode "Nothing's Shocking," portrayed by Sarah Pidgeon.[9] This version, named Jane Cartwright, is a woman who made a testimony about her mother Victoria shooting her abusive husband. While incarcerated at Arkham Asylum, she was taken below to the Indian Hill facility and experimented on by Hugo Strange, gaining her shapeshifting powers. Under the psychological delusion that her real face had been hideously disfigured by the experiments, she wore a mask at all times. After escaping, Jane sought revenge against the police officers who had put her mother away, and started by killing detectives Boggs and Lewis at the Sirens while posing as Dix. When James Gordon and Harvey Bullock questioned Dix at his home, Jane arrived and attempted to kill him, fleeing after Bullock removed her Dix disguise. Gordon and Bullock initially suspected Basil as the killer. When hiding out at her family home, Jane ambushed and posed as a police officer who accompanied Gordon and Vanessa Harper. When Gordon attacked her, Jane regressed back to normal as she didn't want Gordon to see her face. At the Gotham City Police Department, Jane stated her side of the story and how she got her powers while stating that Jane Cartwright had "died in Arkham." When Gordon stepped out, Jane used her powers to free herself from her restraints. She killed Dix while posing as Bullock and escaped the precinct while disguised as Barbara Kean. Bullock confronted Jane at her house, ultimately killing her.
- Jane Doe appears in Harvey Dent. She doesn't realize she was actually sleeping with his alternate personality who later becomes Two-Face. Later in the series, Jane is killed by Two-Face, in response to her attempt to make Duela kill Harvey.
Other
- Jane Doe appears as a summonable character in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[11]
References
- ^ Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1. DC Comics.
- ^ Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #2. DC Comics.
- ^ Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #3. DC Comics.
- ^ Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #4. DC Comics.
- ^ Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1. DC Comics.
- ^ Batman: Battle for the Cowl #2. DC Comics.
- ^ Titans (vol. 2) #28. DC Comics.
- ^ Detective Comics (vol. 2) Annual #2. DC Comics.
- ^ "Gotham Season 5 Episode 8 Review: Nothing's Shocking". Den of Geek. Retrieved Mar 11, 2019.
- ComicBook.com.
- ^ Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure - A look at every character in the game (over 2000!!), retrieved 2019-09-08
External links
- Jane Doe at DC Wiki