Catwoman: Lonely City

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In these four issues and to complete her heist, Selina asks a few old allies for help. I think by far the strongest part of this book was Killer Croc. Seeing his current state and the relationship he has with Selina was bittersweet and really well-written. Batman: The Imposter— A Batman story set in a "gritty, hard-boiled version of Gotham City" where a second Batman haunting Gotham's rooftops and alleys—and this one has no qualms about murdering criminals, live and on tape. Written by Mattson Tomlin and drawn by Andrea Sorrentino. Selina Kyle has returned to Gotham, but the city is not the same as she remembers. Crime is almost non-existent. In fact, most criminals seem to have gone legit. However, this is Gotham corruption is in the air. Now older and almost friendless, can Selina even be Catwoman? Can she keep the last promise she made to Batman? Since her first comic book appearance in 1940, Catwoman has been a staple of Batman lore. Equal parts hero, villain and love interest to the Dark Knight, over the years Selina Kyle has evolved as a character, becoming more than just a counterpart to Batman and really standing on her own as a fully realized and key part of the DC universe. In a future Gotham where Batman was killed by Joker on Fool's Night, Catwoman leaves prison on parole to find Gotham led by Mayor Two-Face and his roving bands of armed soldiers. Masks have been banned and crime is at an all time low, but civil liberties have been left behind (a Republican dream state!). In this version of the Bat-verse, Catwoman was more hero than villain, so when she reconnects with various other old villains, she finds them amenable to helping her uncover one of Batman's secrets he took to the grave.

Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 260: "Selina Kyle finally stole the spotlight in her first ongoing series by writer Jo Duffy and artist Jim Balent." Batman Annual (vol. 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. Towards the end, the story is flash-forwarded to the future, in which Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are a married couple in their golden years. Bruce receives a terminal medical diagnosis, and Selina cares for him until his death. [45] In the second volume of the Batman: Earth One graphic novel series, Selena Kyle appears and helps Batman tending his wounds after chasing the Riddler, pretending to be a single mother who lives in the apartment building where he was injured. Batman later discovers that she is neither the apartment's tenant or a mother, but a burglar who was robbing the building at the time. 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)It also helps that Chiang’s artwork is just as fun as the story, and it’s even partnered with some stunning colors. He has some cool and cute character designs, and he does great with the thrill scenes, and his tone captures the drama and emotion of the story perfectly. It’s just great work from start to finish.

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. Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham —- The Big Bad Wolf detective of Fabletown teams up with the Dark Knight Detective.Kane, Bob (November 1989). Batman and Me. Foestfille, California: Eclipse Books. ISBN 978-1-56060-016-9. Catwoman (of Batman: The Animated Series) from BatmanTAS.com". Archived from the original on March 23, 2012 . Retrieved 2005-11-26. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) 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. At the end, he breaks off their relationship when he suspects it has been manipulated by the Riddler and Hush. This is the second story to establish that she knows Batman's true identity. In an early 1980s storyline, Selina and Bruce develop a relationship. The concluding story features a closing panel in which she refers to Batman as "Bruce". A change in the editorial team at that point, however, brought a swift end to that storyline and, apparently, all that transpired during the story arc. Batman: Dark Victory, the sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween, implies that Catwoman suspects she is the illegitimate daughter of Mafia boss Carmine Falcone, although she finds no definitive proof. Selina's connection to the Falcone crime family is further explored in the miniseries Catwoman: When in Rome. 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. During Batman: The Long Halloween, Selina (out of costume) develops a relationship with Bruce Wayne, even leading her to save Bruce from Poison Ivy. However, this relationship appears to end on the Fourth of July when Bruce rejects her advances twice; once as Bruce and once as Batman. She leaves him for good and also leaves Gotham for a while in Batman: Dark Victory, after he stands her up on two holidays. When the two meet at an opera many years later, during the events of Batman: Hush, Bruce comments that the two no longer have a relationship as Bruce and Selina.