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Katana is a sword-wielding Japanese super-hero with magical weaponry. Her blade is the Soultaker Sword, a relic that steals the essence of those it slays and stores them inside. It was taken in a duel with the man who killed her family, Takeo Yamashiro. Batman eventually recruited her to become a member of his black-ops team the Outsiders during a mission in Markovia. She has also been a member of the Birds of Prey. Katana was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo, first appearing in Batman and the Outsiders #1. (1983)

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Birds of Prey

Members	Barbara Gordon • Big Barda • Black Alice • Black Canary • Cassandra Cain • Catwoman • Condor • Gypsy • Hawk and Dove • Hawkgirl • Huntress • Infinity • Judomaster • Katana • Lady Blackhawk • Lady Shiva • Manhunter • Misfit • Poison Ivy • Power Girl • Starling • Strix • Vixen
Supporting	Batman • Batman Family • Blue Beetle • Creote • Honey • Jason Bard • Militia • Nightwing • Savant • Secret Six • Sin • Wildcat
Villains	Archer Braun • Blockbuster • Calculator • Cheshire • Choke • Cleaners • Craig Windrow • Deathstroke • Falseface • Flesh • Head • Hellhound • Infiltrator • Joe Gardner • Joker • Killer Shark • Lady Vic • Lady Spellbinder • Lynx • Mortis • Napalm • Penguin • Ra's al Ghul • Ravens • Spy Smasher • Talia al Ghul • Trevor Cahill • Visionary • White Canary • White Star
Locations	Aerie One • Gotham Clock Tower • Platinum Flats
Comics	Birds of Prey (Vol. 1) • Birds of Prey (Vol. 2) • Birds of Prey (Vol. 3) • Birds of Prey: Manhunt • One-Shots
Storylines	The Battle Within • Between Dark and Dawn • Blood and Circuits • Club Kids • The Cure • Dead of Winter • Death of Oracle • Endrun • The Hunt for Oracle • Metropolis or Dust • Of Like Minds • Old Friends, New Enemies • Perfect Pitch • Platinum Flats • Sensei and Student • Trouble in Mind • Your Kiss Might Kill
Creators	Chuck Dixon • Terry Moore • Gilbert Hernandez • Gail Simone • Tony Bedard • Sean McKeever • Duane Swierczynski • Gary Frank • Greg Land • Butch Guice • Rick Leonardi • Amanda Conner • Casey Jones • Ed Benes • Joe Bennett • Paulo Siqueira • Nicola Scott • Michael O'Hare • Claude St. Aubin • Jesus Saiz • Javier Pina

The Outsiders

Membership	Arsenal • Atomic Knight • Babylon • Batgirl • Batman • Black Lightning • Captain Boomerang, Jr. • Captain Marvel, Jr. • Catwoman • Creeper • Dervish • Doctor Light • Eradicator • Sebastian Faust • Francine Langstrom • Freight Train • Geo-Force • Grace Choi • Green Arrow • Halo • Huntress • Indigo • Jade • Katana • Lady Shiva • Looker • Martian Manhunter • Metamorpho • Nightwing • Owlman • ReMAC • Shift • Starfire • Technocrat • Terra • Thunder • Windfall • Wylde
Villains	Agent Orange • Bad Samaritan • Baron Bedlam • Brother Blood • Clayface • Cryonic Man • Dervish • Doctor Sivana • Duke of Oil • Edward Bentama • Fearsome Five • Felix Faust • Force of July • Fusion • Gorilla Grodd • Jihad • Joker • Kobra • Lady Eve • Masters of Disaster • Meltdown • Mister Freeze • New Olympians • Nuclear Family • People's Heroes • Prince Roderick • Sabbac • Saber • Sanction • SKULL • Strike Force Kobra • Suicide Squad
Storylines	CheckOut • The Chrysalis • Crisis Intervention • The Deep • Five of a Kind • The Good Fight • The Great Divide • The Hunt • The Insiders • Looking for Trouble • Outsiders No More • The Outsiders War • Pay as You Go • The Road to Hell • The Snare • Sum of All Evil • Tick Tock • Wanted
Comics	Adventures of the Outsiders • Batman and the Outsiders (Vol. 1) • Batman and the Outsiders (Vol. 2) • Outsiders (Vol. 1) • Outsiders (Vol. 2) • Outsiders (Vol. 3) • Outsiders (Vol. 4) • Outsiders: Five of a Kind
Miscellaneous	Publication History • Recommended Reading

Suicide Squad

Membership	Ace High • Aerie • Aladdin • Alchemaster • Ambush Bug • Arkham Knight • Atom • Atom Smasher • Azucar • Bane • Beast • Big Sir • Black Adam • Black Bison • Black Hand • Black Manta • Black Orchid • Black Siren • Black Spider • Blackguard • Blackstarr • Blockbuster • Bloodsport • Blowhard • Bolt • Booster Gold • Branch • Brick • Bronze Tiger • Bulldozer • Captain Boomerang • Captain Cold • Catalyst • Cavalier • Chaos Kitten • Chase • Cheetah • Chemo • Chimera • China White • Chronos • Clock King • Cluemaster • Copperhead • Count Vertigo • Coyote • Culebra • Cupid • Deadline • Deadly Six • Deadshot • Deathstroke • Defacer • Doctor Light • Doctor Polaris • Doctor Rodriguez • Double Down • Duchess • El Diablo • Electrocutioner • Eliza • Enchantress • Enforcer • Etrigan • Exit • Film Freak • Fin • Firefly • Firehawk • Fisherman • Flex • The General • Gentleman Ghost • Giganta • Gunbunny • Gunhawk • Gyp • Harley Quinn • Havana • Hawkman • Heat Wave • Hugh Evans • Icicle • Jeb Stuart • Javelin • Jess Bright • Jewelee • Joker's Daughter • Jog • John Diggle • Juniper • Kaliber • Karin Grace • Karma • Katana • Keymaster • KGBeast • Killer Croc • Killer Frost • Killer Shark • King Shark • Klarion • Knockout • Lady Liberty • Larvanaut • Lawless • Lawman • Lor-Zod • Madame Crow • Magpie • Major Disaster • Major Force • Major Victory • Man-Bat • Manchester Black • Manhunter • Marauder • Maser • Match • Merlyn • Metamorpheus • Mindboggler • Mindwarp • Mirror Master • Mister 104 • Mister Bloom • Mister Freeze • Mister Zsasz • Modem • Mongal • Mongul • Monsieur Mallah • Ms. Clay • Multi-Man • Multiplex • Nemesis • Nickels • Nightmare Nurse • Nightshade • Nocturna • Oracle • Osita • Outlaw • Parasite • Pathfinder • Peacemaker • Penguin • Persuader • Pigeon • Plasmus • Plastique • Poison Ivy • Polka Dot Man • Power Girl • Psi • Punch • Putty • Quartzite • Rag Doll • Ratcatcher 2 • Ravan • Reactron • Red Hood • Rick Flag • Riddler • Sam Makoa • Savant • Scream Queen • Sgt. Rock • Silver Banshee • Shade, the Changing Man • Shimmer • Shiv • Shrapnel • Shrike • Shark • Sidearm • Sidewinder • Silent Majority • Silver Banshee • Silver Swan • Sledge • Slipknot • Snarlgoyle • Solomon Grundy • Speedy • Sportsmaster • Stalnoivolk • Star-Spangled Kid • Steel • Sudden Death • Sundowner • Superboy • Talon • T.D.K. • Tattooed Man • Thinker • Thermal • Thylacine • Torque • Tuppence Terror • Twister • Virtuoso • Vixen • Voltaic • Warp • Weasel • White Dragon • Wildcat • Wild Dog • Windfall • Wink • Writer • Yasemin Soze • Zebra-Man
Supporting	Amanda Waller • Briscoe • Checkmate • Derek Tolliver • Emilia Harcourt • Father Craemer • Flo Crawley • General Brent • Jack Kale • John Economos • King Faraday • Lok • Mac McCoy • Marnie Herrs • Mary White • Mitch Sekofsky • Murph • Sarge Steel • Senator Cray • Simon LaGrieve • Vic Sage
Enemies	Agni • Antiphon • Badb • Basilisk • Birds of Prey • Brimstone • Creature of Ghost Lake • Digital Djinn • Djinn • Firestorm • Hyve • Ifrit • Incubus • Jaculi • Jihad • Kobra • Koschei the Deathless • L.O.A. • Mad Dog • Major Zastrow • Manticore • Master of the Dinosaurs • Mirage Master • Outsiders • People's Heroes • Piscator • Polyphemus • Red Orchid • Red Shadows • Red Wave Beast • Regulus • Rustam • Sculptor Sorcerer • Serpent in the Subway • Stalnoivolk • Superman • Teen Titans • Thinker • Tolteca • William Hell
Miscellaneous	Recommended Reading • Belle Reve • Flying Lab • Jotunheim • Sheba • Task Force X • Task Force Z
Comics	Suicide Squad (Vol. 1) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 2) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 3) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 4) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 5) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 6) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 7) • New Suicide Squad • Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot and Katana • Suicide Squad Most Wanted: El Diablo and Boomerang
Other Media	Batman: Assault on Arkham • Suicide Squad • Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay • The Suicide Squad
Creators	Robert Kanigher • Ross Andru • John Ostrander • Kim Yale • Luke McDonnell • Keith Giffen • Paco Medina • Javier Piña • Adam Glass • Federico Dallocchio • Sean Ryan • Jeremy Roberts

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