History
Roxanne DeWinter was a photographer who dreamed of catching that one story that would get it out of Smithville, and hopefully take her to bigger and better things, in New York City. She planned to expose the Smithville Thunderbolt's true identity, and was highly possessive of the story. She followed the trail of New York City reporter Peter Parker to the home of Fred Hopkins and discovered his secret identity, as well as the existence of Ludlow Grimes, who was trying to kill the original Smithville Thunderbolt.[1]
Later, Hopkins tried to trick her into thinking he'd saved her life from a fake rock-slide, so she wouldn't print the story, but his duplicity was exposed. However, when Grimes showed up again and attacked, Hopkins did save her from falling to her death. Nonetheless, she exposed his identity in the newspaper the next day. When Parker chastised her for ruining Hopkins' life, she told him that he would be idolized by the town he had helped for so long. While she was right about this, Hopkins committed suicide anyway upon learning that he had been exposed. Roxanne stood there in shock for a few seconds, and then pulled out her camera and took some pictures of Hopkins' corpse, as part of her next story.[2]