Helena Wayne was born in 1957 to Bruce (Batman) and Selena (Catwoman) Wayne of Gotham City. Helena was raised in a loving family nurtured by ancestral wealth and the rich experiences of her adventurer parents. She was educated at the best of schools and vigorously trained to superb athletic prowess. Helena's education progressed in leaps and bounds, finishing college at 18 years of age. Ultimately, she followed the family tradition and pursued a law degree. Upon completion of law school, she joined the firm of Cranston and Grayson through connections with Richard Grayson, the former ward of Bruce Wayne.
In 1976, Silky Cernak bribed Selena Wayne into donning her Catwoman gear to rob the Gotham Civic Center with fraudulent evidence that the Catwoman had committed murder in the 1950's. During the course of the robbery, the Batman intervened and in the resulting conflict, a stray bullet struck Selena Wayne. Unbalanced from the impact, Catwoman fell several stories
to her death. The loss of his wife shattered Wayne, who burned his Batman uniform the night of his wife's death.
Equally traumatized, Helena fashioned a new uniform for herself as well as a set of personal weaponry derived from her parents personal stock. She tracked Cernak, ultimately bringing him to justice. Committed to her pursuit of justice in her new costumed identity, she code-named herself "the Huntress".
Shortly after his wife's death, Bruce Wayne fell under the sway of the Psycho-Pirate who convinced him to use his office in an attempt to brand the JSA as outlaws. The Huntress followed this case with some interest, observing in the shadows when the JSA finally resolved the case. She later intervened in a JSA case when Wildcat and the Star Spangled Kid thwarted the Strike Force, a criminal operation financed by the Star Spangled Kid's family fortune. When the Star-Spangled Kid resigned after this case, the Huntress joined the JSA full-time..
Privately, the Helena Wayne remained an active member of Cranston, Grayson and Wayne. She confronted a number of enemies including the Thinker, Solomon Grundy and the Golden Age Joker. In the early 1980's, she became a police office liaison as a result of her association with companion Harry Sims. She briefly associated herself with the fledgling super-group Infinity Inc. but remained a member full-time of the JSA.
During the Crisis on Infinite Earth’s, the Huntress survived the initial confrontations with the minions of the Anti-Monitor.
After the merging of the various parallel earth’s, the Huntress discovered that Helena Wayne's life no longer existed. The graves of her parents had vanished and her life as she remembered it never occurred. Just before the end of the Crisis, the Anti-Monitor's minions attacked once more and in attempting to protect several children, the Huntress was gravely injured. Despite the protection of Robin, the minions closed in and buried the Huntress, Robin and Kole under a mountain of debris, slaying them all. The three dead heroes' remains were discovered by the Earth-One Batman, Mary Marvel, and Jason Todd. Wayne and Grayson were buried at Valhalla Cemetery.As the "new" universe formed a stable history, the memory of the Huntress and all she had been faded from existence.
Real Name: Helena Wayne
Occupation: Hero
Marital Status: Single
Base of Operations:Gotham City (Earth-Two)
Height: 5ft. 11in
Weight: 125 Lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
First Appearance: DC Super-Stars #17 (December, 1977)
Created By: Paul Levitz, Joe Staton
POWERS
None
ABILITIES
Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): In the prime of her costumed crime-fighting career, Helena Wayne was in peak physical condition and possessed great agility, and was extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat.
Archery: The Huntress was an expert marksman with a crossbow.
Law: Graduating top of her class and class valedictorian from Harvard University at age twenty-one, Helena Wayne was an expert in all areas pertaining to civil and criminal law.
WEAPONS
Equipment: Various devices she carried in an utility belt fashioned in a similar manner like her father and mentor in their respective costumed identities.
Mini-Crossbow: The Huntress employed a miniature crossbow, which she usually fastened to the side of her boot, as well as various explosive devices.
This version of Huntress as never appeared in any other form of Batman media.
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