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Superman and Superboy Prime is very close to the correct comparison
Helen Bertinelli would never have existed without Helena Wayne
When Helen Bertinelli Huntress appeared her costume was the same as Helena Wayne, except the boots were not thigh high.
In New 52, Helena Wayne was heavily influenced by Bertinelli.
In the New 52 Huntress mini series
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Helena Wayne killed people
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She wore a costume which included a cross symbol
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The name on her passport was Helena Bertinelli
But she was NOT Helen Bertinelli
As is seen in page 1 of issue 1 of World Finest
The true comparison is
Green Lantern
Alan Scott vs Hal Jordan
The Golden Age Super Heroes had simple origins
Flash inhaled ‘hard water’ which as Mark Waid said in Secret Origins The Story of DC Comic documentary is ‘Ice’.
The Origin were often magic based
The Green Lantern Alan Scott found was based on the story of the magical Aladdin’s Lamp.
Hawkman was a reincarnated Egyptian Prince.
When these characters were revived in the Silver Age, their origins were more Science Fiction based and / or very different costumes
With Green Lantern, the Power Ring was of Alien Origin.
Hawkman was a police officer from Thanagar.
Similarly
Bronze Age Helena Bertinelli Huntress had a different origin story from Silver Age Helena Bertinelli
She had to.
Earth 2 no longer existed nor Earth 2 Bruce Wayne. She could not be his daughter. In issues 12 of Crisis on Multiple Earth, she ceased to exist.
Also this was the time of Watchmen and Dark Knight, with grim dark heroes.
Helena Bertinelli initial origin story was also.
It involved r a p e as a young child, plus the murder of her family. In her next origin, only murder.
In the murder of her family, she still echoed Batman, but she was a murdering vigilante, which Helena Wayne definitely was not. In her second series, she seemed almost psychotic.
Helana Bertinelli was toned down and she then could be part of Birds of Prey.
Would the original Helena Wayne been part of that team?
No, her personality was too similar to Batgirl and was actually proposed to creator Paul Levitz as an Earth 2 Batgirl
The New 52 Helena Wayne could have been in that Birds of Prey, except that was too tied to New 52 Power Girl
As I said above
After Death Metal
Helena Wayne is
The daughter of
Bruce Wayne and
Selina Kyle
In the Future
In Batman Catwoman Title
As Batwoman
Helena Bertinelli
Is the current Huntress
In the Batman Titles