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 Portion of the panel fromBatwing #24 (October 2013); art by Eber Ferreira (penciller), Eduardo Pansica (inker), and Paul Mounts (colorist). | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Nightwing (vol. 2) #4 (January 1997) |
| Created by | Chuck Dixon (writer) Scott McDaniel (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton |
| Team affiliations | Tartarus Injustice League Secret Society of Super Villains Secret Six |
| 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 asupervillain in theDC Comics universe. She is anEnglish noblewoman who works secretly as an assassin, bounty hunter, and mercenary. She is employed on a semi-regular basis byRoland Desmond and appears most frequently as an antagonist of Nightwing (Dick Grayson).
Hersobriquet "Lady Vic" is short for "Lady Victim", referring to any of her possible targets.
Lady Vic appears in a self-titled episode ofTitans, portrayed by Kimberly-Sue Murray.
Lady Vic first appeared inNightwing (vol. 2) #4 and was created byChuck Dixon andScott McDaniel.[1]
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 forBlüdhaven gang boss Antonio "Angel" Marin[2] and returns to Blüdhaven to collect her fee, and is upset to find Marin missing. She tracks down Marin's lawyer and threatens to kill his young daughter if she isn't paid—a threat she definitely would have carried out if Nightwing had not intervened.Dudley Soames informs her that Marin had been replaced byBlockbuster and offers to pay her fee, with a retainer to continue working for him.
Elaine is one of Blockbuster's hirelings tasked with tracking downOracle. When Blockbuster was dying of heart failure, Elaine is entrusted with locatingGorilla City inAfrica, and finding a replacement heart.
Lady Vic is sent to eliminateTarantula, Blockbuster's latest ally, when Tarantula had disobeyed his orders. Tarantula defeats Lady Vic, shooting her in the stomach.[3]
During theInfinite Crisis, Lady Vic appeared as a member ofAlexander Luthor Jr.'sSecret Society of Super Villains.[4]
One Year Later, Lady Vic is hired byDoctor Psycho andCheshire in an attempt to destroy theSecret Six. Together with Double Dare, she facesDeadshot 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 isDarjeeling tea. More recently, she was seen among the newInjustice League and is one of the villains featured inSalvation Run. She also appears chasing the Secret Six to obtain a valuable "Get Out of Hell Free" card.[6]
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 inSkartaris.
InThe New 52, Lady Vic makes her debut in the seriesBatwing.[8][9] Vic would show up inDC Rebirth and after failing the rebornHeretic, she'd be killed.[10]
"Talks likeJane Seymour, fights likeBruce 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 theircolonial exploits: a matched pair ofkatar (कटार), aJapanese katana, aThuggee strangling cloth, aMaasai javelin, and aWebley revolver.
Of the mercenaries regularly employed by Blockbuster, Elaine is one of the most skilled, certainly more skilled thanBrutale, Stallion, orElectrocutioner. Though usually not on the level of opponents such as Nightwing orBatman, she has nearly beaten Nightwing. When Blockbuster decided to testShrike's abilities by pitting him against all of his regular assassins at once, Elaine lasted the longest and was the only one to actually inflict a wound on him, almost killing him, before being knocked out. She also nearly defeated Nightwing in their first fight and had an upper hand in the battle. She also effortlessly defeatedTarantula in two separate encounters. These feats place Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton among the best martial artists in the DC universe.
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 theHunt forOracle storyline, whenBlack Canary escaped from a plane in which she was being held prisoner, Lady Vic astonished her by leaping into the sky after her without a parachute.
In theFlashpoint universe, Lady Vic joined with theAmazons'Furies.[11]
Lady Vic appears in a self-titled episode ofTitans, portrayed by Kimberly-Sue Murray.
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