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Lady Shiva (real name Sandra Woosan, or more recently Sandra Wu-San) is a fictional supervillainess and antiheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was co-created by Dennis O'Neil and Ric Estrada, and first appeared in Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter. Over time, she has become more closely associated with Batman and related characters, both as an enemy and an ally. She is a martial arts grandmaster and one of the most skilled combatants in the DC Universe. She is an assassin-for-hire, who specializes in killing her targets with her bare hands, and is the mother of Cassandra Cain, a.k.a. Orphan.
The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is the unofficial term used to refer to an American media franchise and shared universe that is centered on a series of superhero films, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and based on characters that appear in American comic books by DC Comics. The shared universe, much like the original DC Universe in comic books and the television programs, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. The films have been in production since 2011 and in that time Warner Bros. has distributed six films. The series has grossed over $4.86 billion at the global box office, currently making it the 12th highest-grossing film franchise.
In 2011, UGO Networks featured Lady Shiva on their list of 25 Hot Ninja Girls: "She's the type of woman who makes it obvious why Bruce Wayne never really found love - his type is all too capable of kicking his ass."[28] She was ranked #8 on the list of Top 10 Fictional Ninjas by Fandomania for being "one of the deadliest martial artists in the DC Comics universe".[29]
Lady Shiva appears in the DC Universe Online video game. Lady Shiva appears in the portable version of Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes as a playable character. Lady Shiva appears in Batman: Arkham Origins, voiced by Kelly Hu. She is among the eight assassins hired by Black Mask to kill Batman. In order to "test" Batman, she kidnaps two corrupt police officers, killing one and leaving the other to be rescued. After Batman rescues the surviving officer and locates the one who was murdered, Lady Shiva confronts him, offering him a chance to fight her at Sheldon Park. Batman duels her with several of her subordinates, emerging as the victor. Declaring that he is worthy of living, Shiva lets him continue his efforts to protect Gotham, but insists he will soon learn it is beyond saving and deserves destruction (heavily implying that she is currently affiliated with the League of Assassins), so that it can rise from the ashes (similar to the message delivered to Batman by Azrael in Arkham City). Before vanishing, Lady Shiva states that Batman's skills would impress her "master" when he hears of it. It is revealed in the extortion files collected by Edward Nigma that she, just like her master, is aware of Bane's addiction to Venom and his desire to break it. She also approaches Quincy Sharp with an offer for assistance in his political ambitions if he reopens the derelict Arkham Asylum, setting in motion events that would lead to the construction of Arkham City. Lady Shiva is also featured in the "Initiation" downloadable content as the final opponent that Kirigi unleashes upon Bruce Wayne. Lady Shiva appeara as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains.
In The New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), Lady Shiva appears in Nightwing #0. After she defeats Batman, Dick Grayson fights her in his debut as Robin with a costume composed of spare Bat costume parts. Lady Shiva easily defeats him and encourages him to stop living in Batman's shadow. In issue #13, she returns to Gotham City several years later to kill another target and Dick Grayson as Nightwing sets out to stop her.[16]
In 1967 and 1968, he drew stories for Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine "Eerie". Much of Estrada's comic book career after returning from Germany was spent working for DC Comics. Though superheroes were not his preference Estrada worked on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl, and Richard Dragon, and he co-created Lady Shiva and Power Girl. Estrada drew detective comics, romance comics, war comics and a few horror stories for DC. In 1976, Estrada's work was in such high demand from DC that he illustrated the premiere issues of "six" separate titles that year: "All Star Comics", "Blitzkrieg", "Freedom Fighters", "Isis", "Karate Kid", and "Super Friends".
Most of the characters appearing in this series had yet to be seen in any DC Animated Universe series and, as such, their designs and histories were quite different from their appearances in the television series, such as "Justice League". For example, Kyle Rayner often appears in this series, but he appears to be far less like his animated-series counterpart (who had not yet appeared on ""), and is more reflective, both visually and historically, of the character appearing in the regular DC Universe comics.
After Warner Bros. launched their own shared cinematic universe known as the DC Extended Universe in 2013, Ben Affleck was cast to portray Batman in the new expansive franchise, first appearing in 2016 with the Zack Snyder directed film "". The film would help begin a sequence of further DC Comics adaptations, including "Justice League", a crossover film featuring other DC Comics characters, in 2017, and a stand-alone Batman film directed by Matt Reeves. Dante Pereira-Olson will appear as Bruce Wayne in the 2019 film "Joker", directed by Todd Phillips.
Blackhawks was a monthly series launched by DC Comics in September 2011. The series had no direct ties to previous incarnations of DC's long-running Blackhawk characters. The book is set in the present day with no appearances by or mention of prior Blackhawks, although there is a new "Lady Blackhawk". The book shares the setting of the rebooted DC Universe continuity set up in the "Flashpoint" mini-series and is a part of DC's New 52 initiative.
Lady Blackhawk is an alias used by three fictional comic book characters appearing in American comic books. The first, Zinda Blake, was introduced in a DC Comics publication in 1959 (Blackhawk #133); the second, Natalie Reed, appeared in a DC Comics title in 1988. The third, as-yet-unnamed, Lady Blackhawk debuted in a DC Comics title in 2011. All three characters were aviatrices and soldiers.
During publication of the "Infinite Crisis" limited series, most DC Universe comic books advanced one year. After this "One Year Later" jump, Dinah trades life experiences with Lady Shiva to soften the warrior and begins a harsh training regimen in an unidentified Vietnamese shanty town. The regimen replicates Shiva's early life and training, and Shiva assumes Dinah's role in Oracle's group.
Lee has worked as an actress, appearing in films such as "A Night On the Water" (1998), "Error in Judgment" (1998), "Chain of Command" (2000), "Nurse Betty" (2000), "This Girl's Life" (2003), "" (2003), and as Ferrari in "The Girl Next Door" (2004). She has also appeared on television, in the "Queen of Swords" episode "The Dragon" (2001) and landing roles such as DC Comics villain Lady Shiva in 2002's "Birds of Prey" and the waitress Sophie on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives". She also starred on "The King of Queens" in the 2002 episode "Holy Mackerel". In 2007 she played Tricia Tanaka in the "Lost" episode "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" and also appeared in the series premiere of the FOX sitcom "Back to You". In 2009, Lee appeared in the action film "" (2009) as Sun Yi, and as Crystal in the comedy "Tripping Forward" (2009).
On June 4, 2013, DC unveiled two new digital comic innovations to enhance interactivity: "DC" and "DC Multiverse". "DC" layers dynamic artwork onto digital comic panels, adding a new level of dimension to digital storytelling, while "DC Multiverse" allows readers to determine a specific story outcome by selecting individual characters, storylines and plot developments while reading the comic, meaning one digital comic has multiple outcomes. "DC" will first appear in the upcoming digital-first title, "Batman '66", based on the 1960s television series and "DC Multiverse" will first appear in "", a digital-first title based on the .
In the DC Rebirth reboot, Shiva, along with Deathstroke, is mentioned as one of the enemies Batman thinks may be attacking him on Two-Face's orders.[18] She appears in the flesh at the end of Detective Comics #950, observing Cassandra Cain from a rooftop.[19] Batman later finds out from both Shiva herself and Ra's that she has separated from him & League of Assassins, believing him to be too complacent with the wealthy and aiming for peace rather than destruction.[20] She had taken Ra's' secret League of Shadows with her, and was responsible for multiple attacks across the city and attacks on the anti-League military squad, The Colony.[21] After a duel with her daughter Cassandra, Ra's Al Ghul appears and shoots Shiva with a rifle. Ra's takes her body with the intent of resurrecting her for questioning.[22]
Shiva Rindani () is an actor who appeared in Bollywood films - mostly - in either villainous roles or in comic roles. He started his career with the 1981 film "Chashme Buddoor". Since then he has appeared in more than 100 films. His latest film was "Deshdrohi" in 2008. He appeared in many successful films such as "Hum" as Captain Stack, "" and many more films.
Cassandra gathered evidence indicating that Lady Shiva was her mother, and sought out Shiva to confirm this. At the time Shiva was the sensei of Nyssa's new League. When Batgirl arrived she played a key role in the rebirth of Mr. Freeze's wife Nora Fries as the monstrous Lazara, and several League members died in the resulting chaos. Due to the conflict between their loyalty to Shiva and Nyssa and their near-worship of Batgirl as "the One Who is All" the League split at that point, with several members pledging themselves to Cassandra. Several more members of the League (including all the defectors except one) died when the Mad Dog went on a killing spree. The Mad Dog was successful in killing Batgirl (who gave her life to protect the last of the defected assassins), although she was able to knock him unconscious before perishing. Cassandra was quickly restored to life in a Lazarus Pit by Shiva. The Mad Dog's fate is unknown.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, a new character named Mad Dog appeared. This version of the character works as bounty hunter for an unnamed organization that "pays his bills." He is hired to go after the Suicide Squad in order to recover a newborn baby the Squad had kidnapped. Mad Dog knows Deadshot's secret identity, and is surprised that Deadshot is a member of the Suicide Squad and not incarcerated at Belle Reve. While using thermal vision on his mask to see through smoke, Mad Dog shoots Black Spider in the chest and blows up a diner with Black Spider and El Diablo still inside. Before he can fire any more shots and steal "the package", Harley Quinn releases knockout gas into the room to prevent further gunfire. Mad Dog and his team find Deadshot and Harley at their hideout and chase them inside. Harley has once again turned on the gas to prevent any gunfire from Mad Dog inside the hideout. They evacuate the building, which then explodes. As Mad Dog flees, swearing revenge on Deadshot, he encounters King Shark. When King Shark rejoins his fellow Squad members, he is seen wearing Mad Dog's necklace, implying that he killed him.
The Leopard Blow is also the name of a special Dim Mak maneuver used by Lady Shiva, a comic book supervillain published by DC Comics.
Lady Shiva appears in the Birds of Prey TV series in the episode "Lady Shiva", portrayed by Sung-Hi Lee. Here, she is about equally skilled as Barbara Gordon and the Huntress. She is a nemesis of Barbara Gordon's from her career as Batgirl. In her civilian identity, she is a former schoolmate of Helena Kyle. Unlike her comic book counterpart, she is portrayed as a common thief with no ties to any known organizations, and she wears a mask. She seeks revenge against Batgirl for the accidental death of her 15-year-old sister who was killed when Batgirl tried to apprehend Shiva.[23] According to Arrow recurring guest star Katrina Law at Dragoncon, she believed that she was auditioned for Lady Shiva before being cast as Nyssa al Ghul.[24] Lady Shiva will appear in the fifth and final season of the series Gotham.[25] Shiva was originally supposed to appear in the final episode of fourth season, "No Man's Land", in a scene which she is seen fightning three thugs in Gotham Chinatown.[26]
Schwab's work has been reprinted in publisher Ken Pierce's two-issue "Lady Luck" (1980); DC's "Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 1" (2001); and "Marvel Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Edition" (2009). A handful of his humor pieces appear in DC's first three volumes of "Superman Archives" reprints of Golden Age "Superman" comics (1989–1991).
This comic series is one of E. Nelson Bridwell's contributions to DC's history and its growing array of characters. As DC acquired the rights to Quality Comics characters, Fawcett Comics characters, and other folded comics companies' characters, a quick way to secure their rights was by publishing reprints featuring these characters. DC characters such as Johnny Quick made reappearances in these reprints and sometimes gained some popularity among readers. These were stand-alone stories, all written to capture any first-time reader when they were originally published, so the reader needed no real introduction to many of these characters. There were brief synopses provided on the inside cover, identifying and giving background to the characters shown on the wraparound cover and a table of contents that provided any information one would need on Golden Age characters that hadn't been seen in a while. Johnny Quick makes the first of what will turn out to be numerous appearances in many of the 100 Pagers. Quality Comics characters such as Max Mercury (known in the Golden Age as "Quicksilver", and named such on the wraparound cover of DC-11), the Black Condor, the Ray and Doll Man made their first DC Comics appearances in these books.
Phantom Lady is a fictional superheroine, one of the first such characters to debut in the 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books. Originally published by Quality Comics, the character was subsequently published by a series of now-defunct comic book companies, and a new version of the character currently appears in books published by DC Comics.
The muhurtha of Shivaraj Kumar's 102nd film Shiva was held at the Dodda Ganapathy Temple in Bangalore on 10 June, Friday. Immediately after the movie launch, the Hat-trick hero took part in the filming and completed shooting of a few sequences with his lady love Ragini Dwivedi. He has also shot a comical fight sequence with Shobharaj, Bullet Prakash and a few fighters.
Lady Shiva appears in Beware the Batman,[27] voiced by Finola Hughes. She appears as an elite member of the League of Assassins. In "Safe", Lady Shiva sends Silver Monkey to capture Dr. Jason Burr so that they can get the Ion Cortex. After the mission fails, Lady Shiva learns from Silver Monkey that Katana faked her death, had the Soultaker Sword in her possession all this time, and was helping to defend Burr. Lady Shiva states that they will obtain the Ion Cortex another way and that Katana is now the bigger prize for the League of Assassins. In "Family", Lady Shiva shows up in person at the Argos Club where she foils Silver Monkey's scheme to usurp her position within the League. Lady Shiva commented that the League of Assassins' ninjas are more afraid of her than Silver Monkey. After Silver Monkey was incapacitated by the ninjas, Lady Shiva uses the reclaimed Soultaker Sword to steal the soul of Bethanie Ravencroft (who claimed that she wasn't working against her) and Lady Shiva announces that she has other plans to deal with Silver Monkey. Lady Shiva then fights Batman and Katana to a draw, but escapes and leaves her ninjas to deal with them. In "Sacrifice", Lady Shiva learns that a package bound to the League of Assassins was stolen by Anarky. Anarky makes a deal with Lady Shiva where she will get back her package in exchange for a small favor. Lady Shiva leads the League of Assassin ninjas to the supposed location of the package at the Gotham Contagion Research Center. Batman and Katana arrive where Lady Shiva unleashes her League of Assassin ninjas and then she fights Batman and Katana as they try to prevent her from unknowingly releasing a virus. When a League of Assassins ninja unknowingly releases a vial of Calibosix (a cell mutation virus), Lady Shiva leaves as two of her ninjas get infected. Batman, Katana, and Lady Shiva had to work together to evade the infected ninjas while Anarky taunts them from his lair. As Batman tries to get them out, Lady Shiva states that Batman is more of a hero and that Katana is just a killer like her. Batman, Katana, and Lady Shiva then climb to Level 1 while evading the infected ninjas. While Katana buys Batman and Katana some time to get away, Lady Shiva ends up attacking Batman as the building's Breach Protocol is activated. Batman defeats Lady Shiva and handcuffs her to pipe. By the time Katana is cured with the serum, Lady Shiva has already gotten away. When Lady Shiva returns to her lair, she finds the package with a note from Anarky as it is shown that the package contains the body of Ra's al Ghul. In "Instinct", Jason Burr (who still has some of Cypher's control in him from a previous episode) tells Lady Shiva that the Ion Cortex will soon belong to the League of Assassins. Lady Shiva then ends up "welcoming" Jason to the League of Assassins. In "Fall", Lady Shiva revives Ra's al Ghul from suspended animation so that the League of Assassins can put their plans to control the Ion Cortex in order to plunge Gotham City into darkness. When Jason Burr fights off Cypher's control and tries to regain control of the Ion Cortex, Lady Shiva uses the Soultaker Sword to steal Jason Burr's soul. In "Darkness", Lady Shiva continues to help her master. When Silver Monkey stalls the ninjas to allow Batman to escape, she takes on Silver Monkey by herself. After a close battle, it is implied that she used the Soultaker Sword's abilities on Silver Monkey as she is later seen holding Silver Monkey's mask. In "Reckoning", Lady Shiva is seen by Ra's al Ghul side before she is defeated by Katana. Lady Shiva appears in Young Justice: Outsiders, voiced by Gwendoline Yeo. She is the current enforcer of the Light as well as a member of the League of Shadows. She offered a place in the League of Shadows to Ocean Master, but he refused. In response, she beheaded him and foiled his plan to kill the Justice League's families to prevent him from interfering in the Light's plans.
Sin was introduced when Black Canary made a deal with Lady Shiva. They would switch lives for a year, in which Dinah would train as Lady Shiva had done, while Shiva herself took her position with Oracle and the Birds of Prey. During Dinah's training, she arrived at a village in Asia, which was ruled by a martial arts master known simply as Mother. Dinah was allowed to be trained by the cruel matriarch, though it often came as horrible mental and physical abuse.
Created by writer Mike W. Barr, and designed by artist Alan Davis, the Judson Caspian version of Reaper first appeared in "Detective Comics" #575 (June 1987), the first part of the four-part "" storyline. After the changes in DC continuity Zero Hour established, Year Two, Joe Chill's death and The Reaper have been wiped out. Chill was back in continuity after 2005's Infinite Crisis. A character dressed as the Reaper has appeared in The New 52, a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe, but it has not been revealed which (if any) of the previous Reapers is in the costume.