Violet

VIOLET

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Vigilante

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Gotham City

First Appearance: Robin II #170 (March, 2008)

Powers: Violet was a skilled and acrobatic fighter. She was armed with mace, a nightstick and weighted gloves, and was tech-savvy with surveillance devices.

History: (Robin II #170, 171) - Violet broke up a number of sports books transactions, and made away with the money. getting her information of drop-offs by wiring Pinheads, a bowling alley that served as hand-off location. After she robbed Marcel Pincus, Batman and Robin arrived on the scene and were interested in a thieving vigilante. Robin pressed Pincus for information, and found Violet’s surveillance set-up at Pinheads. She attacked him, telling him to find his own suckers, escaping after macing Robin in the face. Violet squeezed a Maxie’s casino worker to find out where their counting room was, while Robin investigated St. Camilus’ Cathedral, which was getting an overhaul despite an obvious lack of funds, because he suspected that Violet was used her ill-gotten money for charity and support groups.

(Robin II #173, 174) - Violet squeezed the recently released Pincus for information, tying him to a batting cage and hitting baseballs near him, demanding to know where she could find a major payoff. Penguin was upset that Violet was taking his money, and used Pincus to lay a trap for Robin and her at Sea-Fine Seafoods. Spoiler revealed her presence, knocking out Violet, and trying to warn Robin. Robin assumed she was someone who’d taken up the Spoiler mantle, and told her she had no right to impersonate a woman who’d earned his respect and love. He lashed out at her, but their fight was interrupted by Penguin’s agent Sin Fang of the North Korean mafia. They were evenly matched but Robin managed to pull a getaway, although Spoiler refused to accompany him. He told Violet he’d drop her off at an E.R., and preached that justice shouldn’t come with a paycheck. Violet hit him, telling him he had no idea why she needed money or what she did with it, and demanded to be let out, so Robin begrudgingly complied.

Comments: Created by Chuck Dixon & Chris Batista