Two men by the names Robert Buick and Peter Langan rape and brutally assault a seventeen year old girl by the name of Sondra Mercer. When both men are acquitted due to a technicality and freed, Sondra falls into a deep depression and later commits suicide.

Outraged by this social injustice, her sister Marian Mercer begins rigorously training in martial arts and honing her body so that she can become the costumed crimefighter known as 'Pagan.' Her first course of action is to kidnap and torture Robert Buick and leave him lying out naked and exposed like the garbage he is. Pagan attempts to do the same with Langan but Batman catches her. Although he does not condemn her for her actions, he certainly cannot condone them either and after saving Langan he also makes sure to leave Pagan for the police to find as well.

As it would turn out the courts cannot condemn her either and she is acquitted of all charges. Marian then sets out anew, vowing to defend and stand up for the rights of every woman in Gotham.

Real Name: Marian Mercer
Occupation: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Base of Operations:Gotham
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
First Appearance: Batman #479
Created By: Alan Grant & Tom Mandrake

POWERS
None

KNOWN RELATIONS:

Arthur Mercer (father)

Sondra Mercer (sister - deceased)

ABILITIES

Skilled Acrobat

Hand-t0-hand combat

Martial Arts

WEAPONS

Knife

Bolas

VEHICLE

Motorcycle

Marian Mercer Has Not Appeared In Any Other Form Of Batman Media.