- "We're the Bat Team, and the only way it works is we have each other's back, even if we don't always agree."
- —Luke Fox[src]
The Bat Team,[1] occasionally referred to as the Bat-family, is a vigilante team operating in Gotham City.
History
Year One: Building the team
3 years after Bruce Wayne left Gotham City, his cousin, Kate Kane returned to Gotham and befriended Luke Fox. They then began working together to primarily defeat the Wonderland gang and their leader, Kate's twin sister, Beth Kane; with Luke providing the tech support for Kate.[2] However, the duo also faced many other threats in the city; such as Natalia Knight,[3] Duela Dent[4] and Tommy Elliot.[5]
After Mary Hamilton revealed to Kate that she figured out her secret identity; she officially became a member of the Bat team.[1]
The Bat team investigates Titan.
In mid-2020, the Bat team became wanted; due to their association with Batwoman who the crow's leader, Jacob Kane (wrongfully) blamed for the massive Arkham breakout that was led by his estranged daughter, Beth.[5]
Year Two: A new Batwoman
Ryan Wilder finds the Batwoman suit.
Upon Kate Kane leaving National City, the plane carrying her crashed landed and while the Batsuit was recovered by Ryan Wilder, Kate was nowhere to be found.[6] Since the citizens of Gotham needed "Batwoman" because she is a symbol of hope and courage in a city full of crime and depravity, Ryan is allowed by the Bat team to wear the suit. Later, Ryan officially joins the Bat team because it is feared that Alice has a grand scheme for Gotham.[7]
The Bat team has a meeting about whether Batwoman should work with Crows Security in trying to find Kate; Ryan is against it; due to the organization's immoral and dishonourable ways, but Mary and Luke are for the alliance. Luke persuades Ryan, However, ultimately, after two crows agents leave Wolf Spider for dead after hitting him with their SUV, Ryan declares that she is the leader of the Bat team, and that Luke and Mary will stop comparing her to Kate.[8] After the funeral of Kate and inspired by Bruce Wayne, Ryan establishes three rules for the Bat team to follow so that there is a legacy left after they remove Gotham's villains.[9]
Later, Sophie Moore joins the Bat team[10] after discovering the secret identity of the new Batwoman[11] and erasing Ryan's criminal record from the crows' database to keep others from discovering it.[12] To save the lives of Ryan and Mary from Cluemaster, Sophie is permitted to enter the Batcave while Luke saves Stephanie Brown from her father's schemes.[10] Days later, as Sophie quits the crows, crows agent Russell Tavaroff shoots Luke when he reaches for his phone.[13] Luke fell into a coma and was framed by the crows, but Mary asks Evan Blake to give him the desert rose cure at the hospital while Ryan acquits him. Luke finally wakes up when Jacob Kane decides to disband the crows.[14] Kate, hypnotised and believing herself to be Circe Sionis, went into the Batcave and stole all of Batman's trophies; souveniers collected by the original Dark Knight from the criminals he would put away.
Year Three: The Bat trophies
Ryan, Alice and Renee team up.
The third year of the new Bat Team began with an Alice fanatic named Liam Crandle who purchased and used the Mad Hatter's hat to become the second Mad Hatter and wreak havock in Gotham City.[15] Ryan also learned of her biological mother's name which is Jada Jet. The team also got help from Reene Montoya. After thwarting Liam and recovering the hat, with the help of Alice, the team faced off against a young man named Steven; who obtained Waylon Jones' tooth, leading him to become the second Killer Croc.[16] They also dealt with Mr. Freeze's missing liquid nitrogen, and his wife Nora Fries. Ryan, also met her half-maternal brother, Marquis Jet.[17][18]
Poison Ivy Mary traps Ryan in vines.
After fighting Lazlo Valentin, aka Professor Pyg, at Jada's house and witnessing Marquis kill him, Ryan confronted her mother about what the Black Glove Society did to Sophie's sister. Jada, instead revealed what the Joker did to Marquis.[19] After all of this, Mary Hamilton felt ignored by the Bat Team, and got infected by one of Pamela Isley's vines and became the second Poison Ivy, under Alice's wing. Jeturian Industries made a cure to reverse Mary's mutation, but since it had a time limit to it, the team failed to give it to Mary in time. While still finding a way to save Mary, the team learned thanks to the news that Marquis Jet became the new CEO of Wayne Enterprises.[20] While trying to save Mary from her new persona, and with it dealing with Marquis' tricks, the team learned Renee Montoya blackmailed them with the Bat trophies, because she wanted to save the eco-terrorist Pamela Isley, better known as Poison Ivy.[21]
Known members
Current members
- Ryan Wilder/Batwoman (leader, stealth, infiltration, and field agent)
- Luke Fox/Batwing (tech support, computer programmer/hacker, and field agent)
- Mary Hamilton/Poison Ivy (medical support, informant, and field agent)
- Sophie Moore (informant and field agent)
Former members
- Julia Pennyworth/Tuxedo One (stealth, infiltration, and field agent; left for Berlin)
- Kate Kane/Batwoman (founder, leader, stealth, infiltration, and field agent; left the team to find Bruce Wayne)
- Beth Kane/Alice (consultant and field agent; left to seek treatment at Weiße Kaninchen Sanatorium)
Known allies
Current allies
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Former allies
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Known enemies
Current enemies
Former enemies
Appearances
Batwoman
Comics
EARTH-PRIME
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A Narrow Escape"
- ↑ "Pilot"
- ↑ "Drink Me"
- ↑ "Grinning From Ear to Ear"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "A Secret Kept From All the Rest"
- ↑ "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?"
- ↑ "Prior Criminal History"
- ↑ "Gore on Canvas"
- ↑ "Rule #1"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "I'll Give You a Clue"
- ↑ "Arrive Alive"
- ↑ "Initiate Self-Destruct"
- ↑ "And Justice For All"
- ↑ "Armed and Dangerous"
- ↑ "Mad As a Hatter"
- ↑ "Loose Tooth"
- ↑ "Freeze"
- ↑ "Antifreeze"
- ↑ "A Lesson From Professor Pyg"
- ↑ "Pick Your Poison"
- ↑ "Trust Destiny"
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