Who Is Red Claw? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Red Claw is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 7 comic issue appearances. A intelligent, skilled, calculating, and ruthless terrorist. She is a woman of brilliant tactical skills and organization. She first appeared as a foe for Catwoman, who wanted land that Red Claw and her organization had designs on to use as a wildcat preserve; Catwoman and Batman teamed up to defeat her. She is one of Batman's most formidable and threatening foes on Batman: The Animated Series.

Who is Red Claw?

Major Story Arcs Red Claw and her cover organization, Multigon, stormed into Gotham City intent on stealing armaments of both mechanical and biological nature. Her moves were swift and organized: she frequently evaded police capture and even Batman's tracking. Under the guise of a resort, Red Claw acquired numerous armaments and built a small military silo. From there, she hatched the next portion of her plan: acquire a government plague capable of wiping out all life within a 10 mile radius. And though Batman had finally tracked the terrorist to a crime scene, he was unable to stop her. Meanwhile, Multigon's operations had attracted the attention of Selina Kyle . An animal rights activist, Kyle had been fighting to acquire the same land Multigon had purchased to establish a mountain lion preservation. Though Catwoman had broken into the Multigon facility to attain incriminating evidence, she discovered some of Red Claw's plans.

Key facts

Red Claw is of human origin and first appeared in "Just Another Day". The character is published by DC Comics. With 7 recorded issue appearances, Red Claw ranks among the most featured characters in comics.