Helena Rosa Bertinelli witnesses the murder of her entire family in their home when she is aged 8 a young Helena Rosa Bertinelli believes Franco Bertinelli to be her father, but her father is actually Santo Casamento, the don of a rival mafia family, who was carrying on an affair with Helena's mother, Maria. Huntress' origin was revised in 2000 in the six-issue Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood limited series written by Greg Rucka, art by Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty. She travels, accompanied and trained by her bodyguard Sal, before returning to Gotham to make her debut as the Huntress. After she witnesses the mob-ordered murder of her parents at the age of 19, she crusades to put an end to the Mafia. Her parents, Guido and Carmela, send her to a boarding school and assign a bodyguard for her protection where she learns all forms of combat. In this iteration of the character, she was kidnapped as a child (aged 6) and raped by a rival mafia Don purely to psychologically torture her father and is a withdrawn girl. In the 1989 Huntress series, Helena Bertinelli was born into one of Gotham City's most prominent mafia families. Art by the character's co-creator Joe Staton (pencils) and Bob Smith (inks), and Robbie Busch (colors). Fictional character biography Origin Huntress series Helena Bertinelli as the Huntress, in her original costume, as she appeared on a panel from a page of The Huntress #9 (October 1989). Helena Bertinelli could never have the deep resonance of Helena Wayne, because she didn't have the whole Batman/ Catwoman backstory at her command, but Joey worked her into a different mythos, that of the mob, also dark, noirish". I don't recall how Joey Cavalieri came to be the writer on the Helena Bertinelli version, but I think we did some nice work on that run. Staton recalled, "I think Paul realized that I felt my involvement with Helena had been abruptly cut short, so I was always in line to be a part of any reworking of the character. Helena Bertinelli was introduced in The Huntress #1 (April 1989), written by Joey Cavalieri and drawn by Joe Staton, co-creator and long-time artist of the Helena Wayne Huntress. In the DC Extended Universe, she is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020). In other media, Huntress has appeared in the Arrowverse television series Arrow, played by Jessica De Gouw. Originally introduced as a new interpretation of Helena Wayne, no longer depicted as the future daughter of Batman and Catwoman as part of DC's post- Crisis on Infinite Earths relaunch, she was later established to be the modern-day equivalent, namesake and predecessor of Helena Wayne. She is the third DC character to bear the name Huntress. The Huntress ( Helena Rosa Bertinelli) is an antiheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Expert markswoman proficiency in different kinds of ranged weaponry such as crossbow, throwing knives, etc.Highly skilled armed and unarmed combatant proficient with melee weaponry such as a battle-staff.
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