Lady Vic

Lady Vic
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Nightwing #4 (January 1997)
Created by	Chuck Dixon Scott McDaniel
In-story information
Alter ego	Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton
Team affiliations	Tartarus Injustice League Secret Six
Abilities	Highly skilled acrobat and martial artist Proficient with variety of edged weapons and firearms

Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton, a.k.a. “Lady Vic” is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. She is an English noblewoman who works secretly as an assassin, bounty hunter, and mercenary. She is employed on a semi-regular basis by Roland Desmond, a.k.a. Blockbuster, and appears most frequently as an antagonist of Nightwing (Dick Grayson).

Her sobriquet “Lady Vic” is short for "Lady Victim," referring to any of her possible targets.

Lady Elaine is descended from a long line of British soldiers and mercenaries, and a genuine English aristocrat. The money she earns from her secret career helps prevent foreclosure on her impoverished family estate.

She completes an assignment for Blüdhaven gang boss Antonio “Angel” Marin and returns to Blüdhaven to collect her fee, and is upset to find Marin missing. She tracks down Marin’s lawyer, and threatened to kill his young daughter if she wasn’t paid – a threat she definitely would have carried out, if Nightwing had not intervened. Dudley Soames informs her that Marin had been replaced by Blockbuster, and offers to pay her fee, with a retainer to continue working for him.

Elaine is one of Blockbuster’s hirelings tasked with tracking down Oracle. When Blockbuster was dying of heart failure, Elaine is entrusted with locating Gorilla City in Africa, and finding a replacement heart.

Lady Vic is sent to eliminate Tarantula, Blockbuster's latest ally, when Tarantula had disobeyed his orders. Tarantula defeats Lady Vic, shooting her in the stomach.

During the Infinite Crisis, Lady Vic appeared as a member of Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.

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