Steven Mandragora was once the most frightening chief enforcer for crime boss Franco Bertinelli. One day, Mandagora grew tired of taking orders, so he turned on his boss and murdered him, together with his wife. Unknown to him, Franco's young daughter, Helena, watched the murder from the closet where her father had hidden her, forever scarring her. Mandragora then became a criminal kingpin himself. At some point, he married and had a son. Helena grew up to become the vengeful vigilante Huntress and joined the Justice League.