Know Your DCU: Talia al Ghul

This Sunday my girlfriend Geada will be celebrating her birthday, so this week the Know Your DCU is dedicated to her favorite Batman character, Talia al Ghul. Geada and Talia have much in common; both are exotic, beautiful, strong, independent women who have traveled the world over and love a tall, dark, and handsome man. Yes, I just compared myself to Batman, this is my site after all. The only real difference is Talia’s father is an egomaniacal eco-terrorist bent on world domination who uses a chemical pit to keep himself from aging or dying. Geada’s dad fly airplanes…

Anyways Talia is the daughter of The Demon’s Head: Ra’s al Ghul. As I mentioned before, he’s not a good guy. When Ra’s decided to find a man worthy of his daughter, he came across the “Detective” Batman. Kidnapping Robin, Ra’s created the perfect test to see if Batman was indeed the right man to marry Talia (I guess hunting down your ward is a good test? I don’t know, most girl’s dads just ask me what my favorite ball team is). However, Batman would not be part of Ra’s evil plot for Batman and Talia to mate and procreate the rightful heir to the al Ghul terrorist empire.

Batman and Talia crossed paths many, many times as years passed. The two had their share of passion filled nights together, but Batman is not a “one woman man”. Unbeknown to him, Talia kept a secret. She eventually removed herself from her father’s shadow, running Lex Corp, running a supervillain cabal, and running her father’s league of assassins after her died.

Eventually, Talia revealed to Batman that for years she had been raising their son in secret. The boy was named Damian. Talia wanted Damian to become a member of the Bat-family and then side with her in overthrowing them. Damian said no and sided with his partner Dick Grayson. Now he’s at his father’s side and you all know the rest… or we don’t. Everything is changing in September after all.

If you ask me, of all the women who have entered Batman’s life, I think Talia has made the largest impact…