Villains
| Trigger Twins | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #667 (October 1993) |
| Created by | Chuck Dixon (script) Graham Nolan (pencils) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Tom and Tad Trigger |
| Team affiliations | The Society Black Lantern Corps |
A modern pair of Trigger Twins are introduced in Detective Comics #667 (October 1993). They are Tom and Tad Trigger, a pair of criminals who resemble their Old West counterparts, although it is unknown if they are actually related. They first meet when they both decide, separately, to rob the same bank at the same time. Though shocked and confused at seeing how they look alike (in a move which exposes their faces to the bank customers) they decide to work together in finishing the robbery and escaping.
They later try and make more money by robbing a local mafia numbers runner; despite two of his men being killed by the duo, the boss of the organization talks the twins into working for him. They soon set to work killing the man's adversaries.
Later, the two encounter the Azrael Batman during a heist of a Gotham Subway train.
A blonde, female criminal rescues them from a chain gang. She fools them into believing she is their long lost sister; this is a ruse to ensure their help in her plans. Robin and many other heroes, including modern day versions of Pow Wow Smith and Nighthawk help take them down. Much of the action takes place in a recreation of a classic wild west town/Gotham City tourist attraction in Robin Annual #6 (1997).
Around this time, they are hired by the super-powered villain Roland Desmond, operating out of the city of Blüdhaven.
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