High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Court of Owls is a fictional organized crime group and secret society in Batman and other DC comics. They have secretly existed for over a century in Gotham City. The Court kidnaps child performers from the circus, to train and transform into their assassins known as Talons. It was created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. The Court of Owls first appeared in Batman #5 (January 2012).