#13: Lady Clay
Backstory: Formerly known as Mandy Fuller, beautiful Hollywood leading lady, Mandy, along with costars Matt Hagen and Basil Karlo, was nearly killed by a freak electrical accident at a laboratory while researching a role for an upcoming film. The chemicals in the lab interacted with the actors similarly, each gaining a malleable clay-like substance for a body. Each wanted to strike back against the studios that had let them get hurt, becoming Clayface (Hagen), Claything (Karlo) and Lady Clay (Fuller). Fuller was by far the most murderous of the crew, and pretty soon became her own villain, battling Batman and Robin many times. Fuller was hesitant to accept Ra’s Al Ghul’s offer to join his group, but once she saw the potential in a Bat-less Gotham, she happily joined.
Behind the Scenes: Clayface is one of my absolute favorite Batman villains, and I wanted to represent him somehow early on. However, joining Ra’s cabal doesn’t seem to fit the MO of either Karlo or Hagen, but I still wanted them to be around. So, I repurposed the far lesser-known Fuller Lady Clay for the role, and bam, here she is! This is, of course, suggesting that the technic pin arms like the small one and Hagrid arm would have the standard arm connection, but that’s a small price to pay for disfigurement. Anyway, that’s the whole Cabal! Just one more member of the cabal; another heavy-hitter, with a mind to match.