| Body Doubles | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Resurrection Man #1 (March 1996) |
| Created by | Andy Lanning Dan Abnett Jackson Guice |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Bonny Hoffman, Carmen Leno |
| Team affiliations | Requiem, Inc. Secret Society of Super Villains Injustice League |
TheBody Doubles areDC Comics villains created byAndy Lanning,Dan Abnett, andJackson Guice. They first appeared inResurrection Man #1 (March 1996) before appearing in their owneponymousminiseries withJoe Phillips on art duties.[1]
Bonny Hoffman andCarmen Leno are assassins who work for Requiem, Inc., an agency for hired killers. Bonny, daughter of a crime lord, wants to prove her worth to her father, while Carmen, a former adult film actress, hopes to become a legitimate actress. Both women meet and become assassins and use many types of hi-tech weapons, often concealed in, or disguised as, makeup accessories.
Bonny's uncle Nick hires the Body Doubles for their first job, which brings them into conflict withResurrection Man. The two later work for a beauty-obsessed alien warrior named Mystress, who wants to use the energies of female superheroes to rejuvenate her appearance, and for whom the Body Doubles kidnapArgent,Power Girl andDeep Blue. The two also try to killCatwoman during her campaign for mayor ofNew York City, but they were defeated.[1]
They continue to work for Uncle Nick, murdering assigned victims while pursuing their dreams. The Body Doubles, as ofVillains United #1, have joined theSecret Society of Super Villains, as well as having aided theRiddler,Fisherman and several other villains inGotham City inInfinite Crisis #1. The group rampages, killing several police officers.[2]
The Body Doubles are members of the newInjustice League, and as such are brought to thePlanet Salvation, a distant planet filled with deadly technology used byAmanda Waller as a permanent prison formetahumans and costumed villains, forcing them to behave or die. The Body Doubles use the woundedHellhound, on the pretense of helping him, as a bait to let their group escape from alien beasts.[3] They end up in the main group saved byLex Luthor, with which they are returned to Earth.
The Body Doubles were seen among the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell free card from theSecret Six.
The Body Doubles appear in the relaunchedResurrection Man series.[4] In the new continuity, the two are aromantic couple and, rather than being supervillains, are mercenaries in the employ of an organization that Mitch Shelley (The Resurrection Man) once worked for and which now wants him back to figure out how he returns from the dead. The two have rapidregeneration, able to heal from any injury almost instantly and are shown recovering from electric shocks, broken bones and various physical injuries rapidly. It is implied that they worked with Mitch personally at some point, as they make comments suggesting they knew him fairly well when he worked for the company that employs them though they appear to have disliked him a great deal when working with him.