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PEACEMAKER Season 2 Introduces Batman Villain White Rabbit into the DCU
Batman villain White Rabbit. Art by David Finch. DC Comics

White Rabbit She first appeared in 2011’s Batman: The Dark Knight #1, in a story by writer Paul Jenkins and artist David Finch. This was part of the publisher’s infamous New 52 reboot that year. Her true name was Jaina Hudson, the daughter of a wealthy Gotham City diplomat and his wife, a former Bollywood actress. At the age of 9, Jaina moved from India to Gotham, where she eventually became a rich socialite and dated Bruce Wayne briefly.


PEACEMAKER Season 2 Introduces Obscure Batman Villian White Rabbit into the DCU_1 DC Comics

It turned out, she had the power of Bio-Fission, meaning she could duplicate herself, reproducing “like a bunny.” Her White Rabbit persona actually became Caucasian and platinum blonde, which is fairly problematic, as that is her “sexy” persona. After causing problems for Batman a few times, she joined the Wonderland Gang, thanks to her Alice in Wonderland-inspired appearance. Eventually, the White Rabbit just recombined with Jaina. Nevertheless, she continued to make sporadic appearances here and there in the DC universe.


Bruce Wayne on a date with White Rabbit in her civilian identity of Jaina Hudson. DC Comics

In the comics, White Rabbit is almost always presented as a Batman villain, and not a superhero. Of course, most of the female Gotham baddies became heroes or antiheroes eventually, like Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy. So it’s not far-fetched to assume White Rabbit could go down the same career path. And one of her last appearances in the comics back in 2023 even hinted at that shift. No doubt, DC was hoping she’d became as popular as the other sexy “Gotham City Sirens.” But she never quite clicked in that way. In her most recent appearances, her costume is slightly less objectifying.


White Rabbit helps out Batman and Robin on a case. DC Comics

We’re pretty sure that the version of White Rabbit we see in Peacemaker is just supposed to be a one-time gag, and we’ll likely never see her again. After all, she didn’t even get to speak a single line of dialogue. But who knows? In this new DCU, anything is possible. James Gunn might want to bring her back for more than just a cameo later in the season. Some forgotten Batman villains got glow-ups thanks to their outside comics media popularity. We’re talking about former “loser” status villains like Kite-Man, or even Condiment King. Maybe Peacemaker will ensure the same fate for White Rabbit in the future.

Peacemaker season two drops new episodes every Thursday on HBO Max.

This article first appeared on Nerdist and was syndicated with permission.

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