Henry Ballard (Prime Earth)

Talon
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Henry Ballard
Main Alias	Talon
Affiliation	Court of Owls
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Assassin
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Grey
Hair	White
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Duane Swierczynski · Travel Foreman
First Appearance	Birds of Prey Vol 3 #9 (July, 2012)

My experiences in this city have taught me one true thing - nothing changes. Gotham's streets are the same. The blood flows in the gutters just the same. The crimes, the wicked acts, the atrocities ... all the same.

— Henry Ballard

Henry Ballard, the Talon of 1842, was a master assassin under the Court of Owls.

History

In a time when anarchy reigned, the Talon was the unfortunate answer to all the chaos. Killing at least 16 people during a major fight, Ballard swore the Court was the answer to Gotham's filth.

In modern time, Henry Ballard was resurrected as part of the Court of Owl's plot on the Night of the Owls. Ballard was sent after Poison Ivy. After attacking the Bird of Prey, Ballard was hunted by fellow members of Ivy's team Black Canary and Katana. Almost defeating the two, the women take refuge in a nearby church. While he is chasing them, Talon is run over by Starling in her car. Starling removes his mask to reveal the Ballard's white haired, grey face.

As Talon is about to kill the Birds, they are saved by a sneak attack from Batgirl. More running ensues and Ballard is finally stopped by his initial target, Poison Ivy, when she drags him into a meat packaging railroad cart.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Accelerated Healing
• Superhuman Strength
• Superhuman Reflexes

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)
• Swordsmanship

Weaknesses

• Electrum Dependency
  • Vulnerability to Cold: Cold temperatures counteract the Talon's Electrum healing ability.

Other Characteristics

• Mental Disorder: Ballard suffers from intense hallucinations, seeing people and objects as those from his original time of the 1800s.

Related

• 4 Appearances of Henry Ballard (Prime Earth)
• 1 Images featuring Henry Ballard (Prime Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Henry Ballard (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Henry Ballard (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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