Roxy Rocket

Roxy Rocket
Concept art for Roxy Rocket.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The Batman Adventures Annual #1
Created by	Paul Dini Bruce Timm
In-story information
Alter ego	Roxanne Sutton
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Penguin
Abilities	Skilled acrobat, mechanic, pilot, and stunt double Expertise in seduction and unarmed combat

Roxy Rocket (Roxanne Sutton) is a supervillain appearing in media published by DC Comics. She was created in 1994 for the DC Animated Universe comic series The Batman Adventures before appearing in the animated series The New Batman Adventures and Superman: The Animated Series. In 2006, the character was introduced to the main DC Universe.

Fictional character biography

DC Animated Universe

Roxy Rocket was created for the DC Animated Universe, voiced by Charity James.[1]

She is a former stunt double who was fired after her stunts became too dangerous for any company to insure her. Out of work, but still hungering for thrills, Roxy becomes a thief and works for the Penguin before Batman defeats her.

Roxy Rocket also makes minor appearances in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Knight Time" and the tie-in comics The Batman Adventures and Justice League Adventures.

Comics

Roxy Rocket is introduced to the main comic continuity in Detective Comics #822 (2006), written by Paul Dini. Following this, she appears in Batgirl and the non-canon series Batman Black and White, Li'l Gotham, and Batman: Curse of the White Knight.[2][3]

Analysis

Paul Dini has stated that Roxy is among the favorite characters he created: "She's a character Bruce Timm and I created for the first Batman Adventures Annual. We always liked her, so we created a television story for her. Sparks fly in that one".^[1]

Bruce Timm called the television episode "probably the most blatantly risque episode we've ever done".[4]

Powers and abilities

Roxy has no powers, but displays an exceptional skill in acrobatics and stunts due to her former employment as a stunt double. She is a skilled rocket operator and hand-to-hand combatant.

In other media

• Roxy Rocket appears in the Justice League Action episode "The Fatal Fare", voiced by Gillian Jacobs.[1] This version is the head of a space transportation company and rival of Space Cabbie.

• Roxy Rocket appears as a boss in Batman: Chaos in Gotham.
• Roxy Rocket appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[5]

See also

• List of Batman family enemies

References

1. ^ "Paul Dini on Roxy Rocket". Geocities. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2006.
2. ^ "Animating Batman, Part III - Everying Old Is New Again". Movie Poop Shoot: Comics 101. Archived from the original on January 11, 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2006.

1. "Roxy Rocket / Roxanne Sutton Voices (Batman)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 13, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
3. Batman: Black and White #1 (2013)
4. Dini, P. (2009). "Batman: Mad Love and other Stories"
5. Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

External links

• Roxy Rocket at DCAU Wiki
• Roxu Rockey at Comic Vine