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Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, is a jewel thief from Gotham City and one of Batman'due south most-well known enemies. Currently portrayed equally an orphan who learned to survive on Gotham'southward streets, Selina took to thievery to survive... but determined to do information technology in manner, she learned martial arts and trained extensively to perfect her skills in cat burglary. Her criminal activities are ofttimes tempered by a reluctant altruism, making her an inconstant villain and occasional ally to Batman. She regularly eludes capture by the Dark Knight and maintains a complicated human relationship which ofttimes fluctuates between flirtatious to romantic. Since 2002's Hush storyline, Catwoman has often been depicted as an anti-hero and one of Batman's closest allies. She is frequently considered his master honey-involvement.

Contents

• 1 History
  • i.1 Origin
• 2 Biography
  • 2.i Golden and Argent Age versions
  • 2.two Post-Crunch Version
    • 2.2.1 Tangled origins
    • ii.two.2 Catwoman, the series
    • 2.2.3 Mindwiping Revelations
  • ii.iii One Year Afterward
    • 2.3.1 Gotham City Sirens
    • two.3.2 Blackest Night
    • 2.3.3 The Return of Bruce Wayne
  • 2.iv Post-Flashpoint
  • 2.5 Rebirth
• iii Powers and Abilities
• 4 Henchmen
• 5 Gallery
• 6 In Other Media
  • 6.1 Moving-picture show
    • 6.1.ane Batman Returns
    • half-dozen.1.ii Catwoman
    • 6.1.3 The Night Knight Rises
    • 6.1.4 The Lego Batman Motion picture
    • 6.1.5 The Batman
  • 6.2 Television
    • 6.2.1 Live-action series
    • 6.ii.2 1977 Filmation seris
    • 6.2.iii Batman: The Animated Serial
    • 6.2.4 Birds of Prey
    • 6.2.5 The Batman
    • 6.2.6 Batman: The Brave and the Bold
    • 6.ii.7 Gotham
  • six.3 Video games
    • 6.3.1 Catwoman (Game Boy Color)
    • 6.three.2 LEGO DC Games
    • half-dozen.three.3 Batman: Arkham series
    • 6.iii.4 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
    • 6.iii.5 DC Universe Online
    • half dozen.three.half dozen Injustice: Gods Among Us
    • half-dozen.iii.7 Batman: The Telltale Serial
• 7 References

History

Selina Kyle as Catwoman

Origin

The original and most widely known Catwoman, Selina Kyle, first appeared in Batman #one (Spring 1940) in which she was known as The True cat. As an adversary of Batman, she was a whip-carrying burglar with a taste for high pale thefts. Modern writers have attributed her activities and costumed identity as a response to a history of abuse.

Since the 1990s, Catwoman has been featured in an eponymous series that bandage her as an anti-heroine rather than a supervillainess. The grapheme has been 1 of Batman'southward about enduring love interests.

A popular figure, Catwoman has been featured in most media adaptations related to Batman. Actresses Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt introduced her to a large audience on the 1960s Batman goggle box series. Michelle Pfeiffer portrayed the character in 1992's popular pic Batman Returns. Halle Berry starred in a stand up-alone Catwoman film in 2004, though the film features a title grapheme bearing little resemblance to the comic book grapheme. Anne Hathaway portrayed the character in the tertiary installment of Christopher Nolan'southward Batman trilogy, The Nighttime Knight Rises. Catwoman is #51 on Wizard mag's "100 Greatest Villains of All Fourth dimension" listing, #11 on IGN's "Acme 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time" list, and #20 on IGN's "Meridian 100 Comic Book Heroes".

Biography

There take been many versions of Catwoman's origins and back story seen in the comic books over the decades.

Golden and Silver Historic period versions

Golden Age first appearance of "The Cat".

Batman #62 revealed that Catwoman (subsequently a blow to the head jogged her retention) is an amnesiac flying attendant who had turned to crime after suffering a prior blow to the caput during a airplane crash she survived (although in the terminal consequence of The Brave and the Bold, she admits that she fabricated up the amnesia story because she wanted a way out of the past life of crime). 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 render to a life of crime in Detective Comics #203. Selina appears again as a criminal in Batman #84 and Detective Comics #211, her final appearance for many years (until 1966).

In the 1970s comics, a serial of stories taking place on Globe-2 (the parallel Earth that was retroactively declared equally the home of DC'southward Golden Historic period characters) reveal that on that world, Selina reformed in the 1950s (later the events of Batman #69) and had married Bruce Wayne; soon afterwards, she gave birth to the couple's just child, Helena Wayne (the Huntress). In The Brave and the Bold #197, the Golden Historic period origin of Catwoman given in Batman #62 is elaborated on, after Selina revealed that she never actually had amnesia. Information technology was revealed that Selina Kyle had been the married woman of an calumniating man, and somewhen decided to leave her husband. Nevertheless, her husband had kept her jewelry in his individual vault, and she had to break into it to retrieve the jewelry. Selina enjoyed this experience so much she decided to get a professional costumed cat burglar, and thus began a career that would repeatedly lead to her encountering the Batman.

Selina during her early days as Catwoman.

The Globe-Two/Golden Historic period Selina Kyle eventually dies in the belatedly 1970s subsequently being blackmailed by a criminal into going into action once more equally Catwoman (as shown in DC Super-Stars #17).

Catwoman's first Silver Age advent was in Superman'southward Girlfriend Lois Lane #seventy (November 1966); afterwards, she continued to make appearances across the various Batman comics.

Several stories in the 1970s featured Catwoman committing murder, something that neither the Earth-One nor Globe-2 versions of her would ever practise; this version of Catwoman was assigned to the alternating earth of Earth-B, an alternate World that included stories that couldn't exist considered canonical on World-1 or Earth-Two.

Post-Crisis Version

Catwoman and Batman

Tangled origins

A revision in Catwoman's origin, and the introduction of the modern version of the character, came in 1986 when writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli published Batman: Yr One, a revision of Batman's origin. In the course of the story, the origin of Catwoman was besides re-envisioned. Selina Kyle is reintroduced as a cat-loving prostitute/dominatrix who is inspired to become a costumed true cat infiltrator when she sees Batman in activity. In this story, Holly Robinson is introduced equally Selina's roommate, a young runaway and prostitute Kyle has taken in.

The 1989 Catwoman limited series (collected in trade paperback form as Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper) by author Mindy Newell and creative person J.J. Birch expanded on Miller's Year One origin. Her Sis's Keeper explores Selina's early life as a prostitute and the start of her career as Catwoman. This is a dark and tragic period which culminates with Selina'south former pimp Stan abducting and violently abusing her sister Maggie. Selina kills Stan to save her sister, and is able to practice so with impunity.

Catwoman likewise appears in the Knightfall saga, where she is approached by Blight's henchmen while robbing a firm. Bane asks her to work for him, but she refuses, giving as her reason that Bane broke Batman. Later in the story, she boards a aeroplane with Bruce Wayne to fly to Santa Prisca. She next appears in the KnightQuest saga.

Batman: Dark Victory, the sequel to The Long Halloween, implies that Catwoman suspects she is the long-lost illegitimate daughter of Carmine Falcone, although she finds no definitive proof of this. Selina'south connection to the Falcone family unit is further explored in the miniseries Catwoman: When in Rome. Though more coexisting evidence is added to the theory of Selina's Falcone heritage, no definitive proof is provided.

Portions of Her Sis'due south Keeper and the Yr 1 origin conceived past Frank Miller remain approved to Catwoman's origin, while other portions have been dropped over the years. It has been implied that Her Sister'due south Keeper was rendered non-canonical by the events of Zero Hour, and subsequent writers take rejected Miller'south choice to make the mail service-Crisis Catwoman a prostitute. In an attempt to harmonize the diverse versions, some writers accept posited that Catwoman, early on in her career, pretended to exist a prostitute in club to scam lonely men and rob them. However, characters associated with Catwoman's by equally a prostitute have remained a part of her supporting bandage. Holly, from Batman: Yr One, and her sis Maggie (from Her Sister's Keeper) take appeared regularly in the Catwoman serial.

Selina is the older of 2 sisters (Maggie being the younger) born to Brian and Maria Kyle. Catwoman v.1 #0, which provides details virtually Selina's childhood, neglects Maggie'due south existence. Maria Kyle was a distant parent who preferred to spend her time with cats, and committed suicide when Selina was very immature. Brian Kyle, a drunken layabout aroused at his wife for killing herself, disliked Selina for resembling her mother and somewhen drank himself to death.

Selina took to the streets for a fourth dimension before being caught and sent first to an orphanage, and so Juvenile Hall (Catwoman v.ane #0), "where Selina began to run into how hard the earth could really be" (Catwoman Secret Files and Origins). Maggie's fate at this point in the fourth dimension-line is not alluded to. However, when Ed Brubaker re-introduced her into the comic, he implied that Maggie may take direct entered an orphanage and promptly been adopted.

When she was thirteen, Selina discovered that the Hall'southward administrator was embezzling funds and confronted her. In an attempt to embrace up the illegal activities, the administrator put Selina in a bag and dropped her in a river to drown (similar a cat). Selina was able to escape (Catwoman v.one #0) and return to the orphanage where she stole documents exposing the administrator'southward abuse and sent them to the regime. She as well took the opportunity to steal enough money to alive on before going back to the streets.

Ms.Kyle

When the coin she stole from the corrupt orphanage administrator ran out, Selina establish herself in "Alleytown - a network of cobblestone streets that form a small borough between the E End and Former Gotham" (Catwoman v.2 #12). Selina was taken in past "Mama Fortuna", the elderly leader of a gang of young thieves, and was taught how to steal. Fortuna treated her students similar slaves, keeping their earnings for herself. Selina eventually ran away, accompanied by her friend Sylvia. All the same, the two had difficulty surviving on their ain, and in desperation tried to support themselves by working as child prostitutes. Sylvia attracted at least 1 client; Selina apparently never did. The two drifted autonomously 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.

In the Catwoman: Year 1 story (Catwoman Annual #ii, 1988), Selina (now an adult) accomplished some success as a thief. Following a disastrous burglary, all the same, she accepted an offer to "lay low" by posing as a dominatrix in the apply of a pimp named Stan. Their plan was to trick men into divulging data that might be used in time to come crimes. According to this storyline, Selina trained under the Armless Principal of Gotham, receiving education in martial arts and culture. During this time, Catwoman was given her trademark true cat-o-nine tails whip by a customer, which Selina kept equally a trophy of her time posing as a hooker.

Catwoman, the series

In 1993, following the success of Batman Returns and Selina Kyle's prominent role in that flick, Catwoman was given her outset ongoing comic book series. This series, written by an assortment of writers just primarily penciled by Jim Balent, generally depicted the character as an international thief (and occasional bounty hunter) with an ambiguous moral code.

Storylines included her adoption of teenage delinquent, and erstwhile sidekick, Arizona; aiding the criminal Bane whom she later on betrayed to Azrael; fighting and being hunted Christina Chiles (a.k.a. Cyber True cat); and a stint as a reluctant regime operative. The series too fleshed out more of her origin, revealing her beginnings as a young thief, her difficult menstruation in juvenile incarceration, and the training she received from superhero Ted (Wildcat) Grant.

Moving to New York, Selina becomes corporate vice president so CEO of Randolf Industries, a mafia-influenced visitor, through bribery. Her plans to apply this position to run for mayor are ruined when the Trickster inadvertently connected Kyle to her Catwoman alter ego.

Selina then returns to Gotham Urban center, which at this fourth dimension is in the midst of the No Human being's Land storyline. As Catwoman, she assists Batman against Lex Luthor in the reconstruction of the city. After existence arrested by Commissioner Gordon, she escapes from prison. Later that twelvemonth during the Officeholder Down storyline in the Batman titles, Catwoman is initially the chief suspect. Although subsequently cleared, she displays increasingly erratic behavior throughout the story. Soon later she disappears and is believed to have been killed by the assassin Deathstroke, ending her series at #94.

Socialite Selina Kyle

Catwoman then appears in a series of backup stories in Detective Comics #759 - #762. In a fill-in storyline Trail of the Catwoman, by writer Ed Brubaker and creative person Darwyn Cooke, private detective Slam Bradley attempts to find out what actually happened to Selina Kyle. This storyline leads in to the newest Catwoman series in late 2001 (written past Brubaker initially with Cooke, later joined by creative person Cameron Stewart). In this series, Selina Kyle, joined by new supporting cast members Holly and Slam Bradley (a graphic symbol from the early Gold Age DC Comics), becomes protector of the residents of Gotham'south Due east End, while still carrying out an ambitious career as a cat burglar. This series met with critical and fan acclamation, especially for its starting time 25 issues.

During the Hush storyline (Batman #608-#619), Batman and Catwoman briefly work together and had a romantic relationship, during which he reveals his truthful identity to her. At the end, he breaks off their relationship when he suspects information technology has been manipulated by the villain Hush. This was the second fourth dimension that Batman'due south truthful identity was shown to exist known to her. In an early fourscore's story line Selina and Bruce had developed a relationship. The final story featured a endmost panel in which she refers to Batman every bit "Bruce." A change in editorial squad at that betoken, even so, brought a swift finish to that story line and, apparently, all that transpired during the arc. When Catwoman appeared again, no mention whatsoever was ever made of the notion that she had plain figured out who Batman actually is.

In the JLA story arc Crisis of Conscience, Catwoman fights alongside Batman and the League against the quondam Secret Society, of which she had once briefly been a member.

Catwoman appears in Gail Simone's "Sensei and Student" story-arc in Birds of Casualty. She is part of a group sent to rescue a U.S. senator from the Eurasian assassin Cheshire; during the mission, she saves Lady Shiva, who was jump and gagged in the trunk of a car wired with explosives by Chesire.

Mindwiping Revelations

Catwoman appears to be completely reformed, and her dear for Batman true (although brash and unpredictable). Withal, she has learned her reformation was the event of a mindwipe by Zatanna, a process known to deeply affect and, in at least one case, physically incapacitate its victims. Zatanna gives no reason for her actions, simply 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. Calorie-free and Batman. Catwoman's response to this revelation is unequivocal: she pitched Zatanna out a window (Zatanna survives the fall). Afterward, she is seen roofing her bed with by versions of her Catwoman costume.

Still unbalanced and uncertain of herself in outcome #52 (the last result before the jump to One Year Subsequently), Selina is forced to decide whether to kill a supervillain. The Black Mask, in an attempt to "ameliorate himself," threatens the most important people in Selina'south life, from Slam Bradley to Holly. The criminal had learned Selina's identity through his earlier alliance with Selina's babyhood friend Sylvia, who nevertheless harbored a grudge against Selina. Still thinking that Selina adheres to a strict no-kill rule, Black Mask is caught by surprise when Selina shoots him in the head.

Catwoman often pictures a possible spousal relationship between Batman and herself, such as in this scene (Nightwing #52), shown in 1 of Catwoman's romantic daydreams. However, a normal life with Batman is out of the question as long as he is fighting offense. Their relationship is also strained by the fact that they sometimes find themselves on opposite sides of the law.

1 Year Later

Following the events of Infinite Crunch, the DC Universe jumps forward in time. "One Yr Afterwards" Selina Kyle is no longer Catwoman, has left the Eastward End, and has given nascence to a daughter named Helena (whose father is initially unknown). Holly Robinson takes over as the new Catwoman while Selina, living nether the allonym Irena Dubrovna, turns her attention to caring for her girl (Selina'due south alias was inspired past the name of the main character in the 1942 film True cat People).

Though she takes her role as a new female parent quite seriously, Selina dons the costume for a run through the Eastward Cease some days after Helena's birth. Having understandably gained a few pounds, Selina finds that her costume is now a tighter fit. In addition, she is easily distracted by a mutual criminal. Although the state of affairs is defused through Holly's opportune arrival, the sight of two Catwomen agile simultaneously in the urban center is caught on video. Selina returns dwelling from her adventure to find that the mysterious movie aficionado Motion-picture show Freak has deduced her allonym, joined with Angle Man, and grabbed Helena.

After rescuing her daughter, Selina convinces Zatanna to mind-wipe Film Freak and Angle Human being (whom she had bound and gagged with duct tape after beating them brutally) in order to preserve her hugger-mugger identity. Following the procedure, Angle Man turns himself in to the authorities; Film Freak, notwithstanding, embarks upon a murderous binge. Ted Grant informs Selina that Holly has been arrested for the murder of Black Mask; Selina infiltrates the police station and frees Holly. Finally defeating Motion picture Freak, Selina returns dwelling house to find that Slam Bradley has deduced that Helena is the girl of his son Sam Bradley Jr., and therefore his granddaughter.

Batman asks Catwoman to infiltrate the violent tribe of Bana Amazons during The Amazons Assail! crossover. Posing as a criminal, Selina gains the Bana'southward trust and thwarts a terror set on aimed at causing mass casualties in Gotham City.

Selina questions whether she should be raising a daughter when her life equally Catwoman has already proven to exist such a danger to the child. Afterward enlisting Batman's help in faking the death of both herself and her daughter, Selina puts Helena up for adoption. 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. Zatanna refuses, judging for herself that such an act would be cruel to both mother and daughter. She tells Selina that she could never opposite Selina's mindset, since she was on the path to becoming a hero on her ain. Believing she can no longer part as a criminal, Selina has since decided to get one of Batman'south Outsiders. She quickly quit however and was replaced by Batgirl.

In Salvation Run #ii, Catwoman was exiled to the Prison Planet by Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad.

Gotham City Sirens

During the events of Last Crisis, Batman is seemingly killed. He is replaced by Nightwing, Dick Grayson. When the new Batman takes back control of Gotham City, Catwoman remains despondent at the loss of Bruce Wayne. While contemplating her loss, and her unexplained physical weakness despite being fully recovered from her physical heart trauma, she rescues ii bystanders from a new supervillain-wannabe who calls himself Boneblaster. Yet, her concrete weakness becomes obvious when she fails to fight Boneblaster effectively. Before Boneblaster tin cause her permanent harm, she is rescued by the sudden appearance of Poison Ivy. Concerned at how weak Catwoman had become, Ivy takes Selina to where she'd been staying, the dwelling of the Riddler. Selina discovered that Ivy had plainly seduced and drugged the Riddler with her found pheromones, keeping him in a vegetative state. She also discovered that Ivy had similarly taken Harley Quinn into her new sanctuary.

Selina then offered the thought that all three of them stay together to amend survive in the new Gotham Urban center. Earlier accepting Selina's thought, Ivy secretly paid a visit to Zatanna through her plants, to observe out if she had anything to exercise with Selina's weakness. Zatanna suggested that the weakness was probable psychological in nature. Merely before Ivy and Selina can talk over the matter any further, Boneblaster returns and tries to once again make a name for himself by attacking Ivy, Harley and Selina. While Ivy and Harley distract him, Selina ends Boneblaster's threat past shorting out his gauntlets with a live electrical conduit, deducing that the villain had nevertheless to become used to the applied science, and had failed to properly insulate his gloves. As a result of the fight, Edward Nigma'south flat is wrecked.

Selina wearing her goggles sans the cowl

Selina and so obtains an abandoned brute shelter as their new home from a man calling himself The Banker. Ivy and Harley movement in, but before Ivy makes a final acceptance of Selina'due south offer, she surprises Selina and drugs her with truth serum-like spores. While Selina falls into a shock, Ivy says that she wants total honesty between all of them if they are to trust ane some other. She then asks Selina to reveal the identity of the original Batman.

Selina, using a mental subject field taught to her by Talia al Ghul, avoids the interrogation and gives Ivy and Harley a made story nigh at that place being multiple Batmen over the years, and that she's had a personal relationship with more one of them.

Ivy and Harley accept this reply for the moment, and Ivy tries to brand amends past growing all manner of exotic fruits for Selina. Meanwhile, Harley goes shopping. Afterwards, Selina receives a message on her phone from Edward Nigma (Riddler) which shows Harley posing with Bruce Wayne. Knowing that the real Bruce is dead, and that the man with Harley is really Thomas Elliot (Hush), Selina takes Ivy to the eatery where the picture was taken. She is shocked to run across a Harlequin doll at the tabular array, its head stabbed through with a pocketknife. Harley'southward phone is next to it. Together Selina and Ivy manage to rescue Harley from Elliot, but not earlier having to bargain with an old associate of the Joker'southward who is posing as Joker trying to kill Harley for taking his place. Together the girls manage to stop the imitation Joker and motility in together.

Although Bruce is gone, Selina continues to go along close ties to his family unit, spending Christmas Eve with Dick Grayson and Alfred Pennyworth (and to a lesser extent Damian). Dick and Selina share a toast to their family unit who were not with them that year (Bruce, Tim, Holly, Helena, Ivy and Harley).

Blackest Dark

During the events of Blackest Night, Selina is attacked past Blackness Mask subsequently he has been reborn equally a member of the Black Lantern Corps. After he tells her that he plans on getting an emotional response earlier killing her, Selina steals a car and heads to the mental institution where Maggie Kyle is held, believing Black Mask is coming for her. Blackness Mask attacks the establishment, and somehow awakens Maggie from her coma. Selina arrives in time to help her sis abscond into the sewers. While on the run, Maggie angrily tells Selina that she ruined both of their lives the day she decided to become Catwoman. Devastated by her sister's statement, Selina fails to realize they take both been heading for a trap. Just as Black Mask is about to gouge Maggie'southward eyes out and shove them down Selina's throat, Harley and Ivy go far and defeat the Black Lantern by trapping him in the breadbasket of a homo-eating found. Selina is helped to her feet by her friends, who tell her that Maggie has fled the scene. The next day, the staff members of the mental institution are shown discussing Maggie'south escape, besides mentioning that a nun that works at the hospital had been institute beaten and stripped of her compatible. Maggie is then shown in the depths of the Gotham City sewers clad in the bloodied nun robes, muttering most her plan to kill Catwoman in order to free Selina's soul. Now calling herself Sis Zero, Maggie attempts to kill Selina, only ultimately flees after being defeated past the Sirens. 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 trunk.

The Return of Bruce Wayne

In the follow-up to The Return of Bruce Wayne, the Sirens help Zatanna put out a massive burn down at a local park near their home, but for them to be ambushed past a brute fabricated of mud. After being dragged underneath the soil by the brute, Catwoman awakens tied up and gagged on the floor of a dark room, and is quickly forced into an illusion by her unseen captors. Back in reality, Talia reveals to the Sirens that just a few hours prior, an unknown benefactor had offered upward a massive advantage to whoever could kidnap and deliver Catwoman to him, with the hopes that he could penetrate her listen and acquire Batman's clandestine identity. Before the knowledge can be ripped from her heed, Selina's captors (revealed to be Shrike and a new villain named Senpai), are eventually defeated past the other Sirens. Once Selina is freed, Talia orders Zatanna to wipe Bruce's identity from her retention, reasoning that her kidnapping has proved that the noesis is too unsafe for her to handle. The 2 women initially restrain Selina and endeavor to remove the knowledge from her, but Zatanna refuses at the last moment and ends upwardly fighting Talia in order to protect Selina. Talia tries to kill Selina before vanishing, but she survives and ultimately reunites with Bruce, who had recently returned to the nowadays.

Later on stealing the contents of a safe belonging to the Falcone crime family, Selina returns home to find Kitrina Falcone, a teenaged escape artist and Carmine Falcone'due south long lost daughter, breaking into her room. She attacks and subdues Kitrina, who tells Selina that she had unknowingly stolen a map that details the location of the new Blackness Mask's hugger-mugger bunker. Realizing that she could utilise the map to capture Black Mask and claim the 50 million dollar compensation on his head, Selina leaves Kitrina jump in a locked room so that she can go along the map for herself. She subsequently calls Batman to her firm in social club to plough the would-be thief over to the police, but discovers that Kitrina had managed to free herself and steal back the map. This impresses Selina, who mentions that she had tied up the kid using an "inescapable" knot that Bruce had shown her years earlier. Following a massive battle with Black Mask and his henchmen (which ends with neither woman being able to claim the bounty), Selina agrees to take on Kitrina equally her new sidekick, Catgirl. Once Bruce Wayne returns from his time in the past, he establishes Batman Incorporated, a global team of Batmen. Selina accompanies him on a mission to interruption into Md Sivana's arsenal, and later on travels with him to Tokyo in order to recruit a Japanese representative for Batman Incorporated.

Post-Flashpoint

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After the DC Universe's history was rewritten by the Flash and Doctor Manhattan, Catwoman'southward past was changed. According to the timeline, Selina was the daughter of Male monarch Calabrese who was placed into foster care subsequently his abort. She besides had a brother called Aiden Mason, who she lost contact with afterward they were identify into intendance. Growing upwardly on in Oliver'due south Group Home, she and the other residents were taught to steal objects in society to continue living there. Years later, she was caught whilst attempting to burgle someone'due south residence. Rather than exist charged, Selina was instead inducted into a 2nd chance program that helped those growing up in poverty.

Subsequently a year working for the mayor, Selina used her position to track her brother and learn what had happened to him. However, she was discovered and thrown off City Hall'south roof by an unknown party. Miraculously, Selina survived the fall and was revived by a gang of cats. Convinced she must take been someone important if an attempt had been fabricated on her life, she once once again became a burglar operating and adopted the identity Catwoman. Similarly, her relationship with Batman changed to occasional flings rather than a romantic human relationship and she was not know or care most his identity.

Rebirth

Subsequently 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. Determined to prove her innocence, Batman recruited her to a squad of criminals he was putting together to retrieve the Pyscho-Pirate from Bane in Santa Prisca to save the girl who was struck under the spell of the pirate's mask. Batman as well knew that getting Catwoman off the death row would buy him time to investigate her example likewise. The mission was a success and, after looking into the murders, Batman discovered Selina had taken the punishment for her good friend Holly Robinson, who had actually committed the murders. Catwoman explained that she knew if she took the fall for the crime Batman wouldn't let her dice on expiry row, therefore saving Holly's life. Having freed from Arkham, Bruce and Selina finally caved into their long-continuing mutual attraction and became romantically involved.

Powers and Abilities

• Master Acrobat: Selina is a gifted and accomplished athlete, with heightened acrobatic prowess. Her feats have been so amazing, one could argue that her able-bodied ability is somewhat superhuman.
• Master Martial Artist: She was trained by the Armless Main in martial arts and past Wildcat in boxing and street-fighting. She is a dangerous, clever and resourceful fighter, known for precise, agile attacks and speedy getaways. Her formidable hand-to-paw combat skills are augmented by her cat-like speed, agility, reflexes, balance, and flexibility. Catwoman has mastered the following martial arts styles; Battle, Kickboxing, Capoeira, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Jujutsu, Dragon Fashion Kung Fu and Karate.
• Stealth: Selina is as stealthy as any large cat. She has easily been able to sneak upwardly on large groups of people and even other vigilantes on patrol. She shows marked prowess in this ability while she'due south on the cruise for her next job.
• Main Thief: Selina is a master thief, known throughout Gotham City for her burglary of true cat-themed objects and/or gems and jewels of the highest quality. Hardly one to knock over a bank, Catwoman would rather pause into the chairman's part and take his personal documents.
• Disguise: To pull off her many capers, Catwoman resorts to disguises and aliases. She once posed every bit an old lady in order to steal a valuable piece of jewelry while on a cruise send. Later, she posed every bit a night club goer in order to get acquainted with its owners and return later to rob them.
• Feline Empathy: Catwoman has a stiff affinity for cats. Feline species tend to flock to her, accepting her most immediately, recognizing somehow that she is non an enemy but a friend. This allows her to at-home injured cats, train them, befriend them, and course stiff bonds with them. These animals volition even sometimes come up to her defense when she is attacked. This has proved almost beneficial, specially when it has involved big cats.

Henchmen

In the Pre-Crisis version, Catwoman was supported by dissimilar henchmen. The following henchmen are the only ones that were named.

• Craven - ^[1]
• Jim Jones - ^[ii]
• Joe - ^[3]
• Lion-Mane - Lion-Mane was a man with feline features and heightened force. He was initially a henchman of that world's Catwoman who betrayed him and cached the loot in the woods. Lion-Mane was captured after that. Years later, Lion-Mane orchestrated a prison riot and took the guards hostage. Huntress infiltrated the prison and challenged Lion-Mane into 1-on-ane fight. If she could win, Lion-Mane would release the hostages, or if Panthera leo-Mane won, she would have to reveal the location of the treasure Catwoman buried in the forest. The fight was tough and almost a draw, but somewhen Huntress was able to defeat King of beasts-Mane.^[4]
• Mousery Mager - ^[5]
• Mike - ^[v]
• Pete - ^[5]
• Slug - ^{[half dozen]}

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In Other Media

Film

Batman Returns

Main commodity: Catwoman (Burtonverse) Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer

Catwoman

Main article: Patience Phillips Actress: Halle Berry

The Dark Knight Rises

Main article: The Cat (Nolanverse) Actress: Anne Hathaway

The Lego Batman Motion-picture show

Catwoman appears in the picture voiced by Zoë Kravitz. She appears alongside various other Batman villains, and has a tendency to say "Meow meow" subsequently every judgement.

The Batman

Master article: Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz)

Television

Live-activeness serial

Chief manufactures:

• Catwoman (Dozierverse)

Catwoman is played by iii different actresses Julie Madison, Eartha Kitt and Lee Meriwether in its 1966 spinoff movie. Her real proper noun and groundwork is never given or explained.

1977 Filmation seris

She was a recurring villain in this evidence

Batman: The Animated Series

Main commodity: Catwoman (Batman: The Animated Series)

Birds of Casualty

Principal article: Catwoman (Birds of Casualty)

The Batman

Main article: Catwoman (Matsudaverse)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Main article: Catwoman (The Brave and the Assuming)

Gotham

Video games

Catwoman (Game Boy Colour)

In this 1999 side-scroller by Kemco, Catwoman is hired past Talia al Ghul to steal an ancient crystal skull from the Gotham Urban center Museum. Talia's father Ra's al Ghul wants to use the skull to create a powerful weapon that volition be capable of destroying an entire city.

LEGO DC Games

Batman: Arkham series

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

Catwoman appears as a playable graphic symbol in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

DC Universe Online

Catwoman in DC Universe Online

Catwoman is voiced by Kelly Huston in DC Universe Online.

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Catwoman appears every bit a playable charcter in Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Batman: The Telltale Serial

Catwoman in Batman: The Telltale Series

References

1. ↑ Batman #22
2. ↑ Batman #15
3. ↑ Batman #47
4. ↑ Wonder Woman #278-279
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 v.two} Batman #35
6. ↑ Batman #42

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