Duela Dent

Duela Dent is a female comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Pre-Crisis

Duela Dent

She eventually assisted Robin by posing as the Card Queen while infiltrating a criminal organization called MAZE. This was done in order to bring the whole organization down and the plan was a success. (Detective Comics v1 #483)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Duela Dent

Miss Martian and Cyborg arrive at Belle Reve prison to question their former teammate Bombshell, who has betrayed the team. Risk and Batgirl arrive and Batgirl kills Bombshell by slitting her throat with a razor-sharp batarang. Duela and Enigma cut the prison's power supply, allowing the inmates to escape and attack Miss Martian and Cyborg. During the attack, Enigma comments to Duela: "Wait'll dear old daddy gets a load of us!" The two are the captors and tormentors of Raven, whom they torture psychologically. Duela reveals that she joined Titans East simply because they asked. Raven points out that Duela has always been an ally of the Titans and offers her membership on the team. Duela accepts the invitation by punching Enigma and fights alongside the Titans against Titans East. When the battle ends, Duela and Batgirl disappear. (Teen Titans v3 #43)

Duela later abducted a teen celebrity from a nightclub, only to be stopped by Jason Todd. She claimed that she comes from an alternate Earth. After escaping, Duela is killed by a Monitor, who states, "This world is not yours. Your presence in it is not tolerated. The penalty is death." (Countdown v1 #51)

Post-Flashpoint

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

Todd then took her to the Block where she underwent recovery and attempted to convince her to abandon the life of being the Joker's Daughter. Initially, she refused and wanted revenge on both the Joker as well as Punchline where she attempted to sneak away. However, she stayed and Jason showed her his grave that was still at the Wayne Estate. This led to Duela coming to terms with her life where she admitted that she told lies about her abusive past and in fact her parents were nice people that were waiting for her to return him. Abandoning the Joker's mask, she decided to resume a normal life thus abandoning the moniker of Joker's Daughter and returned home after being away for many years. (Red Hood: Outlaw v1 #50)

Overview

Personality and attributes

This incarnation had also went by the name of Card Queen to infiltrate the MAZE organization. (Detective Comics v1 #483)

Notes

• The Joker's Daughter Duela Dent was created by Bob Rozakis where she made her first appearance in Batman Family v1 #6 (August, 1976).
• In an interview, Rozakis commented, "It didn't take too long to decide whose daughter she would turn out to be. After all, the only married villain was Two-Face. I convinced [editor Julius Schwartz and associate editor E. Nelson Bridwell, the acknowledged keeper of DC's historical consistency] that Harvey and Gilda Dent had a daughter, that Harvey had been disappointed because she wasn't a twin, and that they'd named her Duela."
• Rozakis, upon being asked his thought regarding the current insane version of Duela Dent, who claims to be the daughter of multiple supervillains, phttps://web.archive.org/web/20071021020718/http://titanstower.com/source/whoswho/duela.html replied], "I got a laugh out of it when I first saw it, but I thought they wasted the character. I realize that Marv and company didn't want her around anymore and felt they had to explain her away because of continuity, but they could have just as easily ignored her. Actually, I consider Harley Quinn to be a reincarnation of Duela".

Alternate Versions

• In DC Comics Bombshells v1 #2 (2015), an alternate version of the Joker's Daughter appeared the DC Bombshells reality in the Multiverse. She was shown to had served under the Third Reich during World War II and helped the Nazi cause by keeping magic users such as Raven and Zatanna under her control. One night, Joker's Daughter plays host to a group of Nazis, led by Edel Nacht. After being entertained by Zatanna, Zatanna recognizes John Constantine, her former lover, among the German soldiers. Zatanna turns Constantine into a rabbit and Edel Nacht tries to confiscate him from her.

Appearances

• Batman Family v1: (1976)
• Catwoman:
• Suicide Squad:
• Batman Eternal v1:
• Red Hood: Outlaw v1: (2020)

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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