Catwoman: Lonely City

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Batman and Catwoman are shown having a sexual encounter on top of a building in Catwoman (vol. 4) #1 (Nov. 2011), and the same issue implies that the two have an ongoing sexual relationship. [40]

The Other History of the DC Universe— A "literary" recounting of DC Universe history that focuses on characters from marginalized groups. Written by John Ridley with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi. While Chiang may be primarily known as an artist, his writing in Catwoman: Lonely City is incredibly sharp. The plot is well paced, the dialogue is snappy, and his take on an older-but-wiser Selina Kyle is absolutely brilliant. While plenty of other heroes don't have their final fates shown, it seems that many of the heroes who survived the chaos of their former careers have found some sense of peace and stability outside their former community. Notably, typically magical defender Zatanna can sense when her defenses in the Batcave are breached -- but instead of racing to find out what happened, she continues her show. This is a world where the heroes are done throwing themselves at endless fatal threats. Selina's in her mid-50's now, having spent the last 10 years in prison. She was left holding the bag after the Joker killed Commissioner Gordon, Batman and himself on Fool's Night. Now she's out and two-Face is mayor. He's outlawed masks and given Batman's tech to the police. Crime is almost nonexistent due to the constant police state.The Last God: Songs of Lost Children— One shot showing the journey of Queen Cyanthe from innocent girl to warrior. Shortly afterwards, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn have escaped and set off to pursue revenge on Catwoman for leaving them behind. [38] The two of them found Catwoman and fought her. While they were fighting, Catwoman says that she saw good in them and only wanted to help them. Batman was about to arrest them, but Catwoman helped the two of them escape. [39] The New 52 / Catwoman (vol. 4) This is a love letter to street level Gotham, with nods to everything I've ever loved about it. Love the way Chiang uses Barbara Gordon and the inclusion of his co-created Gotham cop/P.I. Josie Mac. 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. Kane's inspiration for Catwoman was drawn from multiple sources to include actresses Jean Harlow, Hedy Lamarr, and his cousin, Ruth Steele. [10] [11] [12] Kane and Finger wanted to give their comic book sex appeal, as well as a character who could appeal to female readers; they thus created a "friendly foe who committed crimes but was also a romantic interest in Batman's rather sterile life." [13] Catwoman was meant to be a love interest and to engage Batman in a chess game, with him trying to reform her. 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.

In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Selina Kyle becomes the Oracle, having been apparently paralyzed under unspecified circumstances. [80] Batman: Earth OneAlong the way, to pad out this unnecessarily overlong story, Selina steals a Green Lantern ring for no reason, one of the (way too many) supporting characters gets a prototype Halo-esque cat helmet that goes nowhere, and there’s a whole song and dance about stealing Clayface’s DNA from Arkham so Jason Blood can use it in one scene to pretend to be the new commissioner, even though it’s for just two Batcops and Selina and co. could easily deal with them by themselves rather than try to convince them with a disguise - which doesn’t even work anyway so it’s a waste of time!

Eventually, Selina takes on the Catwoman persona. 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 later aides Batman, with whom she already has a romantic relationship, to spy on the Joker. She is shot from a window, but is unharmed. At some point in the future, her childhood orphanage is bombed by a terrorist group called the Dogs of War. Batman reluctantly arrests Catwoman after all 237 of them are killed, despite Catwoman's insistence on her guilt. 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 Earth 2 version of Catwoman is married to Batman and is the mother of Helena Wayne. Catwoman trained her daughter in crimefighting so that she can one day aid her father, who is busy protecting the world from bigger threats. Batman found out about the outing and got angry, only for Catwoman to calm him down and kiss him. Helena later came to her father's aid and found that soldiers from another world killed Catwoman as Batman mourns her death. [82] Batman '89 Catwoman, in her first appearance, wore no costume or disguise at all. It was not until her next appearance that she donned a mask, which was a theatrically face-covering cat-mask that had the appearance of a real cat, rather than a more stylized face mask seen in her later incarnations. 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.a b "IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time". IGN. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014 . Retrieved July 11, 2012. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Batman, the Joker, Nightwing, and Commissioner Gordon... all dead. 10 years ago. Catwoman has been in jail ever since. Now she's out, but much older. The new Gotham is ran as a peaceful dictatorship under Mayor Harvey Dent. Part of the joy of reading dark future stories is seeing how these characters have changed over the years and for once, it is great that the Joker is not an antagonist and the villainous focus is towards Mayor Harvey Dent, who is struggling to be a good man. Considering the dystopia of this future Gotham, there are moments of levity and tenderness seeing former villains being more down-to-earth, whilst reclaiming part of their bad side to symbolise a form of freedom in this city. During the Silver Age, Catwoman, like most Batman villains, used a variety of themed weapons, vehicles, and equipment, such as a custom cat-themed car called the "Cat-illac". This usage also appeared in the 1960s Batman television series. In her Post- Crisis appearances, Catwoman's favored weapon is a whip. She wields both a standard bullwhip and a cat o' nine tails with expert proficiency. She uses the whip because it is a weapon that the user must be trained to use, and therefore it can not be taken from her and used against her in a confrontation. She can also be seen using a pistol against people if her whip is taken from her. Catwoman uses caltrops as an anti-personnel weapon and bolas to entangle opponents at a distance.

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