David Rennington (Earth-One)

Dagger
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	David Rennington
Main Alias	Dagger
Affiliation	League of Assassins
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Gerry Conway · Gene Colan
First Appearance	Batman #343 (January, 1982)
Last Appearance	Batman #400 (October, 1986)

Dagger was an enemy of Batman.

History

David Rennington was the owner of Rennington Steel when it faced a financial crisis. He embarked on a life of crime to save his company, but he was promptly stopped by Batman and was subsequently arrested.

Later, he was recruited for the League of Assassins by Ra's Al Ghul.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Throwing: Skilled with knives.

Notes

• This version of Dagger, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 2 Appearances of David Rennington (Earth-One)
• 2 Images featuring David Rennington (Earth-One)
• Quotations by or about David Rennington (Earth-One)
• Character Gallery: David Rennington (Earth-One)

Footnotes

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