Origin

Talmadge was a judge who would disguise himself as a little old lady and called himself the Countess Belladonna. He would literally knit the name of the victims into his scarf. With the disguise of an old lady he was not seen as being a danger to anyone. He used this to kill young woman who would befriend him. He would then stab them in the neck with the very knitting needles he knit their name with. He once tried to kill Joan Mason but she was saved by the Blue Beetle and Dr. Franz.