Evan Blake is an art thief known as Wolf Spider and an old friend of Kate Kane.
Biography
Early life
In the eight grade, Evan Blake, who was still closeted at the time, asked Kate Kane to go with them to Gotham Prep's Eighth Grade Winter Formal. Despite Kate already being out as a lesbian, she agreed to go with them to the dance. On the night of the dance, Evan's parents took them to pick Kate up. Upon arrival, they saw Kate in a velvet tailored suit and broke down into tears at the sight of her "radiating queer confidence". Kate took them up to her room and the two discussed their identity, with Evan coming out as gay to Kate, which she claimed to already have known. The two then went to the dance, and Evan came out by wearing Kate's Alexander McQueen off-the-shoulder mini, with them no longer being afraid to be themselves. Shortly after arriving at the dance Kate apparently ditched them to make out with Maggie Watson.[1]
At some point, Evan became Senior Editor at the Gotham Museum of Antiquities. They also began curating their own private collections. Later, Evan was caught with stolen artifacts, and was forced to pay restitution of some kind. In or shortly before 2021, Evan took a trip to Berlin for unknown reasons.[1]
Return to Gotham
They returned to Gotham in early 2021, and were brought in for questioning by Commander Jacob Kane and Agent Sophie Moore of Crows Security. The two believed they may have had information on a painting by Jack Napier which may contain information on the whereabouts of Coryana.[1]
Abilities
- Peak of human physical condition: Evan is in top physical condition. They were able to lift their own body weight to scale up an suspend themselves on high structures, as well as flexible enough to maintain balance while assuming and maintaining otherwise discomforting postures in asymmetrical positions and at inconvenient angles. They can run at great distances without showing any signs of exhaustion, even keeping pace with a moving vehicle whilst dodging gunfire.[1]
- Acrobatics: Evan is a highly agile and acrobatic individual able to scale their way up and around building structures, and even perform flips and somersaults when implementing evasive maneuvers.[1]
- Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Evan is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. Blake's combat style seems to comprise of Boxing, Karate, Krav Maga and Capoeira. They were able to go head-on against Ryan Wilder (who was under the persona of Batwoman).[1]
- High-level intellect/Skilled tactician: Evan is a skilled planner. They are able to steal various paintings and come up with different escape routes from a facility. Evan also has keen eye for craftsmanship from a dress to even a batarang.[1]
Equipment
- Wolf Spider suit: Evan wears this suit when operating as Wolf Spider.[1]
- Painting carrier: Evan has a special cylindrical casing for paintings which can be carried on their back.
- Boxcutter: Evan used a boxcutter to remove a painting from its frame.
Appearances
Batwoman
Season 2
Trivia
- Evan is genderfluid, using he/him and they/them pronouns.[1]
Behind the scenes
- In the DC comics, Wolf Spider is an art thief and old friend of Kate Kane. Wolf Spider's first appearance in the comics, Batwoman #26.