Batman: Nine Lives - Characters

Characters

  • Selina Kyle nicknamed The Catwoman, a murdered owner of the bankrupt Kit Kat Club who was blackmailing many of the city's most powerful figures.
  • Private Eye "Boy Wonder" Dick Grayson, an orphaned former circus performer and ex-cop who was hired as Selina's bodyguard but was fired the day before her death.
  • Batman, a mysterious vigilante believed to be on the payroll of Bruce Wayne.
  • Bruce Wayne, an aloof playboy millionaire and former lover of Selina Kyle.
  • Police Commissioner Gordon, the head of Gotham's Police force who is investigating Selina's death and considers Grayson among his chief suspects.
  • Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon who works as Grayson's secretary, despite her father's disapproval.
  • Jack, a two-bit card dealer from Las Vegas who runs an unsuccessful underground gambling racket, earning him the nickname "The Poker Joker".
  • Oswald Cobblepot, a dapper racketeer also known as the Penguin who uses his matrimonial businesses as a front for dodgy dealings.
  • Mister Freeze, Cobblepot's hired sociopathic gunman.
  • Matt Hagen, a powerful, disfigured gangster called Clayface who is owed money by Joker.
  • Edward Nigma, a guilt-riddled embezzling banker known as the Riddler, who was forced by Selina Kyle into a "business" relationship that consists of stealing for her.
  • Harvey Dent, Bruce Wayne's two-faced lawyer and best friend.
  • Croc, an ex-sideshow attraction who performed with Grayson in the circus when they were young.
  • Oliver Queen, one of Wayne's society friends.

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