| Lani Gilbert achieved fame and wealth as a co-owner, with her brother Ward of Gotham City’s Gilcom, a multi-national computer hardware manufacturer. During that time, she was seduced by the ease of using computer’s to access other people’s systems and secrets. Eventually, Lani began using the information gleaned from these others to build a criminal career as an extortionist and blackmailer. |
| When Ward found out about his sister’s illegal affairs, he tried to stop Lani, only to find himself confronted by a costumed criminal called the Velvet Tiger, secretly Lani. |
