Artemis Crock is the daughter of the Golden Age villains Paula and Crusher Crock. She had taken up a career in crime, modeled that of her parents, but only after some years did she take on the mantle of Tigress.
During the DC mini-series Legends, the people of America are turned against heroes, and law was made that no one could operate legally wearing a costume. This did not affect the villains much, as they are already lawbreakers. Known by the mononymArtemis, Artemis Crock joins the Wizard in his new Injustice Society, called Injustice Unlimited. The group overcomes the security at the International Trade Conference in Calgary, namely Infinity, Inc. and a contingent of the Global Guardians. Their plan is thwarted when Hourman frees himself and Solomon Grundy is brought in from the Arctic Circle. Grundy incapacitates Artemis and her parents, but they manage to escape.[2]
Weeks later, Injustice Unlimited plots to murder the members of Infinity, Inc. to make a name for themselves. Artemis goes after Jade, who she apparently kills in combat. The members of Injustice Unlimited intend to bring all the remaining Infinitors to Stellar Studios and kill them, but this plan is thwarted by the unwillingness of Hazard to cooperate and the sudden reappearance of Jade and Brainwave.[3]
Artemis later changes her codename to Tigress and has an on-again, off-again relationship with the second Icicle, with whom she has a daughter named Isabelle.[4] Artemis helps Icicle, Wizard, Solomon Grundy, Gentleman Ghost, Rag Doll, and Thinker break into JSA headquarters and steal the Prometheus Key, a key that is used to open doors between reality and magic. The key allows Johnny Sorrow, who normally exists in another dimension, to manifest on Earth.[5]
The New 52
In The New 52 continuity reboot, a new version of Artemis was introduced in The Culling crossover event. She helps the Teen Titans get their bearings before the Culling begins and introduces them to other metahuman teens captured by the villain Harvest. After the Titans are taken, a member of Harvest's crew tries to put Artemis in a state of rage. She fights back, but is killed. Her death helps motivate the Teen Titans and the Legion of Super-Heroes to work together to take down Harvest.[6] The Titans later discover that Artemis survived and was healed by the Colonel, a servant of Harvest.[7]
The original Artemis is reintroduced in the DC Rebirth relaunch.[8]
Powers and abilities
Tigress/Artemis possesses no superhuman abilities; however, she is an expert archer, swordswoman and markswoman. Artemis is also a highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, along with the use of various gadgets (including her compact crossbow, knives, nets, and bolas).
Artemis Crock makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!".[9]
A teenage version of Artemis Crock (full name Artemis Lian Crock) appears in Young Justice, voiced by Stephanie Lemelin.[10] This version is of Vietnamese and European descent. Introduced in the first season, she poses as Green Arrow's niece and new sidekick and joins the Team following the departure of Green Arrow's original sidekick, Roy Harper. Though the Team discovers her true history and connection to their enemy Sportsmaster, she remains with them at the encouragement of Robin and enters a relationship with Wally West. In the second season, Artemis assumes the Tigress identity to infiltrate the Light. In the fourth season, she becomes a college professor and enters a relationship with Jason Bard.
Artemis Crock appears in Stargirl, portrayed by Stella Smith.[12] This version is an athletic and competitive student at Blue Valley High School and classmate of the titular character. As of the second season, she was moved into a foster home following the arrest of her parents, Sportsmaster and Tigress, and is secretly manipulated by Cindy Burman and Eclipso into joining their group Injustice Unlimited. After joining Burman, Eclipso, and Isaac Bowin in fighting Stargirl's Justice Society of America (JSA) however, Artemis flees after Eclipso sends Burman to the Shadowlands and consumes Bowin. She later breaks her parents out of prison so they can help the JSA and Burman defeat Eclipso. In the third season, Artemis works to prove herself as a candidate for JSA membership and later gets into college, only to lose her parents to Icicle and move in with the Whitmore-Dugan family. As of a flash-forward in the series finale, she has successfully joined the JSA.
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