Who Is Ariana Dzerchenko? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ariana Dzerchenko is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 66 comic issue appearances. Ariana Dzerchenko was a former girlfriend of Tim Drake when he was younger.

Who is Ariana Dzerchenko?

Origin Ariana's family immigrated from Russia and setup a printing shop in the Russian section of Gotham City , Little Odessa. Ariana's father ran into trouble when the Russian mob attempted to force him to apply his skills as a former patriot and work for them, upon refusing he was subsequently beaten. Tim Drake witnessed the beating while walking around the city but he was unable to arrive in time. Drake returns to the Dzerchenko's shop later that evening as Robin to make sure that if the Russian mob returns he'll be there to prevent any more harm from coming to them. The Russian mob does indeed return to apply more pressure to Ariana's father, bringing along the assassin KGBeast as enforcement. During the ensuring battle between Robin and the KGBeast, the other members of the Russian mob snatch Ariana and attempt to escape with her, Ariana's father sees this and grabs a rifle from inside his shop and tries to stop them, but is ultimately killed by the KGBeast. Robin is unable to stop the Russian mob from kidnapping Ariana; however, sometime later Robin is successful in finding and rescuing Ariana. Ariana and Tim Drake Following the death of her father, Ariana is sent to live wit.

Key facts

Ariana Dzerchenko is of human origin and first appeared in "The Hammer". The character is published by DC Comics. With 66 recorded issue appearances, Ariana Dzerchenko ranks among the most featured characters in comics.