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    Character » Huntress (Bertinelli) appears in 1166 issues.

    Helena Bertinelli, born into one of Gotham's mafia families, became a spy and vigilante, destroying those that had killed her family. As a key member of the Birds of Prey, she has moved toward brutal, but non-lethal methods for fighting crime.

    Helena Bertinella returnins in Nightwing #30

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    #1  Edited By animehunter
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    Here are a few snippits from the interview with Newsarama

    For the full interview head here

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    Dick Grayson will have an old friend from the DCU as he begins his new career as a super-spy — Helena Bertinelli will be his partner in the July-debuting Grayson series.

    In Grayson, readers will also meet a new version of Helena Bertinelli, who was the superheroine Huntress in the pre-New 52 universe. King said he and Seeley have "put a pretty different spin on her" as she becomes Dick's partner in Spyral, training him as a spy.

    Nrama: Is there a supporting cast around him of other spies? Or maybe a female character or two? I don't know if I'd go so far as to call Dick a player, but the man does usually have a lady in his life. Can you talk about who's going to be around him in Grayson?

    Seeley: He does have a lady partner, but she's not the type of woman he's dealt with in the New 52 before. She does have ties to the old DC Universe, but we put a pretty different spin on her.

    Nrama: Is there any way you can tell us the name of this female character?

    Seeley: Helena Bertinelli.

    Nrama: Oh!

    Seeley: Oh! Yeah!

    Nrama: But it's not Huntress. This is a different, New 52 take on the character.

    King: This is the New 52 appearance of the new Helena Bertinelli.

    Seeley: Yeah, it's not Helena Wayne, the Huntress. It's Helena Bertinelli.

    Nrama: That's kind of cool, because Dick and Helena did have a relationship in the old universe. When you say she's a "partner," she also works for Spyral?

    King: Yeah. She's an amazing spy. She's definitely better than Dick; he has to learn from her.

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    @animehunter: I am so thrilled to have my girl back!!!! But i'm not thrilled about her running around with Dick Grayson.Hopefully this leads to a eventual return as a Huntress or a crime fighter of some sorts. I will be reading! Welcome back Helena Bertinelli!!!

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    Thank God!!!! I have been waiting and waiting for her return!! I cant wait to see her design, I'm a Helena Bertinelli fan forever!!!!!

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    DC Comics released part 1 of their New 52 Solicits today! and on the cover of ther new comic,Grayson,we see him and a certain lady with a crossbow most likley being Helena Brtinelli!! Not sure if i like what i see so far, but i'd have to see ore ad better picture of her,im sill really excited though!

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    I would really rather have her being huntress or another hero part of the bat family, not some random spy.

    At least she exists now.

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    From Bleeding Cool

    Your New Helena Bertinelli For The New 52 In Today’s Nightwing #30

    Helena Bertinelli was The Huntress. But that was in a different reality. This is how she used to look,

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    And this is how she looks in Arrow.

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    In Worlds’ Finest #1 of the New 52, The Huntress is revealed that the Huntress is Helena Wayne from Earth 2, that Helena Bertinelli dies ages ago and that Helena Wayne assumed her name.

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    But init was revealed that a new Helena Bertinelli will appear as Dick Grayson’s partner in Grayson.

    Nrama: But it’s not Huntress. This is a different, New 52 take on the character.

    King: This is the New 52 appearance of the new Helena Bertinelli.

    Seeley: Yeah, it’s not Helena Wayne, the Huntress. It’s Helena Bertinelli.

    And what new take? This new take… from Nightwing #30.

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    Dig the mask… and the seventies vibe. There’s been a lot of that around the place today…

    UPDATE:Writer Tim Seeley has just published his own designs for the character, the latter of which was rejected for being too superheroey.

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    And for even greater spoilers, from the final page of Nightwing #30, another look…

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    That’s a familiar looking cross…

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    Kinda glad that that second concept art of Helena was rejected, I mean I see where Tim Seeley was coming from but we don't need to see that.

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    i like the design at the end of nightwing 30....just a plain black shirt with the white cross and jeans.It looks better than the other 2....ene though i do like the mask.

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    #9  Edited By jdp180

    Umm. So Helena Bertenelli is now a black woman?

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    @jdp180: No, I posted a link in the "the world is black and white to dc" forum where it confirms she is just a darker skin tonned Siclian. They darkened her skin so they could seperate her from Helena Wayne.

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    @wtk1013 said:

    @jdp180: No, I posted a link in the "the world is black and white to dc" forum where it confirms she is just a darker skin tonned Siclian. They darkened her skin so they could seperate her from Helena Wayne.

    It's not confirmed. She could very well be black or dark tonned Siclian.

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