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Helena Bertinelli (Prime Earth)

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As a result of the New 52 in 2011, the entire line of DC characters was relaunched, incorporating properties belonging to the company's imprints: Wildstorm, Milestone, and Vertigo. As such, elements of this character's history have been altered in some way from the previous incarnation. For a complete list of all versions of this character, see our disambiguation page.

Quote1 You can anticipate my strikes, Agent 37. Do not, for a second, believe that means you know me. Quote2
— Helena Bertinelli src


Helena Bertinelli is a loyal spy and an agent of the international espionage agency known as Spyral after Mr. Minos death she became the Director of Spyral.

She was born a so-called "mafia princess" and was, through unknown circumstances, presumed dead. During that time, her name was assumed by Helena Wayne as an early alias.[1] She had, in fact, remained alive, and joined Spyral.[2]

Spyral

Helena was the Spyral agent who rescued Dr. Leslie Thompkins after she was attacked in African Camp while providing medical aid there. Helena then brought Leslie to Spyral's headquarters, where they interviewed her, and consequently learned the Batman's identity through her.[2][3] Later, she personally recruited Richard Grayson as he travelled the globe, attacking assassins, terrorists, and members of the Fist of Cain in order to catch Spyral's attention.[2]

Several weeks after introducing Grayson to Spyral and training him at St. Hadrian's Finishing School for Girls in England, Helena accompanied him on a mission to retrieve and neutralize a Meta-Bomb secreted within the body of Ninel Dubov. After being thwarted in her own attempt to extract Dubov by an SVR agent, Helena assigned that mission to Dick. She later rendezvoused with him after he dragged Dubov to a nuclear power plant in the hopes of containing his power. She returned them both to Spyral HQ in England, where they were congratulated by Mister Minos.[3]

After retrieving the Paragon Organs together with Dick on several missions Mr. Minos reveals his plan to take down Spyral to her. He shoots her with her own crossbow but through her suspicious nature she already placed a safety measure into her crossbow. She is able to warn the other Agents and kills Minos.[4]

Through the aftermath she becomes the Director of Spyral but, with the Agents of other espionage groups being killed and Spyral held responsible, she has to be on the lookout for a new traitor and stop a war from unfolding.[5]

Powers

  • Illusion Casting: Because of her mandatory Spyral implants known as Hypnos, Matron's face is unrecognizable to anyone without a Hypnos implant, themselves.

Abilities

  • Aviation: Helena has shown the ability to proficiently pilot one of Spyral's helicopters.[3][2]
  • Espionage: Due to her status as an agent of Sypral, Helena is known as a very accomplished spy. She has tutored Agent 37 on the art of espionage as well.[3]
  • Weaponry[2]

Equipment

  • Spyral Implants: Like many of Spyral's agents, Helena possesses implants that grant her several abilities to assist them in the field.[3]
  • Hypnos: The Hypnos implant gives the ability confuse and hypnotize others.[3] It can even suggerate a different appearance.[6]

Transportation

  • Spyral Helicopter

Weapons


Related

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Worlds' Finest #1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nightwing (Volume 3) #30
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Grayson #1
  4. ↑ Grayson #8
  5. ↑ Grayson #9
  6. ↑ Grayson Annual #1
  7. ↑ SPOILERS! GRAYSON Writers Establish HELENA & DICK's New Status Quo & MIDNIGHTER's Role. Newsarama (July 23, 2014).


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