Paula Brooks

Paula Brooks is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. She is one of many characters to use the names Tigress and Huntress. Brooks first appeared in Sensation Comics #68 as the Huntress, seeking to add the superhero Wildcat to her collection of big game hunting trophies. Later, it is retroactively revealed that she was a heroine named the Tigress before becoming a criminal.

Fictional character biography

Pre-Crisis

As a member of the Injustice Society named the Huntress that resides on Earth-Two, she fights the Justice Society of America. During this period she meets the original Sportsmaster, whom she later marries.

Prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths, she battles Helena Wayne (who had become the new Huntress) and is defeated. During this time, an Earth-1 Huntress and Sportsmaster are revealed. They fight Batgirl and Robin in "Batman Family" and then challenge the Earth-1 superheroes to a baseball game between heroes and villains. When the heroes win, the Earth-1 Huntress and Sportsmaster reform and aren't seen again. After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Earth-1 pair cease to exist and the Golden Age versions become the dominant version in the new unified universe.

Paula Brooks (politician)

Paula Brooks (born August 14, 1953) is currently serving her third term on the Franklin County Board of Commissioners since re-elected in 2012 with 64% of the vote.

Early life, education and career

Brooks was raised on her family's farm in East Liverpool, Ohio as the oldest of five daughters. Her father was a Navy veteran and her mother was a nurse. Despite her family's humble financial situation, Brooks worked her way through Youngstown State University as a hairdresser, and subsequently attended Capital University Law School while working as an investigator at the office of Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown.

After earning her law degree, Brooks worked for the State of Ohio Governor Richard F. Celeste as Chief Counsel for the Ohio Department of Liquor, and later as the Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, managing a $3 billion budget, the state's largest department. Brooks then worked for several years in private practice with a focus on health care and employment law.