Sonia Alcana



Sonia Alcana was a detective of the Gotham City Police Department. She was also one of the three women who took the persona of Batwoman.

History

Sonia Alcana's family once owned a shop in Gotham City. Because they refused to pay protection money, Rupert Thorne had the shop burned. Sonia was trapped by the fire, but Batman saved her. The loss of the shop tore Sonia and her family up. Everyone knew it was Thorne, yet there was no way to prove it. Sonia dedicated herself to take down Rupert Thorne. She trained in extensive martial arts and became a member of the Gotham Police Department. When she realized that this wasn't enough, she teamed up with friends Kathy Duquesne and Rocky Ballantine to create the identity of Batwoman.

Sonia and her fellow Batwomen plotted to destroy Penguin and Rupert Throne's weapons factory, but had no idea as to were it was. So instead, they focused on destroying the weapon transports. She finally found out where the weapons came from after seeing a keyhanger her partner Bullock found. She passed the information along to Kathy Duquesne, who donned the costume to blow the factory up.

They found out where Penguin was: the S.S. Naiad, a chartered cruise ship. Kathy went in to plant a bomb, but was caught. Sonia, Rocky, Batman and Robin came to her aid. The ship was utterly destroyed as the bomb went off during a fight betwene Batman and Bane, and Sonia had to save Batman from falling.

With the weapons ring out of commission and the people responsible in jail, the women retired Batwoman and Sonia resigned from the GPD. Before she left, Batman gave her evidence she helped release Rocky's boyfriend Kevin from prison.

Abilities and equipment

Like Batman, the Batwoman relied on gadgets. Most of them came from the mind of Rocky Ballantine, though they also used a grappling hook similar to Batman's, along with pink batarangs.

Rocky designed Batgliders for transportation. Each glider was operable via a remote located into the utility belt, and had two small missiles and a grappling hook.

Appearance

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman