Spoiler (real name Stephanie Brown) is a superheroine that is a member of the Team, and formerly of Batman's covert team. She is the daughter of Cluemaster.
Stephanie is a Caucasian girl with blonde hair past her shoulders and bright blue eyes. Her hair is wavy and she keeps most of it tucked behind her ears, save for two bangs that frame her face.
As her alter-ego Spoiler, she wears a dark purple and gray costume that covers her from head to toe. Her face is mostly hidden behind a mask, except for her eyes; a purple hood hides her bright hair.
History[]
2015[]
Stephanie ran away from home to get away from her father[6] and was reported as missing. By December 2, missing person posters had gone up for her in Blüdhaven.[7]
Tigress and Manta Troopers under her command locked Stephanie and seven other abducted teenagers in a metal cage, awaiting shipment to the Partner. Tim Drake and Barbara Gordon infiltrated the cage, surprising the abductees. Stephanie was skeptical that they were there to help, and asked the heroes why they should trust them. She became convinced of their capabilities when she saw Bumblebee fly into Tim's jacket pocket.
Stephanie was later placed in a pod along with the others, and transported in the Manta-Flyer to the Reach mobile base in the Pacific. The Team broke her and the other abductees free, and they high-tailed it into the Bio-Ship. After retrieving all members, as well as the unconscious Blue Beetle, the Team, with Stephanie in tow, made good on their escape.[8]
2016-2018[]
Stephanie Brown debuted as Spoiler in 2017. She joined the Team sometime in 2018.[9]
2018[]
In January,[10] the Joker took the United Nations hostage in a twisted revenge plot against the Light. Spoiler went along with the Bat family to stop him. The individual members skillfully disabled his Joker venom canisters, steering a path for Batman straight to the Joker. He attempted to flee as the scheme fell apart, and in the ensuing chaos Batgirl was struck by friendly fire. Before he could make another run to escape, Spoiler, Batwoman, and Robin beat him into submission.[11]
Spoiler, Robin, Arrowette, and Orphan were tracking the Mad Hatter, who turned out to be Clayface in disguise. They followed him to a warehouse where they continued fighting the mind-controlled Clayface, but the real Mad Hatter blew up the warehouse. Spoiler and the others escaped safely.[12]
Tigress called upon several of her allies, including Spoiler, to help her deduce the trustworthiness of two alleged turncoats from the League of Shadows: Cassandra Savage and Onyx Adams. Spoiler expressed empathy for Savage desiring to deflect from the foul ways of her father, as she too had done. Yet, she remained open to the possibility that both may have been sent as a double misdirection.[4]
Spoiler reported to Green Arrow's hideout to relieve Orphan of guard duty over the two suspects. Orphan, however, refused to leave, so they both kept watch. Sometime later, Tigress arrived and was just as confused as Spoiler as to why Orphan refused to abandon her post. Tigress relieved them both, and Spoiler made one last attempt to take Orphan with her. Predictably, she got ignored.[14]
Spoiler was part of Beta Squad, led by Nightwing, sent out as part of the search for Perdita Vladek. Spoiler wondered why Thirteen was not present, but Tigress explained she was host to Doctor Fate that week.[16]
Beta went to Royal Memorial Hospital undercover as a United Nations commission after five patients were admitted to with unexplained comas. They found all five worked at a mining camp near Krastmala.[17]
Beta infiltrated the mining camp. They found the underground river and began analysing the area when they were attacked by armored units like those that abducted Perdita Vladek. Orphan saw from their body language that the attackers were robots, and promptly beheaded one. The squad then took down the rest of them.[17]
Abilities[]
Multilingualism: Spoiler can understand American Sign Language.[17]
In the comics, Stephanie Brown is the daughter of the minor Batman villain Cluemaster, and has taken on three alter-egos in various times: the Spoiler, the fourth Robin, and the fourth Batgirl. Her codename originally referred to her intentional spoiling of her father's criminal plots. She is also Tim Drake's on-again/off-again girlfriend.