The Penguin : Take away that ravenous panther! Kane's inspiration for Catwoman was drawn from multiple sources to include actresses Jean Harlow, Hedy Lamarr, and his cousin, Ruth Steele. While they were fighting, Catwoman says that she saw good in them and only wanted to help them. Maggie is then shown in the depths of the Gotham City sewers clad in the bloodied nun robes, muttering about her plan to kill Catwoman in order to free Selina's soul. Setting out to learn as much about Batman and his enemies as she can, Gata becomes the new Catwoman. In Batman #3 she wears a fur mask and again succeeds in escaping Batman. Annette Bening was originally cast in the role, but she had to drop out of filming due to her . After being arrested by Commissioner Gordon, she escapes from prison. This storyline leads in to the newest Catwoman series in late 2001 (written by Brubaker initially with Cooke, later joined by artist Cameron Stewart). This impresses Selina, who mentions that she had tied up the child using an "inescapable" knot that Bruce had shown her years earlier. According to this storyline, Selina trains under the Armless Master of Gotham City, receiving education in martial arts and culture. 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. In the 1990s, she usually wore a mostly purple, skintight catsuit before switching to a black catsuit similar to Michelle Pfeiffer's costume in Batman Returns, except not haphazardly stitched together. This series, written by an assortment of writers, but primarily penciled by Jim Balent,[24] generally depicted the character as an international thief (and occasional bounty hunter) with an ambiguous moral code. 3) #2 (January 2018) centers on a romantic storyline between Batman and Catwoman, beginning with their initial meetings and acceptance of their shared mutual attraction towards one and another. In the all-digital graphic novel Batman: Digital Justice, which is set some time in the future long after the original Batman has died, Sheila Romero, also known as the hit pop music star Gata (the Spanish female noun for "cat") and daughter of the Mayor of Gotham City, is jealous of the new Batman, James Gordon, because media coverage of his activities have been cutting into her airtime. Black Mask, in an attempt to "improve himself", threatens the most important people in Selina's life, from Slam Bradley to Holly. Once Bruce Wayne returns from his time in the past, he establishes Batman Incorporated, a global team of Batmen. Selina is helped to her feet by her friends, who tell her that Maggie has fled the scene. During the events of Blackest Night, Selina is attacked by Black Mask after he has been reborn as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. 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) Selina kills Stan to save her sister, and is able to do so with impunity. Following the procedure, the Angle Man turns himself in to the authorities; the Film Freak, however, embarks upon a murderous rampage. Catwoman was first portrayed in the 1960s series by Julie Newmar in the first two seasons. I felt much warmer with dogs around mecats are as hard to understand as women are. She next appears in the KnightQuest saga. She was originally characterized as a supervillain and adversary of Batman, but has been featured in an eponymous series since the 1990s that portrays her as an antiheroine, often with a utilitarian moral philosophy. Meanwhile, Harley goes shopping. Catwoman also made a small cameo in Kingdom Come, mostly accompanying the Riddler; she is predominantly seen, but not much heard in the series. 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. During one of her heists, she is approached by the Kite Man to aide the Joker in a gang war against the Riddler, which she refuses. 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. Momoa's next appearance as Aquaman will be for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom , which is set to hit theaters on . As Catwoman, she assists Batman against Lex Luthor in the reconstruction of the city. Still thinking that Selina adheres to a strict no-kill rule, Black Mask is caught by surprise when Selina shoots him in the head. While Selina is still in a coma, she encounters Zatanna, who apologizes for not warning her about Hush. 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). Julie NewmarLee MeriwetherEartha KittMichelle PfeifferHalle BerryAdrienne Barbeau (Voice)Gina Gershon (Voice)Grey DeLisle (Voice)Anne HathawayZo Kravitz (Voice & Live Action)Camren BicondovaLili SimmonsLaura Bailey (Voice)Jennifer Carpenter (Voice)Jennifer Morrison (Voice)Naya Rivera (Voice)Anika Noni Rose (Voice)Elizabeth Gillies (Voice) Catwoman made her first debut in January 1940 in Batman #1. . While on the run, Maggie angrily tells Selina that she ruined both of their lives the day she decided to become Catwoman. However, when Ed Brubaker reintroduces her into the comic, he implies that Maggie may have directly entered an orphanage and promptly been adopted. [52] In the third volume of Batman, Selina and Bruce are in a romantic relationship, and flashbacks to the past reveal their history together. She reveals this in the Batcave after being hit on the head by a piece of rubble while saving Batman while he was chasing her. Ted Grant informs Selina that Holly has been arrested for the murder of Black Mask; Selina infiltrates the police station and frees Holly. For other uses, see Catwoman (Disambiguation). The story sees Selina saving Bruce from Poison Ivy. In Tim Burton 's Batman Returns, Michelle Pfeiffer played Catwoman opposite Michael Keaton's Batman. Catwoman has a long history in Gotham City as Batman's classic anti-heroine femme fatale, but The Batman avoided using her iconic moniker and simply referred to her as Selina Kyle. Afterwards, she is seen covering her bed with past versions of her Catwoman costume. Having understandably gained a few pounds, Selina finds that her costume is now a tighter fit. Bluebeard : Ahoy, Catwoman! 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. 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. 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. Following the procedure, Angle Man turns himself in to the authorities; Film Freak, however, embarks upon a murderous rampage. In the Catwoman: Year One story (Catwoman Annual #2, 1988), Selina (now an adult) achieved some success as a thief. . Selina eventually ran away, accompanied by her friend Sylvia. In the second and final sequel, Batman: Crimson Mist, the corrupted Batman reflects grimly that he can no longer understand Selina's noble sacrifice after his psyche has become increasingly corrupted by his surrender to his vampire side. Later that year, during the "Officer Down" storyline in the Batman titles, Catwoman is initially the chief suspect. Diablo's name wasn't revealed until Batman #355, by writer Gerry Conway and artists Don Newton and Alfredo Alcala, and later, Diablo was poisoned and went on to attack people in Crime Alley before dying in Catwoman's arms. 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. Holly Robinson takes over as the new Catwoman while Selina, living under the alias Irena Dubrovna, turns her attention to caring for her daughter (Selina's alias was inspired by the name of the main character in the 1942 film Cat People).[5]. 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.[27]. In an attempt to cover up her crime, the administrator puts Selina in a bag and drops her in a river to drown (like a cat). Catwoman's first appearance following the start of DC Rebirth is in Batman (vol. Selina then obtains an abandoned animal shelter as their new home from a man calling himself The Broker. Golden Age first appearance of "The Cat". After being dragged underneath the soil by the creature, Catwoman awakens bound and gagged on the floor of a dark room, and is quickly forced into an illusion by her unseen captors. During the Batman: Hush storyline, Batman and Catwoman briefly work together and have a romantic relationship, during which he reveals his true identity to her. 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. 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. Afterwards, However, after an encounter with the Joker and conversation with Holly, Selina comes to the conclusion that Batman is better lonely and leaves Bruce at the alter before the ceremony. Devastated by her sister's statement, Selina fails to realize they have both been heading for a trap. However, the two had difficulty surviving on their own, and in desperation tried to support themselves by working as child prostitutes. Poison Ivy. I felt that women were feline creatures and men were more like dogs. (Image credit: DC) Batman is known as the Caped Crusader, thanks to his fanatical one-man-war on crime. Just as Black Mask is about to gouge Maggie's eyes out and shove them down Selina's throat, Harley and Ivy arrive and defeat the Black Lantern by trapping him in the stomach of a man-eating plant. 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. 21 Apr 2023 14:42:32 After the DC Universe's history was rewritten by the Flash and Doctor Manhattan, Catwoman's past was changed. The series reveals Selina Kyle's origin through a series of flashbacks and letters exchanged between her and Bruce. 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. Brian Kyle, a drunken layabout angry at his wife for killing herself, disliked Selina for resembling her mother and eventually drank himself to death. 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. ", Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, minor, trivial or unrelated fictional references, "IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time", "This Just Happened: Catwoman: Petty Thief Turned Crime Boss? She reappears in the "City of Bane" storyline, reuniting with Bruce following his defeat against both Bane and his father Thomas Wayne from the Flashpoint reality. In the Catwoman: Year One story,[23] Selina, who is now an adult, achieves some success as a thief. She faces opposition from the power-hungry Creel family who run Villa Hermosa, specifically First Lady Raina Creel. It has been implied that Her Sister's Keeper was rendered non-canonical by the events of Zero Hour, and subsequent writers have rejected Miller's choice to make the post-Crisis Catwoman a prostitute. She regularly eludes capture by the Dark Knight and maintains a complicated relationship which frequently fluctuates between flirtatious to romantic. 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. 5) #1). Having gained a few pounds, Selina finds that her costume is now tighter. 4 / 8 Her role has often fluctuated between villainess and anti-hero, with several stints as a hero alongside Batman. But a 1940s reader could reasonably assume that Catwoman's name is Marguerite Tone. Still, the undeniable magnetism between Bat and Cat is one of Gotham's most reliable constants: wherever Catwoman goes, Batman is sure to follow, if only to take her down. However, she has learned her reformation was the result of a mindwipe by Zatanna, a procedure known to deeply affect and, in at least one case, physically incapacitate its victims. [41] It is later revealed that Catwoman was chosen specifically to take down Batman should the JLA ever need to defeat the original Justice League. Julie Newmar. Rather than be charged, Selina was instead inducted into a second chance program that helped those growing up in poverty. Catwoman uses caltrops as an anti-personnel weapon and bolas to entangle opponents at a distance. She winds up reforming and stays on the straight and narrow for several years, helping out Batman in Batman #65 and #69, until Selina decides to return to a life of crime in Detective Comics #203. So there's a love-resentment thing with women. In this universe, either Selina has reformed or was never a supervillain in the first place. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Catwoman first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Catwoman (Volume 4) #1 by Judd Winick and Guillem March. While dogs are faithful and friendly, cats are cool, detached, and unreliable. [25] Selina flashes back three years to when Talia al Ghul requested her presence in Tibet. After enlisting Batman's help in faking the death of both herself and her daughter, Selina puts Helena up for adoption. Anne Hathaway portrayed the character in the third installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. HE was the one who got himself killed. Thursday, March 3rd, 2022. Selina is sad that she might end up alone again. From 2014 to 2015, science fiction writer Genevieve Valentine took over the series and penned a 10-issue story arc focused on Selina Kyle's reign as a Gotham City crime boss. Thankfully, Bane is revealed to be responsible for Selina's misgivings, and Batman and Catwoman renew . Next, she is attacked by the Joker, who uses a mind control drug to convince her to send one of her prostitutes to use the same substance on a governor. [5] She quickly quits, however, and is replaced by Batgirl. In the meantime, Bruce enters the recovery room and, believing her unconscious, launches into a soliloquy. 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. Selina's connection to the Falcone family is further explored in the miniseries Catwoman: When in Rome. Creation. The Flash Could Use a Twisted Part of Flashpoint To Bring Back a Classic Batman Character. General Information Once her cover is blown, Selina dons her Catwoman outfit and fights her way out of the club. Portrayed by: 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. [21] Maggie's fate at this point in the timeline is not alluded to. The Batman uses Selina Kyle as a focal point in Gotham's story but shies away from using her iconic nickname Catwoman - and for a good reason. Modern writers have attributed her activities and costumed identity as a response to a history of abuse. Selina then offered the idea that all three of them stay together to better survive in the new Gotham City. A popular figure, Catwoman has been featured in most media adaptations related to Batman. Her Sister's Keeper explores Selina's early life as a prostitute and the start of her career as Catwoman. 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. [45] The two leave Gotham for Khadym to where Holly Robinson has fled to in order to clear Selina's name, ultimately facing Talia al Ghul. During one of their encounters, Selina and Eiko kiss, establishing their relationship as a romantic one. At the end, he breaks off their relationship when he suspects that it has been manipulated by the villain Hush. 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. Catwoman made her live-action debut in the 1966 Batman television series, portrayed by Julie Newmar; she was also portrayed by Lee Meriwether in the film adaptation and Eartha Kitt in the third season. Maria Kyle is a distant parent who preferred to spend her time with cats, and commits suicide when Selina is very young. Though the story adds more circumstantial evidence to the theory of Selina's Falcone heritage, establishing that the Falcones' second-born daughter was put up for adoption in America, it also supplies no definitive proof. In Salvation Run #2, Catwoman is sent to the Prison Planet. Abilities: Several stories in the 1970s featured Catwoman committing murder, something that neither the Earth-One nor Earth-Two versions of her would ever do. The first time is in a phone message to Bruce ("Selina. Zatanna confirms and admits her feelings, adding that she has since chosen to forget them, but extremely encourages Selina to open her heart to Bruce Wayne before Jet is able to "seal the deal". She talks with Bruce about Jezebel Jet, his current girlfriend, and then has a quick pep talk with Zatanna, whom she believes is also courting Bruce. Selina was able to escape (Catwoman v.1 #0) and return to the orphanage where she stole documents exposing the administrator's corruption and sent them to the authorities. She also had a brother called Aiden Mason, who she lost contact with after they were place into care. Knowing that the real Bruce is dead, and that the man with Harley is really Thomas Elliot (Hush), Selina takes Ivy to the restaurant where the picture was taken. When she is 13 years old, Selina discovers that the detention center's administrator has been embezzling funds, and she confronts her. 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. Selina enjoyed this experience so much she decided to become a professional costumed cat burglar, and thus began a career that would repeatedly lead to her encountering the Batman. When Catwoman appeared again, no mention whatsoever was ever made of the notion that she had apparently figured out who Batman actually is. The next day, the staff members of the mental institution are shown discussing Maggie's escape, also mentioning that a nun that works at the hospital had been found beaten and stripped of her uniform. Today, we look at when Batman and Catwoman first discovered each other's secret identities. Scratch out their eyes. [31], After stealing the contents of a safe belonging to the Falcone crime family, Selina returns home to find Kitrina, a teenaged escape artist and Carmine Falcone's long-lost daughter, breaking into her room. Batman asks Catwoman to infiltrate the violent tribe of Bana Amazons during The Amazons Attack! Selina's parents died when she was young, and she hardly remembers them. Catwoman - by Michael Giacchino | From The Batman SoundtrackAvailable now: https://lnk.to/TheBatmanIDListen to more from The Batman:https://www.youtube.com/p. To survive, Selina takes to the streets for a time before getting caught and sent first to an orphanage, then juvenile detention center,[20] "where Selina began to see how hard the world could really be". The series also fleshed out more of her origin, revealing her beginnings as a young thief, her difficult period in juvenile incarceration, and the training she received from superhero Ted (Wildcat) Grant. Two 1990s prose books feature Catwoman: The Further Adventures of Batman: Volume 3 featuring Catwoman,[59] a short story anthology with stories written by various authors, and Catwoman: Tiger Hunt, a novel. Often, especially in the TV series, she uses sleeping gas or knockout darts to subdue victims. 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). Catwoman was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, first appearing in Batman #1. Julie Newmar was already well versed in unusual roles when she took on the mantle of Catwoman alongside Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman '66, having played a humanoid robot on the . Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (out of costume) develop a relationship during Batman: The Long Halloween. so add surrogate crime fighting family and girlfriends/lovers to that list. Halle Berry starred in a stand-alone Catwoman film in 2004, though the film features a title character bearing little resemblance to the comic book character. [4] Since 1993, Catwoman has had her own ongoing series, Catwoman. 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). She then helps him retake Gotham from Bane and the Flashpoint Batman, helping Bruce defeat the former in their duel. 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. [42] The teams eventually come into conflict in the publisher's "Trinity War" crossover. After being arrested by Commissioner Gordon, she escapes from prison. He ends by telling Selina that he will always love her, when she opens her eyes and reveals to him that she was awake all the time and heard his confession. Selina Kyle Realizing that she could use the map to capture Black Mask and claim the 50 million dollar bounty on his head, Selina leaves Kitrina bound in a locked room so that she can keep the map for herself. Since this name was just a gimmick for a single story, we're going to downplay it in this article. In Hush, Batman reveals his true identity to Catwoman. Harley's phone is next to it. [40], Following the DC Rebirth continuity reboot, the two once again have a sexual encounter on a rooftop in Batman (vol. Selina Kyle is often portrayed as a thief and cat burglar with divided loyalties. Bane tried to learn Catwoman's identity, but she had hidden her birth name "Selina Kyle" behind dozens of aliases. Eventually, Selina takes on the Catwoman persona. [49][50] However, both Bruce and Selina then defeat Thomas utilizing both Scarface and the Psycho-Pirate.[51]. The new costume is black with openings under her arms and shoulders for mobility along with reinforcement in the middle. In Howard Chaykin's Dark Allegiances, Selina Kyle becomes a film star under the stage name of Kitty Grimalkin. 4) #1 (Nov. 2011), and the same issue implies that the two have an ongoing sexual relationship. In this story, Holly Robinson is introduced as Selina's roommate, a young runaway and prostitute Kyle has taken in. The following henchmen are the only ones that were named. Afterward, she is seen covering her bed with past versions of her Catwoman costume. When the new Batman takes back control of Gotham City, Catwoman remains despondent at the loss of Bruce Wayne. Catwoman then appears in a series of backup stories in Detective Comics #759 - #762. This version of Catwoman was later assigned to the alternate world of Earth-B, an alternate Earth that included stories that could not be considered canonical on Earth-One or Earth-Two.[17][18][19]. As the story progresses, Selina decides to leave prostitution and takes Holly with her. [26] Now calling herself Sister Zero, Maggie attempts to kill Selina, but ultimately flees after being defeated by the Sirens. [40] Her revised origin in Catwoman (vol. This series, written by an assortment of writers but primarily penciled by Jim Balent, generally depicted the character as an international thief (and occasional bounty hunter) with an ambiguous moral code. In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Selina Kyle becomes the Oracle, having been apparently paralyzed under unspecified circumstances.[77]. As Catwoman, she assists Batman against Lex Luthor in the reconstruction of the city. [48] They subsequently go back to Gotham and defeat all of Batman's enemies who had sided with Bane before taking on and defeating Bane himself, at which point the two are taken by Thomas who, in an attempt to finally break Bruce's spirit, shows him the corpse of the recently murdered Alfred. In this series, Selina Kyle, joined by new supporting cast members Holly and Slam Bradley (a character from the early Golden Age DC Comics), becomes protector of the residents of Gothams East End, while still carrying out an ambitious career as a cat burglar. Catwoman is a cat-themed criminal from Gotham City and one of Batman 's most-well known enemies. Zatanna refuses, judging that such an act would be cruel to both mother and daughter. In the Earth-Two continuity, Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne are married, and their daughter, Helena Wayne, is that universe's Robin. Every relationship has its obstacles. [79], In 2021, DC announced that it would be releasing a comic book continuation of Tim Burton's first two Batman films, Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), Batman '89, written by Sam Hamm, and illustrated by Joe Quinones. She has also been voiced by Adrienne Barbeau, Gina Gershon, Nika Futterman, Grey DeLisle, Laura Bailey, Jennifer Carpenter, Jennifer Morrison, Naya Rivera, Anika Noni Rose and Elizabeth Gillies in both Batman and DC Comics-related media. Batman is determined to prove her innocence, and makes a deal with Amanda Waller to get her off death row in exchange for her help on a mission to Santa Prisca. From 2002's Hush storyline, Catwoman has often been depicted as an anti-hero and one of Batman's closest allies. Helena later came to her father's aid and found that soldiers from another world killed Catwoman as Batman mourns her death. 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. 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. Damian is truly his father's son! This impresses Selina, who mentions that she had tied up the child using an "inescapable" knot that Bruce had shown her years earlier. At some point in the future, her childhood orphanage is bombed by a terrorist group called the Dogs of War. She is shocked to see a Harlequin doll at the table, its head stabbed through with a knife. Selina enjoyed this experience so much she decided to become a professional costumed cat burglar, and thus began a career that repeatedly led to her encountering Batman. When the two meet at an opera many years later, during the events of the 12-issue story arc called Batman: Hush, Bruce comments that the two no longer have a relationship as Bruce and Selina. Freeze. Fortuna treats her students like slaves, keeping their earnings for herself. The villain had also previously tortured Selina's sister Maggie by drilling out her husband's eyeballs and feeding them to Maggie, which drove her insane.
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