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Character/DC

Talia al Ghul

from Batman

945 appearancesSince 1971

Talia al Ghul first appeared in Detective Comics #411 (1971-05), published by DC. 945 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Daughter of Ra's al Ghul and Melisande. Ex-wife of Batman (Bruce Wayne), and with him the mother of Damian Wayne. Half-sister of Nyssa Raatko and Dusan al Ghul. Talia al Ghul translates as "Daughter of the Demon".

Character history

Key issues

3 issues

Detective Comics
#411
first appearance · intro
1971-05-00
Villains United
#3
death
2005-09-00
Batman Incorporated
#2
origin retold
2012-08-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Batman
1940–2011
27 issues →
Detective Comics
2011–
16 issues →
Detective Comics
1937–2011
15 issues →

Birds of Prey cover

Birds of Prey

1999–2009

13 issues →

Batman cover

Batman

2016–2026

11 issues →

Batman and Robin cover

Batman and Robin

2011–2015

10 issues →

Batman Incorporated cover

Batman Incorporated

2012–2013

10 issues →

Batman: Death and the Maidens cover

Batman: Death and the Maidens

2003–2004

8 issues →

Robin cover

Robin

2021–2022

8 issues →

Nightwing cover

Nightwing

1996–2009

7 issues →

Future State: Gotham cover

Future State: Gotham

2021–2022

7 issues →

Azrael cover

Azrael

1995–1998

6 issues →

Batman and Robin cover

Batman and Robin

2012–2016

6 issues →

Batman and Robin cover

Batman and Robin

2013–2016

6 issues →

Bombshells: United cover

Bombshells: United

2017–2018

6 issues →

Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77 cover

Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77

2017–2017

6 issues →

Superman: The Man of Steel cover

Superman: The Man of Steel

1991–2003

5 issues →

Villains United cover

Villains United

2005–2005

5 issues →

Red Hood: The Lost Days cover

Red Hood: The Lost Days

2010–2011

5 issues →

Red Hood and the Outlaws cover

Red Hood and the Outlaws

2011–2015

5 issues →

Batman: Li'l Gotham cover

Batman: Li'l Gotham

2013–2014

5 issues →

Deathstroke Inc. cover

Deathstroke Inc.

2021–2023

5 issues →

Checkmate cover

Checkmate

2021–2021

5 issues →

Batman vs. Robin cover

Batman vs. Robin

2022–2023

5 issues →

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Batman: Detective Comics
2023–2025
5 issues →
Batman: Detective Comics
2024–2025
5 issues →
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - A League for Justice
2025–2026
5 issues →
The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul
1988–1988
4 issues →
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
1992–2007
4 issues →
Batman: Bane of the Demon
1998–1998
4 issues →
Gotham City Sirens
2009–2011
4 issues →
Batman and Robin
2009–2011
4 issues →
Red Hood and the Outlaws
2012–2016
4 issues →
Action Comics
1938–2011
3 issues →
Batman Annual
1961–2011
3 issues →
Superman
1987–2006
3 issues →
Robin
1993–2009
3 issues →
JLA
1997–2006
3 issues →
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
2000–2001
3 issues →
Breach
2005–2006
3 issues →
Azrael: Death's Dark Knight
2009–2009
3 issues →
Batman: Odyssey
2010–2011
3 issues →
Batman: Odyssey
2011–2012
3 issues →
Deathstroke
2016–2020
3 issues →
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective
2018–2023
3 issues →
Event Leviathan
2019–2020
3 issues →
Infinite Frontier
2021–2021
3 issues →
Harley Quinn
2021–
3 issues →
Batman: The Knight
2022–2022
3 issues →
Robin
2022–2023
3 issues →
Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Three
2023–2023
3 issues →
Batman and Robin
2023–2026
3 issues →
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age
2024–2025
3 issues →
The Best of DC
1979–1986
2 issues →
Detective Comics Annual
1988–2011
2 issues →
The Batman Adventures
1992–1995
2 issues →
The Batman and Robin Adventures
1995–1997
2 issues →
The Batman Chronicles
1995–2001
2 issues →
Elseworld's Finest
1997–1997
2 issues →
Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table
1998–1999
2 issues →