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Talia is a character in DC Comics, the daughter of the supervillain Ra's al Ghul. She does not appear to have an actual surname, but sometimes goes by "Talia Head" (derived from her father's name, which is Arabic for "The Head of the Demon").
Her usual role is as a recurring romantic interest for Batman; her father, the leader of a worldwide criminal empire, considers Batman the man most worthy to marry Talia and become his heir. Naturally, Batman is not interested in the criminal empire, but he has shown considerable interest in Talia.
She first appeared in Detective Comics #211 (May 1971).
In the graphic novel Son of the Demon, Ra's Al Ghul successfully enlisted Batman's aid in defeating a rogue assassin who had murdered Ra's Al Ghul's wife. During this story line, Batman married Talia and she became pregnant. Batman was nearly killed protecting Talia from an attack by the assassin's agents. In the end, Talia concluded that she could never keep Batman, as he would be defending her. She claimed to have miscarried and the marriage was dissolved.
The child was eventually born and left with an orphanage. The only identification provided was Talia's jewel encrusted necklace, which had once belonged to Talia's mother.
(This story is stated to no longer be in continuity, although two Elseworlds, Kingdom Come and Brotherhood of the Bat feature two alternate versions of the child as an adult, coming to terms with his dual heritage.)
Talia, disillusioned with her father and his plans, left him to run LexCorp for Lex Luthor when Luthor became President of the United States. Although she seemingly supported Luthor, she secretly worked to undermine him, anonymously leaking news of Luthor's underhanded dealings to Superman. When the time came of Luthor's inevitable downfall, she sold off all of LexCorp's assets to the Wayne Foundation.
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