Nocturna
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| Nocturna | |
 Nocturna from Detective Comics #530 Artist Gene Colan |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #529 (August 1983) |
| Created by | Doug Moench (writer) Gene Colan (artist) |
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| Full name | Natalia Knight |
| Team affiliations | Injustice League |
Nocturna is a fictional criminal published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Detective Comics #529 (August 1983), and was created by Doug Moench and Gene Colan.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
[edit] Pre-Crisis
Natalia Knight had a hard childhood. She grew up on the streets as a beggar. She was eventually found and taken in by Charles Knight who became her adoptive father where she lived the life of luxury.
She has a passion for astronomy and the night and eventually found a job at Gotham City Observatory but whilst working there one night she became victim to a radioactive laser which drained her skin of all pigment leaving it a pale color. It also rendered her sensitive to light.
After Charles Knight was murdered, she discovered that her lifestyle was funded by criminal activity. It was then that she met Charles' son, Anton Knight who fell in love with her. They both decided to keep the inheritance and took it upon themselves to keep them in the lifestyle they grew accustomed to by burglary since Natalia needed expensive medical equipment to treat her pigmentation.
Anton having spent much time in the orient proved to be a highly capable martial artist who dressed himself as the Night-Thief for his nighttime raids whilst Natalia operated behind the scenes as "Nocturna", Mistress of the Night. However their burglary soon brought them into conflict with Batman.
After several clashes with Batman, Anton was captured and sent to prison but Nocturna remained free and continued her life of crime along with a new ally, Nightshade (not the superheroine). Nocturna would conceive the plans of robbery and theft, Nightshade and his people would carry out the crimes. Once the scheme had run its course, Nocturna called it quits. During this time, she became an intimate friend of both Bruce Wayne and the Batman, something that made both lives more complicated. She also became a surrogate mother to Jason Todd, the second Robin and even adopted him.
Meanwhile in prison, Anton Knight finally escaped and after being rejected by his beloved Nocturna, Anton changed his style and became the murderous Night-Slayer. He killed Nightshade and for a while, the Night-Slayer even traded identities with a delirious Batman. After being betrayed one time too many by the now more moral Nocturna, Anton vowed to kill her. However, it never came to that as Night-Slayer was captured by Catwoman and Nocturna having been stabbed was last seen being put into a balloon by Jason Todd which he then set off into the air.
[edit] One Year Later
Recentley, Nocturna unexpectedly returned in the Black Canary/Green Arrow Wedding Special #1 as a member of the Injustice League. She is currently seen in Salvation Run as a member of Vandal Savage's camp.
[edit] Other media
- Nocturna was scheduled to appear in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series as a vampiress, but the episode was scotched after Fox censors ruled out the appearance of any blood being shown on the series and the idea that Batman would search Gotham for blood.
