Nocturna

Nocturna
Nocturna from Detective Comics #530 Artist Gene Colan
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Pre-Crisis: Batman #363 (September 1983) Post-Crisis: Robin #100 (May 2002)
Created by	Doug Moench (writer) Gene Colan (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Pre-Crisis: Natasha Natalia Knight Post-Crisis: Natalie Metternich (alias Natalia Mitternacht)
Team affiliations	Injustice League Secret Society of Super Villains
Notable aliases	Mistress of the Night
Abilities	expert tactician and burglar

Nocturna is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. The first storyline involving her began in Detective Comics #529 (August 1983), but her first appearance is credited to Batman #363 (September 1983), where she is first actually seen and mentioned by name. Nocturna was created by Doug Moench and Gene Colan.

Natalia Knight had a hard childhood. She grew up on the streets as a beggar. She was eventually found and taken in by Charles Knight, who adopted her and provided her with a life of luxury.

She has a passion for astronomy and the night and eventually found a job at Gotham City Observatory. While working there one night, she became victim to a radioactive laser, which drained her skin of all pigment. It also rendered her sensitive to light.

After Charles Knight was murdered, she discovered that her lifestyle was funded by criminal activity. It was then that she met Charles' son, Anton Knight, who fell in love with her. They both decided to keep the inheritance and took it upon themselves to keep them in their accustomed lifestyle through burglary, since Natalia needed expensive medical equipment to treat her pigmentation.

Anton, having spent much time in Asia, proved to be a highly capable martial artist. He and Natalia entered a life of crime together, he as the Night-Thief, and she as "Nocturna", Mistress of the Night. However their burglary soon brought them into conflict with Batman.

After several clashes with Batman, Anton was captured and sent to prison. Nocturna remained free and continued her life of crime along with a new ally, Nightshade. Nocturna would conceive the plans of robbery and theft, Nightshade and his people would carry out the crimes. Once the scheme had run its course, Nocturna called it quits. During this time, she became an intimate friend of both Bruce Wayne and the Batman, something that made both lives more complicated, especially after they had slept together after Bruce lost custody of Jason. She also became a surrogate mother to Jason Todd, the second Robin, and even adopted him. Not wanting Bruce out of Jason's life she proposed that there was only one sensible solution. She and Bruce must get married at once.