Helena Bertinelli

Helena Bertinelli is a DC Comics character. She has also appeared in four different media versions of the DCU: Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Arrow, and Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
==Canon Overview==
Helena Bertinelli first appeared in The Huntress #1 (April 1989).
===Comics===
Helena was born to a prominent Gotham City Mafia family, and witnesses the murder of her entire family at a young age. This later led to her becoming 'The Huntress who wanted revenge against her family's killer. She has a complicated relationship with Batman - he's sometimes her mentor but at the same time her antagonist as he rejects the more violent side of Helena. Oddly enough, the other members of the Batfamily - Barbara, Tim, and Dick - have all fairly good relationship with her.
As of New 52, it was revealed that Helena Bertinelli has been dead for awhile and her identity was taken over by Helena Wayne from Earth-2.
DC Rebirth racebent Helena and connected her to Spyral, a spy organization where she worked with Dick Grayson under the alias Matron.
===DC Animated Universe===
Huntress was voiced by Amy Acker and appeared in a few episodes on the Justice League Unlimited.
===Batman: The Brave and the Bold===
Huntress was voiced by Tara Strong.
===Arrow===
Helena is portrayed by Jessica De Gouw, and has appeared in four episodes. The series rewrote her background and motivation by having it been her fiancé murdered by her father.
:For more information see Helena Bertinelli (Arrow)
===Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)===
Helena is portrayed by 
Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
==Fandom==
===Pairings===
:For Arrow fandom information see Helena Bertinelli (Arrow)
In the comics Helena has been paired with her fellow Bids of Prey members Barbara Gordon and Dinah Lance and one of her common het pairings is with Dick Grayson. In the DC Animated Universe the main het pairing is Huntress/Question. In Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) fandom Helena is mainly shipped with Dinah Lance, but has also been shipped with Harley Quinn and Renee Montoya.
==Fanworks==
===Fics===
===Arts===
* Huntress pencils by MARCIOABREU7, inked by madman1, colored by Renk90
* Huntress Dolls by spider-cat
* TT Huntress by Glee-Chan (TT style Huntress)
===Vids===
* Huntress(Helena Bertinelli)-Tribute
* ✯Helena Bertinelli is the Best ✯
* Hide My Wings
* The great quotes of: Huntress (DCAU & B:TBTB)
===Meta===
* A Love Letter to Birds of Prey’s Helena Bertinelli a.k.a. Huntress a.k.a. the Crossbow Killer
==Archives and Communities==
* Helena Bertinelli tagged works on AO3
* Helena works on FFN in Justice League section.
* Helena works on FFN in Batman comics section.
* Helena works on FFN in Birds of Prey comics section.
* Helena works on FFN in Arrow section.
* The Lair of the Huntress (defunct)
===LJ Communities===
* bertinelli
==Fannish Links==
* Helena Bertinelli search at Deviantart
* Helena Bertinelli tag at Tumblr
==Resources==
* Helena on wikipedia
* Helena on the DC Database wikia
* Helena on the Arrow wikia
==References==
Category:DC Comics Characters
Category:Birds of Prey
Category:Batman Characters