186:, the daughter of Gotham mobster Henry Aquista, shares a connection with Tim Drake, the third Robin, and develops feelings for him. However, their potential relationship is hindered by her father's criminal involvement. Darla meets her demise in a conflict but is resurrected by Johnny Warlock, who taps into her father's life force as part of his search for magical solutions. Renamed as "Warlock's Daughter," she initially becomes a magical super-villain with the mission of eliminating Robin while harboring affection for Tim Drake, unaware of his secret identity. Over time, Darla undergoes a transformation and reforms as a superhero, joining the Shadowpact and becoming the apprentice of the Enchantress, also adopting the alias
297:, the Shadowpact is trapped behind a mystic barrier after defeating a group of magic-based enemies. Although they are able to destroy the barrier, the group "loses a year" as a price. They find that while only a few days had passed for them, for the rest of the world a year has passed. One of their first stops afterwards is the Dark Tower of Joshua Coldrake Master of Anti-Magic, where they had previously imprisoned Johnny Warlock and Laura Fell. Laura had served her sentenced to a year in the jail and the delay left her stranded for two weeks after her sentence had finished. The Shadowpact promise they would bring her back to Earth very soon.
205:, and disapproves of his criminal background. She first appeared as Tim Drake was trying to get out of school on his first day as a junior at Louis E. Grieve Memorial High School. Since her jock friends intimidate Tim's only friend at the school, Bernard, he walks up to them and offers for them to beat him up so that his friend can get a free chance to talk to her. Tim wins the kids over as friends, they go to get something to eat, and when Bernard takes his chance to talk to Darla, she shows interest in Tim.
1087:
277:, Robin confronts escaped villains throughout Blüdhaven, trying to find Laura. When they eventually find her, he suggests that she join the Shadowpact and promises to go tell Tim Drake what she plans to do. Another group of escaped villains then attacks them. She defeats the villains surrounding them by unleashing a great deal of power. Robin leaves her alone after she saves him from drowning by the use of CPR.
273:. The city is under siege from OMACs and Johnny Warlock comes to take her to safety. Robin arrives with the Veteran's team and Johnny attacks Laura for failing to kill him. Robin stands Johnny down due to Johnny's belief that Robin is too powerful for him. After the standoff, Robin finds that Laura is gone. Along with the
240:
Henry
Aquista travels the world with his daughter's corpse, looking for a way to bring her back to life, and eventually comes back to Johnny Warlock, whom he finds overseas. Johnny trades Henry's life for Darla's. When she climbs out of the casket, she is reborn as
232:" starts, a rival gang attacks Darla's car and pulls her out of it. Tim saves her and sends her off towards a group of kids as he takes care of the remaining gang members. Once everyone is inside the school, a bullet from an unknown assailant kills Darla.
32:
259:
to pose as Robin so that he can fool Laura into thinking that she has killed him. "Robin" shows up, Laura transforms into
Warlock's Daughter, and attacks Superboy. Superboy survives, but suffers serious injury due to his vulnerability to magic.
224:
is monitoring Tim in his new life at school, she sees Darla kissing him and gets angry, running away. Tim tells Darla that he is in a relationship with
Stephanie, she gets angry, and walks away crying, thinking that he does not like her.
249:
preparing to fly to Gotham. Shortly after, we see
Bernard, Tim's friend, driving his car, which lifts off the ground. It is Warlock's Daughter, looking for Tim Drake, levitating the vehicle. She reveals that she now uses the name
254:
and she needs to find Tim because she does not really know if she should be a superhero or a villain. When Laura finds Tim, she tells him that she can be with him once she pays off a debt by killing Robin. Tim arranges for
208:
The next time she appears, she is arguing with her father, Henry
Aquista. She thinks that Tim is afraid to ask her out because of his involvement with the Gotham Mafia. Henry receives a telephone call from
1113:
1118:
1123:
953:
890:
340:
Laura's training veers from magical spells to practical knowledge as she has to understand basic physics in order to magically manipulate them.
1128:
1133:
1062:
51:
1072:
309:. At the end of the issue, she temporarily joins the Shadowpact alongside two other patrons of the Bar on a mission to retrieve
474:
1057:
908:
903:
999:
960:
1138:
535:
1091:
220:
forces him to stop being Robin. Meanwhile, someone known as the Scarab is scouring the city looking for Robin. As
875:
981:
895:
1017:
676:
322:
134:
974:
751:
630:
600:
310:
302:
1051:
1044:
801:
791:
884:
867:
842:
620:
165:
766:
706:
701:
681:
467:
806:
771:
625:
615:
1012:
852:
796:
711:
610:
483:
314:
256:
229:
1038:
923:
671:
645:
330:
269:
221:
63:
1067:
967:
940:
585:
298:
293:
213:, the mobster/sorcerer, asking him to unleash a crime wave in the city to draw out Robin.
173:
81:
781:
988:
605:
563:
499:
460:
329:. This is especially dangerous because of the new rules of magic set into place after "
317:. She is saved when her ally uses his magical pistols to turn the demon into stone. In
286:
127:
69:
337:
sides with the
Enchantress, but assigns her to train the new recruit in combat magic.
1107:
1007:
916:
811:
746:
635:
447:
31:
776:
540:
520:
306:
264:
313:'s trident from Hell. They are successful, though Laura is almost torn in two by
726:
721:
696:
640:
494:
334:
305:
retrieve Laura Fell from the Dark Tower (two weeks later) and convey her to the
198:
107:
1033:
821:
756:
736:
731:
716:
691:
686:
595:
590:
580:
525:
274:
217:
117:
946:
837:
761:
530:
169:
56:
847:
816:
741:
575:
504:
246:
786:
558:
666:
570:
326:
857:
456:
448:
Warlock's
Daughter at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
325:
grows angry at Laura for acting recklessly in a battle with
452:
176:
and Rick Mays, the
Warlock's Daughter first appears in
1026:
998:
933:
866:
830:
659:
549:
513:
155:
Skilled in magic and possess supernatural knowledge
151:
143:
123:
113:
103:
95:
90:
77:
62:
50:
45:
24:
468:
8:
954:All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder
475:
461:
453:
164:is a fictional character appearing in the
30:
21:
16:Fictional character in books by DC Comics
349:
379:
377:
40:#10 (April 2007), art by Tom Derenick.
1114:Characters created by Bill Willingham
7:
1119:Comics characters introduced in 2004
1063:Batman and Robin Have an Altercation
245:. She next appears in an airport in
197:Darla Aquista is the daughter of a
36:Warlock's Daughter from a panel in
1124:DC Comics characters who use magic
14:
1073:Batman and Robin (disambiguation)
1086:
1085:
291:Shortly following the events of
180:(vol. 2) #121 (February 2004).
1058:Batman & Robin: The Chiller
263:Laura appears a week later in
1:
891:Dick Grayson (film character)
398:(vol. 2) #145 (February 2006)
371:(vol. 2) #143 (December 2005)
193:Fictional character biography
73:(vol. 2) #121 (February 2004)
1129:DC Comics female superheroes
386:(vol. 2) #144 (January 2006)
1134:DC Comics undead characters
228:When the Batman storyline "
1155:
284:
1081:
490:
359:(vol. 2) #137 (June 2005)
29:
982:Batman and Robin Eternal
235:
46:Publication information
162:The Warlock's Daughter
1052:Alyas Batman at Robin
1045:Alyas Batman en Robin
1000:Alternative versions
216:Shortly after this,
166:American comic books
91:In-story information
1139:Undead superheroes
897:Batman & Robin
831:Related identities
651:Warlock's Daughter
410:#5 (November 2006)
243:Warlock's Daughter
236:Warlock's Daughter
86:Rick Mays (artist)
25:Warlock's Daughter
1101:
1100:
885:Robin's Reckoning
611:Alfred Pennyworth
315:Etrigan the Demon
159:
158:
139:
132:
114:Team affiliations
1146:
1089:
1088:
961:Batman and Robin
924:Batman vs. Robin
877:Batman and Robin
717:Joker's Daughter
646:Leslie Thompkins
477:
470:
463:
454:
435:
429:
423:
422:#10 (April 2007)
417:
411:
405:
399:
393:
387:
381:
372:
366:
360:
354:
331:Day of Vengeance
270:The OMAC Project
137:
130:
64:First appearance
34:
22:
19:Comics character
1154:
1153:
1149:
1148:
1147:
1145:
1144:
1143:
1104:
1103:
1102:
1097:
1077:
1022:
994:
968:We Are... Robin
941:Robin: Year One
929:
862:
826:
655:
586:Flying Graysons
551:
545:
536:Stephanie Brown
509:
486:
481:
444:
439:
438:
430:
426:
418:
414:
406:
402:
394:
390:
382:
375:
367:
363:
355:
351:
346:
294:Infinite Crisis
289:
283:
238:
195:
174:Bill Willingham
144:Notable aliases
133:
104:Place of origin
85:
82:Bill Willingham
41:
20:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1152:
1150:
1142:
1141:
1136:
1131:
1126:
1121:
1116:
1106:
1105:
1099:
1098:
1096:
1095:
1082:
1079:
1078:
1076:
1075:
1070:
1065:
1060:
1055:
1048:
1041:
1036:
1030:
1028:
1024:
1023:
1021:
1020:
1015:
1010:
1004:
1002:
996:
995:
993:
992:
989:Batman and Son
985:
978:
971:
964:
957:
950:
943:
937:
935:
931:
930:
928:
927:
920:
913:
912:
911:
906:
893:
888:
881:
872:
870:
868:In other media
864:
863:
861:
860:
855:
850:
845:
840:
834:
832:
828:
827:
825:
824:
819:
814:
809:
804:
799:
794:
789:
784:
779:
774:
769:
764:
759:
754:
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
699:
694:
689:
684:
679:
674:
669:
663:
661:
657:
656:
654:
653:
648:
643:
638:
633:
628:
623:
618:
613:
608:
606:Justice League
603:
598:
593:
588:
583:
578:
573:
568:
567:
566:
564:Barbara Gordon
555:
553:
547:
546:
544:
543:
538:
533:
528:
523:
517:
515:
511:
510:
508:
507:
502:
500:Jerry Robinson
497:
491:
488:
487:
482:
480:
479:
472:
465:
457:
451:
450:
443:
442:External links
440:
437:
436:
434:#11 (May 2007)
424:
412:
400:
388:
373:
361:
348:
347:
345:
342:
287:One Year Later
285:Main article:
282:
279:
237:
234:
211:Johnny Warlock
194:
191:
157:
156:
153:
149:
148:
145:
141:
140:
128:Johnny Warlock
125:
121:
120:
115:
111:
110:
105:
101:
100:
97:
93:
92:
88:
87:
79:
75:
74:
66:
60:
59:
54:
48:
47:
43:
42:
35:
27:
26:
18:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1151:
1140:
1137:
1135:
1132:
1130:
1127:
1125:
1122:
1120:
1117:
1115:
1112:
1111:
1109:
1094:
1093:
1084:
1083:
1080:
1074:
1071:
1069:
1066:
1064:
1061:
1059:
1056:
1054:
1053:
1049:
1047:
1046:
1042:
1040:
1037:
1035:
1032:
1031:
1029:
1025:
1019:
1016:
1014:
1011:
1009:
1008:Carrie Kelley
1006:
1005:
1003:
1001:
997:
991:
990:
986:
984:
983:
979:
977:
976:
972:
970:
969:
965:
963:
962:
958:
956:
955:
951:
949:
948:
944:
942:
939:
938:
936:
932:
926:
925:
921:
919:
918:
917:Son of Batman
914:
910:
907:
905:
902:
901:
900:
898:
894:
892:
889:
886:
882:
880:
878:
874:
873:
871:
869:
865:
859:
856:
854:
851:
849:
846:
844:
841:
839:
836:
835:
833:
829:
823:
820:
818:
815:
813:
812:Trigger Twins
810:
808:
805:
803:
800:
798:
795:
793:
790:
788:
785:
783:
780:
778:
775:
773:
770:
768:
765:
763:
760:
758:
755:
753:
750:
748:
745:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
693:
690:
688:
685:
683:
680:
678:
675:
673:
670:
668:
665:
664:
662:
658:
652:
649:
647:
644:
642:
639:
637:
636:Talia al Ghul
634:
632:
629:
627:
624:
622:
619:
617:
614:
612:
609:
607:
604:
602:
599:
597:
594:
592:
589:
587:
584:
582:
579:
577:
574:
572:
569:
565:
562:
561:
560:
557:
556:
554:
548:
542:
539:
537:
534:
532:
529:
527:
524:
522:
519:
518:
516:
512:
506:
503:
501:
498:
496:
493:
492:
489:
485:
478:
473:
471:
466:
464:
459:
458:
455:
449:
446:
445:
441:
433:
428:
425:
421:
416:
413:
409:
404:
401:
397:
392:
389:
385:
380:
378:
374:
370:
365:
362:
358:
353:
350:
343:
341:
338:
336:
332:
328:
324:
320:
316:
312:
308:
304:
300:
296:
295:
288:
280:
278:
276:
272:
271:
266:
261:
258:
253:
248:
244:
233:
231:
226:
223:
219:
214:
212:
206:
204:
203:Henry Aquista
200:
192:
190:
189:
185:
184:Darla Aquista
181:
179:
175:
172:. Created by
171:
168:published by
167:
163:
154:
150:
146:
142:
136:
129:
126:
122:
119:
116:
112:
109:
106:
102:
99:Darla Aquista
98:
94:
89:
83:
80:
76:
72:
71:
67:
65:
61:
58:
55:
53:
49:
44:
39:
33:
28:
23:
1090:
1050:
1043:
1018:Helena Wayne
987:
980:
973:
966:
959:
952:
945:
934:Publications
922:
915:
896:
876:
782:Ra's al Ghul
777:Harley Quinn
650:
601:James Gordon
541:Damian Wayne
521:Dick Grayson
431:
427:
419:
415:
407:
403:
395:
391:
383:
368:
364:
356:
352:
339:
318:
307:Oblivion Bar
292:
290:
268:
262:
251:
242:
239:
227:
218:Tim's father
215:
210:
207:
202:
201:Mafia boss,
196:
187:
183:
182:
177:
161:
160:
124:Partnerships
68:
37:
727:Killer Moth
722:Killer Croc
707:The General
697:Deathstroke
677:Blockbuster
660:Antagonists
641:Teen Titans
495:Bill Finger
335:Nightmaster
323:Enchantress
188:Laura Fell.
135:Enchantress
108:Gotham City
1108:Categories
1034:Robin Hood
909:video game
904:soundtrack
822:Tony Zucco
757:Mr. Freeze
752:Mad Hatter
737:Lady Shiva
732:King Snake
692:Cluemaster
687:Clock King
596:Tamara Fox
591:Lucius Fox
581:Jack Drake
552:characters
550:Supporting
526:Jason Todd
432:Shadowpact
420:Shadowpact
408:Shadowpact
344:References
319:Shadowpact
311:Blue Devil
303:Nightshade
281:Shadowpact
275:Shadowpact
252:Laura Fell
147:Laura Fell
118:Shadowpact
78:Created by
38:Shadowpact
1068:"Holy..."
1013:Earth-Two
975:Red Robin
947:Robin War
843:Red Robin
838:Nightwing
802:Tarantula
792:Scarecrow
772:Prankster
762:Nite-Wing
626:Outsiders
616:Nightstar
531:Tim Drake
265:Blüdhaven
230:War Games
170:DC Comics
152:Abilities
96:Alter ego
57:DC Comics
52:Publisher
1092:Category
879:(serial)
848:Red Hood
817:Two-Face
742:Lady Vic
631:Starfire
621:Nocturna
576:Catwoman
505:Bob Kane
257:Superboy
247:Istanbul
138:(mentor)
131:(mentor)
84:(writer)
1039:Redbird
1027:Related
787:Riddler
767:Penguin
702:Firefly
682:Brutale
559:Batgirl
327:zombies
222:Spoiler
899:(film)
853:Squire
807:Torque
797:Shrike
667:Anarky
571:Batman
514:Robins
299:Ragman
199:Gotham
858:Red X
712:Joker
484:Robin
396:Robin
384:Robin
369:Robin
357:Robin
321:#17,
178:Robin
70:Robin
747:Lynx
672:Bane
301:and
333:".
267:in
1110::
376:^
887:"
883:"
476:e
469:t
462:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.