Talking about a Crisis, after Infinite Crisis (see reading order), Selina is no longer Catwoman. At one point, she fought with the Justice League and later completely reformed, but it was more complicated than a crisis of conscience. She was working as a dominatrix at some point (in Batman: Year One) before becoming a successful thief who likes to rob the rich and powerful men of Gotham.Ĭatwoman had her first solo ongoing series in 1993 and took part in the major events of that era. Like others like her, her origins are not clear, multiple authors revised them, but it is firmly established that Selina Kyle grew up on the streets of Gotham, spent some time in an orphanage and in a juvenile detention center. But those stories are not part of the current continuity, so we will focus on what is called the “Modern Era” of DC Comics. She came back to commit more crimes in the pages of the DC Comics titles.

Originally, she was an adversary of Batman, but became some kind of antiheroine, and even an ally of the Dark Knight-and more on the romantic side.Įvent if Catwoman made her first appearance in Batman #1 (1940) under the name “the Cat,” she had to go away for a time between September 1954 to November 1966 after losing the battle against the Comics Code Authority. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, Catwoman is the name used by notorious Gotham City’s burglar Selina Kyle who’s known for loving cats and for using a bullwhip for a weapon.

Catwoman, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker