Who Is Lady Shiva? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Lady Shiva is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Sandra Wu-San, with over 344 comic issue appearances. Lady Shiva is most likely the deadliest assassin in the DC Universe. Shiva has trained Batman and has also trained the third Robin, Tim Drake. Shiva's daughter, Cassandra Cain, would later become the second Batgirl.

Who is Lady Shiva?

Origin Sandra Woosan Sandra Woosan was the goddaughter of the martial arts expert O-Sensei . When Sandra Woosan's sister was killed, a mysterious man approached her and convinced her that Richard Dragon had killed her. Sandra became determined to avenge her sister's death, but knew that she had to train if she were to have any hope of defeating Richard Dragon. While training, Sandra discovered that she had a natural talent for the skills and movements required for martial arts. She trained for years, eventually reaching a point in her martial arts training where she felt that she was ready to find Richard Dragon and avenge her sister. She decided to take up the code-name Shiva and eventually tracked Dragon down, luring him into a trap. However, Dragon revealed to Shiva that he did not kill her sister and the man that told her he had was someone that worked for him and wanted Dragon dead. He then explained who the real killer was and that he had already killed him in battle.

Key facts

Lady Shiva is of human origin and first appeared in "The Arena of No Exit". The character is published by DC Comics. With 344 recorded issue appearances, Lady Shiva ranks among the most featured characters in comics.