The Huntress saves a young girl who was pushed off a building after being assaulted and it gets her to deal with her own trauma as a child growing up in a home of organized crime.
She stalks the animals who prey on the innocent. She's the new Huntress, a woman for whom all semblance of a normal life ended when she was young. She was kidnapped when she was a child. Her family was murdered by criminals when she was in college. Both events hardened her heart and darkened her outlook. Who is Helena Bertinelli, the woman behind the mask of this all-new version of one of DC's most popular heroines? The story comes together here in THE HUNTRESS #1 as we begin to pierce the deadly "Code of Silence" that surrounds her and the terrible tragedies that have reshaped and redefined her life.
On the trail of her family's killer, the Huntress heads into Little Italy where she discovers more than she ever wanted to know, especially about her friend and confidant.
The Huntress intercedes in a battle over turf between the mobs of Little Italy and Chinatown even as she continues tracking down her family's murderer with a clue that strikes at her heart.
The Huntress tracks her family's killers, digging deeper into the tense balance of power of the criminal underworld...and getting deeper into her transformation into the woman who stalks the animals that prey on the innocent.
Who is the Huntress' partner? Learn how he gained his prowess in the martial arts and weaponry and what led him to become a family bodyguardÉand what Helena means to him.