The Body Doubles are fictional character

Fictional character

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s, DC Comics

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 villains created by Andy Lanning

Andy Lanning

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, Dan Abnett

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, and Jackson Guice

Jackson Guice

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. They first appeared in Resurrection Man #1. (March 1996) before appearing in their own eponym

Eponym

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ous mini-series

Limited series

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 with Joe Phillips

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 on art duties.

Fictional character biography

Bonny Hoffman and Carmen Leno are assassins who work for Requiem, Inc., an agency for hired killers. Bonny, daughter of a crime lord, wants to prove her worth to her father, while Carmen, a former adult film actress, hopes to become a legitimate actress. Both women meet and become assassins and use many types of hi-tech weapons, often concealed in, or disguised as, makeup accessories.

Bonny's uncle Nick hires the Body Doubles for their first job, which brings them into conflict with Resurrection Man

Resurrection Man (DC Comics)

The Resurrection Man is a fictional character, a superhero whose adventures were published by DC Comics from 1997 to 1999 in a serialized comic book of the same name, created by Andy Lanning, Dan Abnett and Jackson Guice...

. The two later work for a beauty-obsessed alien warrior named Mystress, who wants to use the energies of female superheroes to rejuvenate her appearance, and for whom the Body Doubles kidnap Argent

Argent (comics)

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, Power Girl

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 and Deep Blue. The two also try to kill Catwoman

Catwoman

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 during her campaign for mayor of New York City

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, but they were defeated.

They continue to work for Uncle Nick, murdering assigned victims while pursuing their dreams. The Body Doubles, as of Villains United

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#1, have joined the Secret Society of Super Villains

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, as well as having aided the Riddler

Riddler

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, Fisherman and several other villains in Gotham City

Gotham City

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 in Infinite Crisis

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#1. The group rampages, killing several police officers.

The Body Doubles are members of the new Injustice League

Injustice League

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, and as such are brought to the Planet Salvation

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, a distant planet filled with deadly technology used by Amanda Waller

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 as a permanent prison for metahuman and costumed villains, forcing them to behave or die. The Body Doubles use the wounded Hellhound

Hellhound (comics)

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, on the pretense of helping him, as a bait to let their group escape from alien beasts. They end up in the main group saved by Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor

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, with which they are returned to Earth.

The Body Doubles were seen among the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell free card from the Secret Six

Secret Six (comics)

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.

The Body Doubles will appear in the relaunced Resurrection Man series.

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