Catalina Flores

The Tarantula in Detective Comics v1 #794.

Catalina Flores is a female comic character who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Origin

Catalina Marie Flores

Things soon took a turn for the worse when Blockbuster hired other villains to attack those Grayson held dear. Tarantula was devastated as she was unable to stop a bomb explosion in Grayson's building complex that was also the home of John Law. Confronted by Lady Vic and warned not to go against Blockbuster's wishes, she shoots Vic in the chest. Seeking vengeance for John Law's demise, Tarantula helped Nightwing record Blockbuster's confession, but when she gave the tape to her brother, he crushed it because of a deal he made with Blockbuster to get her out of prison. Tarantula was out on the streets soon enough, and when the battle between Nightwing and Blockbuster heated up, Tarantula involved herself and shot Blockbuster. Nightwing could have prevented the murder, but, driven to the edge of sanity by Blockbuster's calculated assaults on everyone whom Nightwing held dear (Blockbuster knew his secret identity and exploited this), in a moment of absolute misery Nightwing stood aside and let Tarantula kill him. Afterwards, wounded and suffering a near-mental breakdown due to Blockbuster's attacks as well as his own complicity in the villain's murder, Grayson was unable to stop Tarantula from raping him where he fell. (Nightwing v2 #93)

However, when the greatest gang war was unleashed in Gotham, Nightwing was asked to return and aid Batman and the rest of their allies to keep the city under control. Tarantula followed Nightwing to Gotham and took control of the Latino Unified Gang by becoming their leader. (Nightwing v2 #96) Batman allowed Tarantula to stay, and she provided protection for the young people of her gang, and kept them from spreading violence in the city. (Batman: Gotham Knights v1 #56)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Catalina Flores

Notes

• The Catalina Flores Tarantula was created by Devin Grayson where she made her first appearance in Nightwing v2 #71 (September, 2002).

Appearances

• Nightwing v2: (2002)
• Secret Six v3:

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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