Dr. Victoria October

A fascinating addition to the Batman corner of the DC Universe, Dr. Victoria October made her entrance in Detective Comics #959 in 2017, brought to life by the acclaimed team of James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez. She arrived in the thick of a Modern Age run that kept remarkable company — sharing pages with Batman, Bruce Wayne, and even the tragic, monstrous Clayface (Basil Karlo), alongside Stephanie Brown. Though her catalog footprint is compact at eight appearances, concentrated in Detective Comics, she represents exactly the kind of intriguing new voice that Tynion's celebrated run introduced to Gotham's world — characters with depth and specificity that linger in readers' minds long after the arc concludes.