During a crossover with the cast of Scooby-Doo, Catwoman poses as a ghost in order to con Harley and Ivy out of the Opal of Isis, a rare artifact. Their plan was to trick men into divulging information that might be used in future crimes. Selina then offered the idea that all three of them stay together to better survive in the new Gotham City. She attacks and subdues Kitrina, who tells Selina that she had unknowingly stolen a map that details the location of the new Black Mask's underground bunker. Now calling herself Sister Zero, Maggie attempts to kill Selina, but ultimately flees after being defeated by the Sirens. For this job, Selina infiltrates a Russian club by posing as the bartender. Similarly, her relationship with Batman changed to occasional flings rather than a romantic relationship and she was not know or care about his identity. She is not dressed in costume, but appears in the very dress she first wore in Batman #1 as the Cat. While still recuperating, she pulls off one more heist and exacts her revenge on Hush. Alongside the Dark Knight, this is one of Batman's oldest nicknames and is also a reference to his very nature and his outfit. The two drifted apart afterwards, with Sylvia blaming Selina for her negative experiences; she hated Selina for not inquiring about what had happened to her at the hands of her abusive first client. She regularly eludes capture by the Dark Knight and maintains a complicated relationship which frequently fluctuates between flirtatious to romantic. Though more circumstantial evidence is added to the theory of Selina's Falcone heritage, no definitive proof is provided. She may be involved in sadomasochism, as she first advises the Joker who has just murdered his latest loverthat "I've heard rumors on how you handle women and even I don't play it that rough". Catwoman appears in Gail Simone's "Sensei and Student" story-arc in Birds of Prey. After a year working for the mayor, Selina used her position to track her brother and learn what had happened to him. Julie Newmar. Abilities: [32] She later calls Batman to her house in order to turn the would-be thief over to the police, but discovers that Kitrina had managed to free herself and steal back the map. Following a disastrous burglary, however, she accepts an offer to "lie low" as a dominatrix employed by a pimp named Stan. In an early 1980s storyline, Selina and Bruce develop a relationship, in which the closing panel of the final story shows her referring to Batman as "Bruce". Selina is the older of two sisters (Maggie being the younger) born to Brian and Maria Kyle. During the events of Batman R.I.P., Selina and Bruce's romance lasts only for a night because Bruce must continue to pose as Jezebel's lover to bring down the Black Glove. In an attempt to harmonize the various versions, some writers have posited that Catwoman, early in her career, pretended to be a prostitute in order to scam lonely men and rob them. However, in The Brave and the Bold #197 (April 1983), she later admits that she made up the amnesia story because she wanted a way out of her past life of crime. Selina appears again as a criminal in Batman #84 and Detective Comics #211, her final appearance for many years (until 1966). However, characters associated with Catwoman's past as a prostitute have remained a part of her supporting cast. Ivy agrees under one condition: using home-grown drugs to weaken Selina's resistance, Ivy demands the identity of the true Batman. The Earth-Two/Golden Age Selina Kyle eventually dies in the late 1970s after being blackmailed by a criminal into going into action again as Catwoman (as shown in DC Super-Stars #17). [25] Selina flashes back three years to when Talia al Ghul requested her presence in Tibet. She plans to use this position to run for Mayor of New York City, but her hopes are dashed when the Trickster inadvertently connects her to her criminal alter ego. #BatCat #Catwoman #Batman Bruce is still Batman in all of these universes. [5] This action continues to haunt her throughout the "One Year Later" storyline, and it is suggested that this might have been the first time she had ever directly taken a life. and I think some of the bat family has done it to. While Selina falls into a stupor, Ivy says that she wants total honesty between all of them if they are to trust one another. A month after Helena is placed with a new family, Catwoman asks Zatanna to erase her memories of Helena and change her mind back to a criminal mentality. Selina returns home from her adventure to find that the mysterious movie aficionado the Film Freak has deduced her alias, teamed up with the Angle Man, and grabbed Helena. "She was agile . Posing as a criminal, Selina gains the Bana's trust and thwarts a terror attack aimed at causing mass casualties in Gotham City. However, she was discovered and thrown off City Hall's roof by an unknown party. In the Justice League story arc "Crisis of Conscience", Catwoman fights alongside Batman and the Justice League against the old Secret Society of Super Villains, of which she had once briefly been a member. In an early 80's story line Selina and Bruce had developed a relationship. She helps nurse him back to health and recovers their relationship. When accused of being a traitor by Luthor, she reveals the Martian Manhunter is posing as the Blockbuster, which would soon lead to the hero's death. Catwoman uses caltrops as an anti-personnel weapon and bolas to entangle opponents at a distance. so add surrogate crime fighting family and girlfriends/lovers to that list. Batman FamilyBatman (Husband)Justice League of AmericaOutsidersBirds of PreySecret Society of Super VillainsInjustice LeagueHelena Wayne (Daughter)Echo (Daughter)Bruce Wayne, Jr. (Son)Ryan Wayne (Son) Prior to the New 52 line-wide revision and relaunch of DC Comics superhero titles and characters, Selina had a relationship with Slam Bradley Jr., and she named him as the father of her daughter Helena. Believing she can no longer function as a criminal, Selina decided to become one of Batman's Outsiders. [40] Her revised origin in Catwoman (vol. Maria confesses that she had planned to transplant her brain into Gata's body, but she could not bring herself to do it because she loved her "daughter" too much. Batman receives word of her situation, and while he goes in search of Hush, he leaves Selina in the care of Doctor Mid-Nite, who is considered the superhero community's chief doctor. A month after Helena is placed with a new family, Catwoman asks Zatanna to erase her memories of Helena and change her mind back to a criminal mentality. Selina attempts to live a safe and somewhat normal life, and gives up her more dangerous ways of living as Catwoman. Cyber Cat); and a stint as a reluctant government operative. It was Juh"[72]. "[13] Catwoman was meant to be a love interest and to engage Batman in a chess game, with him trying to reform her. She is delivered anonymously to a Gotham hospital. Portions of Her Sister's Keeper and the Year One origin conceived by Frank Miller remain canonical to Catwomans origin, while other portions have been dropped over the years. Freeze is one of Batman's most iconic villains, but he hasn't been on the big screen since Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed him in Batman & Robin over 25 years ago . Selina got into a fight with a disguised Bruce after he grabbed Holly, who had stabbed him during a fight with Stan, but was knocked out. Poison Ivy. After returning to her role as Catwoman, Selina was arrested and sent to death row at Arkham Asylum for the murders of two hundred terrorist soldiers. A solo Catwoman film was released in 2004 in which she was portrayed by Halle Berry. HE was the one who got himself killed. The Joker attacks and paralyzes her, much like he does to Barbara Gordon in Batman: The Killing Joke. While trying to rob Carmine Falcone, she gets rescued by Batman but is irked of being thought of as his sidekick by the media. Catwoman's first Silver Age appearance was in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #70 (November 1966); afterwards, she continued to make appearances across the various Batman comics. Zatanna gives no reason for her actions, but in a flashback, it is shown that she had acted with the consent and aid of five of the seven JLA members who had helped her mindwipe Dr. Light and Batman. The Brave and the Bold #197 (April 1983) elaborates upon the Golden Age origin of Catwoman given in Batman #62, after Selina reveals that she never suffered from amnesia. She allies herself with Lex Luthor in an attempt to return to Earth, and mistakenly ends up on an alternate universe-Earth where Catwoman is a notorious villain. She was voiced by Zo Kravitz in the 2017 animated film the Lego Batman Movie, and in 2022, she portrayed the character in Matt Reeves' live-action film The Batman. Eventually, Selina takes on the Catwoman persona. Catwoman then appears in a series of back-up stories in Detective Comics #759762 (AugustNovember 2001). At the end, he breaks off their relationship when he suspects that it has been manipulated by the villain Hush. Kane's inspiration for Catwoman was drawn from multiple sources to include actresses Jean Harlow, Hedy Lamarr, and his cousin, Ruth Steele. She tells Selina that she was so happy about her relationship with Bruce that she ignored the other warnings in the cards. In her Post-Crisis appearances, Catwoman's favored weapon is a whip. Selina arrives in time to help her sister flee into the sewers. Batman #62 revealed that Catwoman (after a blow to the head jogged her memory) is an amnesiac flight attendant who had turned to crime after suffering a prior blow to the head during a plane crash she survived (although in the final issue of The Brave and the Bold, she admits that she made up the amnesia story because she wanted a way out of the past life of crime). Selina accompanies him on a mission to break into Doctor Sivana's armory, and later travels with him to Tokyo in order to recruit a Japanese representative for Batman Incorporated. This series met with critical and fan acclaim, especially for its first 25 issues. Batman co-creator Bob Kane was a great movie fan and his love for film provided the impetus for several Batman characters, among them, Catwoman. Convinced she must have been someone important if an attempt had been made on her life, she once again became a burglar operating and adopted the identity Catwoman. Later that year, during the "Officer Down" storyline in the Batman titles, Catwoman is initially the chief suspect. The concluding story features a closing panel in which she refers to Batman as "Bruce". The series also delves into her origin, revealing her beginnings as a young thief, her difficult period in juvenile incarceration, and her training with Ted "Wildcat" Grant.[5]. [40], Following the DC Rebirth continuity reboot, the two once again have a sexual encounter on a rooftop in Batman (vol. She is sent to the Thomas and Martha Wayne Home For the Boys and Girls of Gotham, and even after being placed in various foster homes, Selina would escape to return to the orphanage. Although later cleared, she displays increasingly erratic behavior throughout the story. In this universe, either Selina has reformed or was never a supervillain in the first place. In June 2016, the DC Rebirth event again relaunched DC Comics' entire line of superhero comic book titles with partial revisions of their characters' fictional histories. The Flash Could Use a Twisted Part of Flashpoint To Bring Back a Classic Batman Character. For other uses, see, Other articles and topics related to Catwoman, Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 260: "Selina Kyle finally stole the spotlight in her first ongoing series by writer Jo Duffy and artist Jim Balent. 3) #14 (2017). "[22] Selina is taken in by Mama Fortuna, the elderly leader of a gang of young thieves, and is taught how to steal. Selina's final appearance in the book is at Bruce Wayne's funeral, where she yells at Superman, telling him that she knows who killed Bruce. Later, she wore a dress with a hood that came with ears, and still later, a catsuit with attached boots and either a domino or glasses-mask. She is last seen going over her options, now realizing that she cannot murder her own sister, and therefore must personally exorcise the "cat demon" from within Selina's body. A twist occurs when Wildcat informs Selina that Holly has been arrested for the murder of Black Mask. After escaping several attempts with the help of Harley Quinn, she confides in Batman the meeting with the criminals and her plans to steal his fortune. An accomplished jewel thief and an occasional hero herself, Selina's murky moral compass has made her relationship with Batman complicated, to say the least. As Catwoman, she assists Batman against Lex Luthor in the reconstruction of the city. This storyline, known as "Her Sister's Keeper", explores Selina's early life as a dominatrix and the start of her career as Catwoman. [42] The teams eventually come into conflict in the publisher's "Trinity War" crossover. While contemplating her loss, and her unexplained physical weakness despite being fully recovered from her physical heart trauma, she rescues two bystanders from a new supervillain-wannabe who calls himself Boneblaster. In the second volume of the Batman: Earth One graphic novel series, Selena Kyle appears and helps Batman tending his wounds after chasing the Riddler, pretending to be a single mother who lives in the apartment building where he was injured. Catwoman was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, first appearing in Batman #1. After the introduction of DC Comics' multiverse in the 1960s, DC established that stories from the Golden Age star the Earth-Two Batman, a character from a parallel world. Batman Wiki is a FANDOM Comics Community. Later in the story, she boards a plane with Bruce Wayne to fly to Santa Prisca. Portrayed by: Holly Robinson uses the same costume Selina used prior to Infinite Crisis. [75] She is revealed to be the daughter of the villain Multiplex; she inherits her father's ability to self-duplicate, but can only create nine copies of herself, explaining her adoption of the Catwoman moniker. At the same time, this character was meant to be different from other Batman villains like the Joker in that she was never a killer or evil. Selina later reformed in the 1950s (after the events of Batman #69) and had married Bruce Wayne; soon afterward, she gave birth to the couple's only child, Helena Wayne (the Huntress). In 2011, The New 52 revised and relaunched DC Comics superhero titles, including revisions to the alternate-universe stories and characters of "Earth-Two"renamed "Earth-2". The 1989 Catwoman limited series (collected in trade paperback form as Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper) by writer Mindy Newell and artist J.J. Birch expanded on Miller's Year One origin. Setting out to learn as much about Batman and his enemies as she can, Gata becomes the new Catwoman. Annette Bening was originally cast in the role, but she had to drop out of filming due to her . Bill Finger (writer)Bob Kane (artist) Selina Kyle, commonly known as Catwoman, is a fictional character who appears in Tim Burton 's Batman film series and is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Black Mask learns Selina's identity through his earlier alliance with Selina's childhood friend Sylvia, who still harbors a grudge against Selina. 3 #2. Behind the scenes. Selina Kyle But compared to Poison Ivy, an environmental fundamentalist who believes in the . Catwoman's first appearance following the start of DC Rebirth is in Batman (vol. Selina kills Stan to save her sister, and gets away with it. Hunting for the monster that transformed her, Selina encounters Batman as he hunts for the remaining vampires, the two subsequently joining forces to eliminate the vampire horde. During this, they reconcile and finally determine when they actually first met (Batman believed it to be on a boat when they first met under their alter-egos; whilst Catwoman believed it to be in the streets as their true identities, reminiscent of their meeting in Batman: Year One). Her alcoholic father, Brian, is cold to Selina for resembling her mother, whom he resents for dying, and eventually drinks himself to death. Though she takes her role as a new mother quite seriously, Selina dons the costume for a run through the East End some days after Helena's birth. In the back-up storyline "Trail of the Catwoman", by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Darwyn Cooke, private detective Slam Bradley attempts to find out what really happened to Selina Kyle. Catwoman also appears in the Batman: Knightfall saga, where she is approached by Bane's henchmen while robbing a house. Batman investigates the murders of the terrorists that she has been charged with, and deduces that it was in fact Holly Robinson who committed the murders after the terrorists burned down the orphanage she and Selina were raised in. Still thinking that Selina adheres to a strict no-kill rule, Black Mask is caught by surprise when Selina shoots him in the head. Shortly after defeating Bane and at the behest of Claire Clover, Bruce proposes to Selina, convincing her to accept by recalling the War of Jokes and Riddles. (DC Comics) Mr. The story culminates with Selina's former pimp, Stan, abducting and beating her sister Maggie, who, in contrast to Selina, is a nun. Catwoman also appears in the Knightfall saga, where she is approached by Bane's henchmen while robbing a house. Halle Berry's Catwoman was a new take on the hero. Selina during her early days as Catwoman. The story sees Selina saving Bruce from Poison Ivy. (Kyle) aka catwoman does it all the time. Creation. After rescuing her daughter, Selina convinces Zatanna to mindwipe the Film Freak and the Angle Man in order to preserve her secret identity. Catwoman assumes a prominent role in the third volume of Batman. So there's a love-resentment thing with women. Catwoman's originand, to an extent, her characterwas revised in 1987 when writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli published Batman: Year One, a revision of Batman's origin. She sacrifices herself to save him from the Joker, who had become the leader of the remaining vampires after Dracula's death, taking a crossbow bolt to the heart that the Joker had fired at Batman. There, she recognizes a man who murdered a friend of hers, and she takes her revenge. She also took the opportunity to steal enough money to live on before going back to the streets. It's never mentioned again. However, the two have difficulty surviving on their own, and in desperation try to support themselves by working as prostitutes. Catwoman was ranked 11th on IGN's list of the "Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time",[7] and 51st on Wizard magazine's "100 Greatest Villains of All Time" list. Hush eavesdrops on the conversation, targeting both women as a way to hurt his enemy, Bruce Wayne. [33], Following a battle with Black Mask and his henchmen, which ends with neither woman being able to claim the bounty, Selina agrees to take on Kitrina as her new sidekick, Catgirl. Most of this is revealed in the former series, but is expanded upon in "Her Sister's Keeper". Catwoman, in her first appearance, wore no costume or disguise at all. Batman's grief and rage over her death causes him to finally lose control of his bloodlust as he drinks the Joker's blood. Years later, she was caught whilst attempting to burgle someone's residence. This nickname was quite popular during Batman's early days and although it is still used today, it is considered to be a historical nickname. In Batman #3 she wears a fur mask and again succeeds in escaping Batman.

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