Paula Brooks
Paula Brooks | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | As Huntress: Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947) As Tigress: Young All-Stars #6 (November 1987) |
Created by | Huntress: Mort Meskin Tigress: Roy Thomas |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Paula Brooks |
Species | Human |
Team affiliations | Injustice Society Young All-Stars All-Star Squadron |
Partnerships | Sportsmaster (husband) Artemis (youngest daughter) |
Supporting character of | Artemis Crock |
Notable aliases | Tigress, Huntress |
Abilities |
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Paula Brooks is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. She is one of many characters to use the names Tigress and Huntress. Paula Brooks is married to Sportsmaster and the mother of Artemis Crock.
Paula Brooks appeared as Tigress on the DC Universe streaming service show Stargirl played by Joy Osmanski. The show also appeared on The CW Network.
Publication history
Brooks first appeared in Sensation Comics #68 as the Huntress where she was created by artist Mort Meskin and an uncredited writer. Later, it is retroactively revealed that she was a heroine named the Tigress before becoming a criminal where this alias was created by Roy Thomas.
Fictional character biography
Pre-Crisis
Prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths, she battles Helena Wayne (who had become the new Huntress) and is defeated.[1]
During this time, an
After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Earth-1 pair cease to exist and the Golden Age versions become the dominant version in the new unified universe.
She never uses the Tigress name or her real name (Paula Brooks) during her Pre-Crisis adventures.
Post-Crisis
In the pages of
At this point, the young Paula Brooks (approximately age 18-19) is a superheroine, and fights both
Upon donning a tiger-skin costume and becoming Huntress years later, Paula Brooks tracked down Wildcat and trapped him in her private zoo as part of her plan to capture people who would throw people in prison. Wildcat became the first person she caught to break out.[6]
Huntress returned where she plotted to capture Ted Grant and replace him with a double so that she would bet on his opponent and get money when the double lost. When Huntress captured "Stretch" Skinner, she drew the attention of Wildcat. Huntress and Wildcat fought to a draw as Wildcat and Skinner escaped her ship. When Ted won, a disguised Huntress watched the match and later slipped away.[7]
Due to her reputation for fighting Wildcat, Huntress was invited to join the Injustice Society. In a competition to see who would lead the group, Huntress managed to steal Plymouth Rock and nearly defeated Atom and Flash.[8]
Huntress and her men kidnapped Ted Grant and his opponent Mike Baily and held them for ransom. Ted broke out of his trap, became Wildcat, and brought Tigress to justice.[9]
In 1949, Huntress and Sportsmaster rejoined the Injustice Society where they captured the members of the Justice Society. Some of its former members like Wildcat united to rescue them and defeat the Injustice Society.[10]
They fight Black Canary and Starman in the 1960s, as well as continuing to serve as members of the Injustice Society.[11]
Huntress and Sportsmaster later got engaged and had a daughter named Artemis who took part in the family business.
Paula Brooks is later seen out of uniform in Young Justice at an Olympics-type event where her daughter Artemis competes on behalf of Zandia, a country that harbors super-villains.[16]
DC Universe
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". When Hawkman and Hawkgirl recount their time with the Justice Society and the day that they fought the Injustice Society, Tigress was seen as a member of the Injustice Society. Wildcat was the one who faced off against Tigress and defeated her.[17]
Powers and abilities
Brooks has no powers or unusual technology, but she did utilize various types of wild beasts in committing her crimes. She is also a skilled hand-to-hand fighter whose nails were once sharpened like
She also used a small crossbow and a steady supply of crossbow bolts. She has also been known to use throwing nets and bolos to trap her prey.
Other versions
Outside of regular DCU continuity,
In other media
Television
- Paula Brooks / Tigress makes a cameo appearance in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!".
- A character inspired by Paula Brooks named Paula Nguyen appears in Young Justice, voiced by Kelly Hu. Introduced in the episode "Downtime", she had previously operated as Huntress before being confined to a wheelchair. She lives with her younger daughter, Artemis Crock, in a rundown apartment in Gotham City, and is aware of her eldest daughter Jade Nguyen's activities as an assassin.
- The mother of Malcolm Merlyndestroys the facility. The parents' bodies are later recovered from the wreckage.
- Paula Brooks / Tigress appears in .
Miscellaneous
Paula Brooks / Tigress makes a cameo appearance in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "Welcome to Super Hero High".
Reception
Michael Eury and Gina Misiroglu characterized the original Huntress Paula Brooks as "a relatively obscure Golden Age villainess", whose title was borrowed for the character of Helena Wayne.[22]
Sophie Bonadè found that Paula Brooks, like a number of villainesses of the time, falls under the "Dating Catwoman" cliché of being in a romantic relation to the hero she fights.[23]
See also
References
- ^ All-Star Comics #72-73. DC Comics.
- ^ The Comic Treadmill: Dc Super-Stars 10 (1976) The Greatest Story Ever Told
- ^ Batman Family #7. DC Comics.
- ^ Young All-Stars #6-31. DC Comics.
- ^ Thomas, Roy, Dann Thomas (w), Murray, Brian, Jones III, Malcolm (a). "...You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Souls!" Young All-Stars, no. 9 (February 1988). DC Comics.
- ^ Sensation Comics #68. DC Comics.
- ^ Sensation Comics #71. DC Comics.
- ^ All-Star Comics #41. DC Comics.
- ^ DC 100 Page Super-Spectacular #6. DC Comics.
- ^ Starman vol. 2 #62. DC Comics.
- ^ The Brave and the Bold #62. DC Comics.
- ^ Infinity Inc #34. DC Comics.
- ^ Infinity Inc. #35-36. DC Comics.
- ^ All-Star Comics #72. DC Comics.
- ^ All-Star Comics #73. DC Comics.
- ^ Young Justice #25. DC Comics.
- ^ Hawkman (vol. 5) #27. DC Comics.
- ^ The Golden Age #2. DC Comics.
- ^ The Golden Age #3. DC Comics.
- ^ The Golden Age #4. DC Comics.
- ^ Boucher, Geoff (December 20, 2018). "'Stargirl' Casting: Meet Three Members Of Injustice Society". Deadline. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-57859-375-0.
- Université Paris-Saclay. pp. 60, 62. Retrieved 23 November 2021.