Darla Aquista (New Earth)
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The daughter of a Gotham Mafia boss, Darla Aquista was killed in a gang war and resurrected to be Warklock's Daughter. While capable of great evil, she fights against this and currently is helping the Shadowpact.
Mobster's Daughter
Darla Aquista is the daughter of a Gotham Mafia boss, Henry Aquista, and disapproves of his criminal background. She first appeared as Tim Drake was trying to get out of school on his first day as a junior at Louis E. Grieve Memorial High School. Since her jock friends intimidate Tim's only friend at the school, Bernard, he walks up to them and offers for them to beat him up so that his friend can get a free chance to talk to her. Tim wins the kids over as friends, they go to get something to eat, and when Bernard takes his chance to talk to Darla, she shows interest in Tim.
The next time she appears, she is arguing with her father, Henry Aquista. She thinks that Tim is afraid to ask her out because of his involvement with the Gotham Mafia. Henry receives a telephone call from Johnny Warlock, asking him to unleash a crime wave in the city to draw out Robin.
Shortly after this, Tim's father forces him to stop being Robin. Meanwhile, someone known as the Scarab is scouring the city looking for Robin. As Spoiler is monitoring Tim in his new life at school, she sees Darla kissing him and gets angry, running away. Tim tells Darla that he is in a relationship with Stephanie, she gets angry, and walks away crying, thinking that he does not like her.
When the Batman storyline "War Games" starts, A rival gang attacks Darla's car and pulls her out of it. Tim saves her and sends her off towards a group of kids as he takes care of the remaining gang members. Once everyone is inside the school, a bullet from an unknown assailant hits Darla, killing her.
Warlock's Daughter
After her death, Henry takes Darla to Johnny Warlock, asking him to save Darla. Johnny does so, killing Henry and using his life energy to turn Darla into his own daughter, Warlock's Daughter. Initially, Darla is charged with killing Robin, however she doesn't know that Tim is Robin. Getting Superboy to pose as Robin, they trick Darla into 'killing' Robin and free her from Johnny Warlock. Their victory was short lived, as Johnny quickly determined Robin was not dead, though Robin was able to defeat him.
Darla helped Robin when Blüdhaven was besieged by OMAC's, and shortly after Infinite Crisis was trapped in the Dark Tower, with Johnny, by the Shadowpact. After a year, they free her and she works along side them, learning about the new rules of magic.
See Also
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- Appearances of Darla Aquista (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Darla Aquista (New Earth)
- Quotations by Darla Aquista (New Earth)
- Images featuring Darla Aquista (New Earth)
Links and References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlock's_Daughter
