Red Claw is a fictional character, an enemy of Batman, making her debut in Batman: The Animated Seriesand appearing in three episodes of the show. In her appearances, she is voiced by Kate Mulgrew.
The Cat and the Claw[]
The leader of the eponymous terrorist organization, Red Claw works with a real estate company, Multigon, to purchase a piece of land in order to plant a plague virus which she intends to use to hold Gotham Cityransom for one million dollars in gold bullion. In the process, she draws the ire of Selina Kyle, who was hoping to buy the land as a resort for wildcats. Red Claw has her men tail Selina and quickly deduces she is Catwoman. She later attacks a military train carrying the plague, resulting in her first confrontation with Batman; she escapes after threatening to unleash the plague there and then, though she would die as well.
While making preparations, Red Claw captures both Batman and Catwoman, who had come to stop her. She reveals to Batman that she never truly intended to unleash the plague on the city, and the plague vials hidden across the city are actually fake. She leaves the real plague to kill both Batman and Catwoman on the resort while evacuating the facility. Batman and Catwoman escape and destroy the facility along with the plague itself, exposing Red Claw's deception. She attacks and almost kills Catwoman, but is herself attacked and pinned down by a mountain lion.
Trivia[]
- Kate Mulgrew later lent her voice as the villainous June Rosewood in one episode of American Dad!
- Kate Mulgrew played two villains in the series Murder, She Wrote: the murderous flight passenter Sonny Greer and manipulative soap actress Joanna Rollins.
- Mulgrew also played the evil Alma Lane in the third season of Mr. Mercedes.
