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Query

Query

Diedre Vance, also known as Query, is one of the Riddler's henchwomen. She always with her partner Nina Damfino, also known as Echo. Query has blonde hair and often wears a police-like hat. She made her first appearance in Secrets Origins - Featuring Gotham city's vilest villains! #1 (1989).

Name:
Query
Publisher:
Real name:
Diedre Vance
Aliases:
  • Query
  • Diedre Vance
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Female
Powers:
  • Agility
  • Escape Artist
  • Gadgets
  • Marksmanship
  • Stamina
  • Stealth
  • Unarmed Combat
  • Weapon Master
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Origin

The Riddler's first encounter with Query and Echo, who were once biker-women.
The Riddler's first encounter with Query and Echo, who were once biker-women.

Diedre Vance and Nina Damfino first started out as two biker women who robbed small, convenience stores. They did that for awhile until that one night when their lives changed forever. As they attempted to rob another store, they bumped into a stranger who was unfortunate to be there and forced him to surrender the goods. As the biker chicks pointed their guns to his head, little did they realize they were interrogating the Riddler who too was breaking in to the same store and was at the start of his criminal career. Before this, The Riddler was actually looking for some thugs that he could hire to do his bidding (But failed miserably) and after seeing these two "kindred souls", he saw potentials with these girls and immediately hired them. He named them Query and Echo.

Skills and Abilities

Query has great combat skills and agile, much like Echo too

Continuation and Additional Info

Query has not appeared in any new Batman issues for a long time. Very little is known about Query due to her limited appearances. She and Echo did however made a short comeback in the DC Comics: Origins Card game created by Upper Deck Entertainment. Their card number is DOR-076.

Issues

October 1989

July 1995

August 1995

December 1995

January 1996

January 1997

February 1997

March 1997

August 1998

November 1998

October 2001

November 2001

April 2002

October 2003

November 2004

October 2006

August 2008

September 2017

January 2018

August 2018

Volumes

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1988

1989

1993

1995

1996

1998

1999

2000

2016

2017

2018

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