Query and Echo

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character_name=Query and Echo
real_name=Diedre Vance and Nina Damfino
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Detective Comics" #8 Annual (1995)
creators=Chuck Dixon
Kieron Dwyer
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partners=Riddler
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powers= Combat Skills
Guns and Weapons Handling|

Query and Echo are fictional characters featured in DC Comics, most commonly known as The Riddler's two henchwomen.

Query and Echo are well-trained with firearms and boast impressive combat skills. The costumes they wear are catsuit-like clothings with black net stockings and a big question mark logo over the chest. Their suits are either green, like that of the Riddler, or purple to contrast with it.

Fictional character history and origin

Diedre Vance (the blonde) and Nina Damfino (the brunette) started off as two biker women, dressed in sexy costumes and robbing convenience stores. One night, they stumbled upon The Riddler, who was also at a low point in his criminal career. He immediately hired them on the spot and named them Query and Echo.

Their first major robbery was at the Reservoir Street Cash Depository of Gotham City. It was a warehouse for money, built with a supposedly impregnable vault. The locks acted on timing devices and pressure gauges. Inside the vault was an airless vacuum and the other side of the vault was filled with water. It could not be opened until both sides of the door had equal pressure. After equalling the air pressure on one side with water pressure on the other, the gang escaped through the sewers with a "river of cash." Both of the girls managed to hold off Batman long enough for The Riddler to escape.

The Riddler's next crime was to "kidnap" valuable violins from a mogul who collected them. Query and Echo were to collect the money from the mogul, but it turned out to be a trap. It was Batman, disguised as the mogul, who swiftly defeated both girls. Batman tracked the Riddler to an opera house and arrested him as well.

DC Universe comics history

Very little is known about Query and Echo, since their appearance in comics and any other media is limited, but their skills in combat, weapons and crimes make them dangerous opponents.

A good source of their origin is the Detective Comics #8 Annual (1995). Another appearance was in Detective Comics #705-707. They assisted the Riddler's plan of releasing the Cluemaster from his prison cell and coerced him into following The Riddler's ingenious plans.

Query and Echo also made their appearance in the "DC Comics: Origins" Trading Card Game created by Upper Deck Entertainment. Their card number is DOR-076.

External links

* - DC Database Project