Who in the World Am I? That's A Great Puzzle

 

This character is actually an antagonist of Batwoman, but since all these heroes are connected, Red Alice is also a Batman villain. Alice, or Red Alice, is very much like the Mad Hatter, in that not only does she use the Lewis Carroll theme (also like the Wonderland Gang) but she also speaks only in Alice in Wonderland quotes. Created in 2009 by Greg Rucka and JH Williams for Detective Comics #854, Alice is in fact Kate Kane's twin sister Beth. She also, despite the similarities, has no affiliation with the Mad Hatter, or the Tweedles. 

Being a Kane, both Beth and Kate are Colonel Jacob Kane's daughters, and Martha Kane's nieces. And Martha Kane is also known as Martha Kane Wayne, Bruce Wayne's mother. This makes Kate and Beth also (drumroll) Batman's cousins. In addition to Batman, the Flamebird/Bat-girl character Bette Kane is also a cousin, which means Jacob and Martha had another brother. 

This origin story has issues, just like every family character that is retconned. Apparently a terrorist organization called the Many Arms of Death attempted to kidnap both twins, but were successful in taking Beth only. A bystander's dead body at the scene makes Kate believe her twin was murdered during the botched kidnapping. Apparently that wasn't true, and instead of the terrorists A: ransoming the kidnapped daughter, B: killing her in captivity, or C: trying again to kidnap the second twin for a full set, they decided to send her to some villainous prep school called the Religion of Crime, run by Bruno Mannheim? 

Fastforward to the future, Mannheim dies, and the Religion of Crime decides Beth Kane, who loves Alice in Wonderland and dresses up in Victorian clothing, should be the new leader of their crime mob/cult. She comes back to Gotham, kidnaps her father, fights her sister, and dies, only to be resurrected by the Religion of Crime. 

Red Alice appears to be a lasting nemesis for Batwoman. Which is fitting, they are twins. They also mirror the Batman/Joker relationship. In fact the Joker comparisons are pretty close. Alice has a similar make-up style, not necessarily clown-like. She also is an expert chemist who has a thing for poison and hallucinogenics. She also seems to have a knack for sowing chaos with a psychotic impulsivity. Her stories, unlike the Joker, are very connected to the occult, magic, and demonology. Storylines featuring the Many Arms of Death connect Alice to Morgan leFay, Mister Bones, and Nocturna. This, in turn, allows Batwoman to pair up with characters like Ragman, and Etrigan. 

Aside from the super dumb, and unnecessary origin story, I like this character, and all the ideas and possibilities it brings to future storylines. But... a kidnapping gone wrong without follow-up? It would have been a much better story to have the Kane's know Beth was insane as a child and look for a place to put her. Arkham being for adults, they find a child psychology ward, but it turns out that it's a front for the Religion of Crime. There, I fixed it.