Sandra Bradley

## Background

### 1996 - Present: Sandra Bradley

Born in Steel City, Sandra Bradley was the only children of Pennsylvania natives Biff & Morgan Bradley. Unfortunately, her mother passed away before Sandra was even five after falling sick from MacGregor's Syndrome. Biff then raised Sandra solely on his own, relying mostly on his friends to help out when they could as his parents had already passed on & his brother have moved further south.

The stress of raising his daughter alone eventually got to Biff & he made some bad decisions. Those bad decisions eventually led to his death at the hands of some drug dealers when Sandra was only eight. Going with her last surviving family member, Sandra moved to Gotham to live with her Uncle Sam & Aunt Karen. Prompted by his new fatherhood (and guilt over not being able to help his brother), Slam quit the police force & became a private investigator so that he could set his own schedule, which would allow him to spend more time at home.

Gotham was nothing like Steel City. Sure Steel City had some rough neighborhoods but the island city was known for its crime & corruption. The city's reputation made Sandra see her uncle as a hero, working to take down the bad guys that filled the streets.

Two years after moving to New Jersey, the family was met with another addition when Slam brought home a baby. He explained he saw a woman about to drop the baby off at the fire station but decided to take matters into his own hands. Due to his & Karen's good standing, it didn't take much for them to go through with the official adoption of the baby boy, now known as Samuel Bradley Jr. Sandra was ecstatic about the new addition as she had always wanted a sibling to hang out with. As her uncle didn't like letting her tagging along on some of his cases, she spent a bunch of her free time helping her Aunt Karen take care of her younger brother.

But as she got older & more independent (read: stubborn), Slam allowed Sandra to accompany him more & more on his adventures. As many of them took him out of state, he was more comfrotable with her tagging along versus the ones that kept him in the city. When Sandra graduated high school, she decided to forego the college route & start working officially for her Uncle Slam.

For the next three years, the two worked side by side solving crimes of inheritance disputes, embezzlements, arson & other lowlifes. Because of Slam's many connections, Sandra met police officers, federal investigators, fire departments & law enforcement officials from all over the country. When Slam decided to retire & take a less active role as a private investigator, he called in a favor with his old friend Roy Raymond & got Sandra an interview on the investigative journalism show, Impossible... But True. She quickled wowed the media mogul & his son, leading to her subsequent move even further south to start her career on television.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Hand to Hand Combat:** While Sandra is no expert combatant, she can hold her own & defend herself if the situation arises. She can hold off street level criminals if needed but is nowhere near ready for the big leagues.
* **Investigation**: She watched her Uncle Slam during the early years of her life, worked as a private investigator for half a decade & now operates as an investigative journalist.
* **Journalism:** Though Sandra started out as private investigator, she has used those skills & her people skills to become a great investigative journalist that is a well loved on their television show.
* **Photography**

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* She is best friends with Roy Raymond III & good friends with Hope O'Dare.
* In high school, she dated Kevin Ballantine. She broke up with him after he cheated on her with Rachel Taylor.

## Notes

* In the comics, she is the granddaughter of Slam Bradley.
* Her middle name & nickname Shorty is a nod to Shorty Morgan, the sidekick of Sam "Slam" Bradley in the comics.