Lady Vic
Lady Vic | |
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Notable aliases | Lady Victim |
Abilities | Highly skilled acrobat and martial artist Proficient with variety of edged weapons and firearms |
Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton, a.k.a. "Lady Vic" or "Lady Victim" is a character in the DC Comics universe. She is an English noblewoman who works secretly as an assassin, bounty hunter, and mercenary. She is employed on a semi-regular basis by Roland Desmond and appears most frequently as an antagonist of Nightwing (Dick Grayson).
Her sobriquet "Lady Vic" is short for "Lady Victim", referring to any of her possible targets.
Lady Vic appears in a self-titled episode of Titans, portrayed by Kimberly-Sue Murray.
Publication history
Lady Vic first appeared in Nightwing (vol. 2) #4 and was created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel.[1]
Fictional character biography
Lady Elaine is descended from a long line of British soldiers and mercenaries, and a genuine English aristocrat. The money she earns from her secret career helps prevent foreclosure on her impoverished family estate.
She completes an assignment for
Elaine is one of Blockbuster's hirelings tasked with tracking down
Lady Vic is sent to eliminate Tarantula, Blockbuster's latest ally, when Tarantula had disobeyed his orders. Tarantula defeats Lady Vic, shooting her in the stomach.[3]
During the Infinite Crisis, Lady Vic appeared as a member of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.[4]
One Year Later, Lady Vic is hired by Doctor Psycho and Cheshire in an attempt to destroy the Secret Six. Together with Double Dare, she faces Deadshot in a park with his wife and child, who run away once the attackers appear. Unarmed, Deadshot is easily defeated by Double Dare and is about to be executed by Lady Vic when his wife throws him a gun, allowing him to get the upper hand. Deadshot considers killing his would-be assassins but allows them to escape, not wanting to shoot them in front of his daughter.[5]
When not on a job, she rests easy in the company of her hulking manservant Bivens. Her drink of choice is
Shortly after, Bane takes her on in his incarnation of the Six when the others leave.[7] She is later shot in both knees by Deadshot and left to die in Skartaris.
In
Powers and abilities
"Talks like Jane Seymour, fights like Bruce Lee". - Nightwing
Elaine is a highly skilled martial artist and athlete, and equally skilled with firearms. She has a sentimental preference for a collection of antique weapons handed down by her ancestors, souvenirs of their
Of the mercenaries regularly employed by Blockbuster, Elaine is one of the most skilled, certainly more skilled than
Lady Vic also has qualities of determination and ruthlessness that set her apart from the others. Possibly this is because she desperately needs the money she earns for the sake of her family's continued standing and honor. As mentioned above, she was more than willing to kill a young girl to get paid; during the Hunt for
Other versions
Flashpoint
In the Flashpoint universe, Lady Vic joined with the Amazons' Furies.[11]
In other media
Lady Vic appears in a self-titled episode of Titans, portrayed by Kimberly-Sue Murray.
References
- ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
- ^ Nightwing (vol. 2) #4
- ^ Nightwing (vol. 2) #95
- ^ Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1
- ^ Secret Six: Six Degrees of Separation tpb
- ^ Secret Six (vol. 2) #4 (February 2008)
- ^ Secret Six (vol. 2) #21
- ^ Batwing #21
- ^ "What's New in the New 52 – Introducing Lady Vic". May 2013.
- ^ Teen Titans (Vol. 6) #38
- ^ Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #2 (July 2011)