Lisly Bonner (Prime Earth)

Gretel
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Lisly Bonner
Main Alias	Gretel
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	former Reporter
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5' 10"
Weight	140 lbs (64 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown · Bald
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Gail Simone · Ardian Syaf · Vicente Cifuentes
First Appearance	Batgirl Vol 4 #5 (March, 2012)

I imagine you're Batgirl. You may call me Gretel. You're interfering with my work. So this may hurt, you lucky thing.

— Gretel

Gretel was an enemy of Batgirl.

History

Lisly Bonner was an up-and-coming investigative reporter for the Gotham Flame. She infiltrated the Whittaker family mob to expose corruption in the city. Unfortunately, when a recording device was found on her person, Boss Whittaker shot her three times with a .38 calibre weapon. twice in the gut and once in the head.

Despite these wounds, Lisly managed to survive. She woke in a hospital, discovering that she had power over the minds of men. She decided to use that power in order to get revenge on the Whittakers. She adopted the name Gretel, and began eventually killed the entire Whittaker family, despite attempts to interfere on Batgirl's part.

She became drunk with her power, and after attempting to have Bruce Wayne killed at a public event, Batgirl and Batman confronted her together, and she was apprehended.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Mind Control: Gretel has the power to control the minds of men.

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
• Weaponry:Lisly is proficient in the use of knives and other firearms.
  • Firearms

Other Characteristics

• Bipolar Disorder: Gretel suffers from sudden and unpredictable fits of euphoria.

Trivia

• Gretel appears to be a more realistic version of Absence

Related

• 11 Appearances of Lisly Bonner (Prime Earth)
• 2 Images featuring Lisly Bonner (Prime Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Lisly Bonner (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Lisly Bonner (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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