4) #35, DC Super Stars #17, Gotham City Sirens #1, Solo #1, Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane #70-71, and Wonder Woman (1942) #201-202.Ĭollects Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #11-15 and #137-141.Ĭollects Batman: The Long Halloween #1-13. With Rebirth, Catwoman occupied a prominent role in the third volume of Batman, her relationship with Batman played a major role in the story.įirst, if you want to read some classic Catwoman tales, pre-Crisis, and a little more, take a look at the 75 Years celebration book.Ĭollects Batman (1940) #1, 3, 65, 69, 323-324, Batman ’66 #15, Batman: Gotham Adventures #4, The Brave and the Bold #197, Catwoman (vol. At one point during the New 52 era, Eiko Hasigawa became Catwoman (and Selina one of the Gotham City crime bosses). Later, Catwoman formed the Gotham City Sirens with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Holly Robinson took over for a short period of time. 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 by Jeph Loeb