Catwoman celebrated her 80th anniversary in 2020, and DC is continuing their spotlight on Selina Kyle in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:2021's upcoming Batman/Catwoman, finally debuting after a long wait.
If you're ✨ready for some felonious feline escapades but don't want to wait till then, Newsarama has you covered with this rundown of the best Catwoman ✅stories of all time.
10. Catwoman: Her Sister’s Keeper
First released as a four-issue limited series in 1989, was Selina Kyle's first solo book - long overdu🌄e by that time if you ask us.
Selina Kyle is kidnapped an🔥d blackmailed by a secret organization out to steal an ancient European artifact, bu𝓰t Catwoman is no damsel in distress as she uses her wits and skills to flip the script on her captors.
The Catfile brought together long-time Batman scribe Chuck Dixon with an artist who would become one of the char﷽acter's most recognizable artists, Jim Balent.
8. Catwoman: The Replacements
Selina Kyle might be synonymous with the identity Catwoman, but she's not the only one who'ꦛs worn the catsuit.
In 2006's storyline '' Selina took time off as an expectant mother and passed the mantle to a long-time ally, Holly Robinsꦺon.
Robinson had a long hist꧙ory with Catwoman, first meeting her as a 13-year-old runaway in need of rescue back in Ba💖tman's 'Year One' arc. Over the years, she was trained by Wildcat and Selina herself to be a costumed adventurer (and yes, with some thievery), and 'The Replacements' saw her finally accept that destiny - even if only for a brief time.
7. Batman #308-326 (1979-1980)
One of Catwoman's mosꦓt defining characteristics is her role as an anti-hero. 𒁏She's not a bad person per se, but at the same time loves to break the rules for the sake of a good score.
This muddles the line Catwoman walks between good and e♓vil, as her iconic romaꦬntic relationship with Batman begins to fully blossom, with their pursuit becoming much more than a simple game of cat and mouse.
6. Batman: Year One
The 1987 ' not only explores Bruce Wayne'✅s origins as the Caped Crusader, but concurrently tells the story of how Selina Kyle goes from sex worker to renowned cat burglar.
Selina starts her career as Catwoman by stealing money from the rich of Gotham to help provideꩵ for both Holly Robinson and herself. This eveಞntually leads her to taking on mobster Carmine Falcone, with Batman crashing the party – marking the first of many Post-Crisis team ups between Selina and Bruce Wayne.
5. Batman #37 (2017)
It's date night at the Gotham County Fair with two of DC's most iconic couples - Catwoman/♔Batman and 🏅Superman/Lois Lane.
At the heart of writer Tom King's recent Batman run was Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne's romance. Throughout his 70+ issues, King broke down their relationshi🐷p to build it back up, culminating in a heartbreaking moment with ramifications still playing out in the DC Universe.
Despite this inherent drama, the Clay Mann-drawn showcases a brighter side from the couple on a lighthearted date with friends. It a🐷lso cements Batman and Superman’s bond, while finding ground to create a new friendship between Lois and Selina.
4. Selina's Big Score
is a colorful, noir styled adventure, written and drawn by the late Darwyn Cooke, with Selina doing what she does best – finding the next big score (it's right there in the title!).&nbs💎p;
In this storyline, Catwoman has hit rock bottom - presumed de𝄹ad with no fortune to her name, which leads her to a mob train full of unmarked cash ready for the taking. Instead of Selina's classic cat burglar persona, Cooke fully leans into the noir genre with Catwoman 🐼taking the role of a femme fatale anti-hero.
T🐻he color palette and refreshing ta♍ke on the character helped Selina's Big Score stand out from the rest of the pack, visually redefining Catwoman in a way that's stuck ever since.
3. Catwoman: Relentless
As a cat burgဣlar, Selina Kyle is rarely on the offense, but when she crosses one of Gotham’s most ruthless bad guys, Black Mask, this all changes.
In , the 🍸introduction of Black Mask into the story - and his one-by-one culling of the people Selina holds most dear - makes this a breakneck story that capitalizes on everything built up in 𓃲the 11 previous issues.
And it's ꧟these issues in which artist Cameron Stewart breaks from the immeﷺnse shadow cast by the series' original artist Darwyn Cooke to define himself and his take on the cat burglar.
2. Batman: Hush
is a critical darling that is still one of DC's biggest-selling stories - not to mention the insp☂iration for a recen♉t animated feature film adaptation.
It all kicks off with the introduction of Thomas Elliot - a previously-unknown childhood friend of Bruce Wayne that Bruce hasn't seen in decades. This return bཧrings more questions than answers, and leads Batman into exploring his past - crossing paths with some of the Dark Knight's greatest villains and allies and everyone in-between.
While the series excels at re-examining Batman's relationships with his many villains, 'Hush' also digs into the romantic t♚ension between Dark Knight and Catwoman for the first time in significant way in the 21st Century. After Batman reveals his romantic feelings for Selina - and in an act of trust reveals his secret identity as Bruce Wayne, the two engage in a whirlwind full-on romance.
This new facet to their relationship falls on the rocks ho🎃wever by Batman's continued trust issues with Catwoman, especially after he learns that their coupling was instigated by outside means - a magic spell. Selina tries to assuage Bruce by telling him to "hush" and leaning in for a kiss, but his mistrust of it all leads him to push back - sending her away.
1. Catwoman: Anodyne
Leave it to Ed Brubaker and Darwyn Cooke for the risky decision of relaunching DC's Catwoman title with her death. But doꦛn't worry - these are comic books, there's more to that story.
Selina Kyle survives - and thrives - in this storyline, which revitalized the character in name, story, and costume. Cooke's Mrs. Peel-inspired catsuit quickly became the character's de facto costꦗume across comics, TV, film, and games, from then on.
ꦕ gives Selina a new beginning as she searches for redemption helping victims instead of ♊taking on selfish cash grabs - a story that truly highlights her anti-hero roots, re-connects her with Holly Robinson, and begins the slow path to her even eventually joining the Justice League and operating alongside Batman in Gotham for a time.
Kat has been working in the comic book industry as a critic for over a decade with her YouTube channel, Comic Uno. She’s been writing for Newsarama since 2017 and also currently writes for DC Comics’ DC Universe - bylines include IG𒆙N, Fandom, and TV Guide. She writes her own comics with her titles Like Father, Like Daughter and They Call Her…The Dancer. Calamia has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and minor in Journalism through Marymount Manhattan and a MFA in Writing and Producing Television from LIU Brooklyn.
