Leigh Carson (New Earth)

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Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Leigh Carson
Main Alias	Ankh
Other Aliases	Queen Ankhesanamum
Relatives	King Tut ("husband")
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Criminal
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Grey
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Leo Townsend · Pauline Townsend · Nunzio DeFilippis · Christina Weir · José Luis García-López
First Appearance	Batman Confidential #26 (April, 2009)
Last Appearance	Batman Confidential #28 (June, 2009)

I am not pretending Tutenaten. We will destroy the bat who hounds us both. I am with you. For just as you are King Tut reborn, I am your Queen, brought back by Aten to join you.

— Ankh

Leigh Carson is the beautiful woman who ultimately became as delusional as her kidnapper King Tut, becoming Ankh his loyal and devoted queen.

History

Leigh Carson is the curator of the Gotham Museum of Antiquities and an associate and admirer of Victor Goodman, an Egyptologist who wanted King Tutankhamun's Tomb to be an exhibit in their Gotham City museum. However, the other members of the museum's board felt it was too dangerous to have the exhibit due to the Riddler, who robbed the museum on several occasions. This disillusioned Carson, who began to see the board did not truly care about history the way she and Victor did, and she began to embezzle the museum's acquisition fund in order to support Goodman, but this backfired when the paper trail lead back to Goodman, who was fired on the implication of embezzlement.

After being fired, Goodman suffered a psychotic break which caused him to believe in Tut's devotion to Aten thus transforming him into the embodiment of King Tut. As the avatar of King Tut, Goodman took his revenge on the museum's board members, killing them one by one while using riddle motifs shrouded in Egyptian history. When it reached Carson's turn, Goodman tried to have her kidnapped instead so he could kill her by burying her alive, but she was rescued by Batman and Riddler, and by questioning her, she figured out King Tut's true identity as Victor Goodman.

She secretly tried to get into contact with Goodman to talk to him, but he kidnapped her and took her to his warehouse instead, planning to have her killed. She confessed everything she did for his sake and tried to convince Goodman she was on his side, but he didn't believe her. When Batman and Riddler arrived to rescue her, she attempted to help Goodman during the struggle, almost having Riddler killed when set one of Goodman's traps on him. Eventually, Goodman was defeated and arrested and Riddler warned Batman about Carson's attempt on his life, Batman decided to keep an eye on her, visiting her apartment every night while on his patrol.

Carson would visit Goodman in prison, who is finally starting to believe she's on his side. She pledges to get him out while revealing she's no longer Leigh Carson, but like him, having been reborn as Ankh, King Tut's queen.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Deception
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
• Seduction

Other Characteristics

• Mental Disorder

Notes

• Lisa Carson was created for the television series Batman, first appearing in "King Tut's Coup". Her first appearance in the DC Universe was in Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir and José Luis García-López's Batman Confidential #26.
  

Recommended Reading

• Batman: A New Dawn

Related

• 3 Appearances of Leigh Carson (New Earth)
• 1 Images featuring Leigh Carson (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Leigh Carson (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Leigh Carson (New Earth)

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