EARTH TWO ORIGIN
Name: Selina Kyle (Dead)
Age: Approximately mid 20's
Relatives: Bruce Wayne/Batman (Husband)
Helena Wayne/ Huntress (Daughter)
Weight: Approximately 120 pounds
Height: 5�7�
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black
Marital Status: Divorcee, now remarried to Bruce Wayne
Profession: Wife and mother, former thief
First Appearance: The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne 1983
My second origin was published in Brave and Bold #197, The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne. This was an Earth Two story so shouldn�t be considered cannon. In this origin I get my man and a daughter, Helena Wayne who would go on to be the original Huntress and continue the fight against crime when her father, Batman, retired. As if he ever would! But this story concentrates on my marriage to Bruce, and my own death.
Let me begin my tale�
Jonathan Crane, The Scarecrow, is terrorising Gotham while myself I'm in prison. Batman has been unable to apprehend the gangly criminal and so Bat�s calls upon me to lend a hand. I was in prison, not because I�d been caught but because I�d handed myself in. Part of this tale reinforces the fact that I'm not really that bad!
Bruce is hurt, well burned by a flaming arrow, and begins to dress his wounds later. Finally readers see a softer side appear to both of us, a side that can exist out of Gotham out of the masks, because he confides into me why he�s Batman. He tells me about the fate that befell his parents, their murder and his vow to attempt to prevent it happening to someone else; and the ultimate loneliness that that has caused him.
This definitely took me by surprise and shook me into making a confession to him. I had invented the previous origin involving being an airhostess and suffering from amnesia. The truth was, I couldn�t bare the thought that Batman would find out that I was a victim.
My life before I became Catwoman was quite tragic, and unhappy. Well, not at first anyway. At a young age I had married a man, wealthy and handsome, he had captivated me. But my marriage turned cold and sour. My husband was vindictive and cruel, and had abused. Had to believe? I tried to tell myself it was going to get better. I wanted it to, I lived the life of luxury in some ways. I had diamonds and jewels, in abundance. But that doesn�t bring happiness. And to him I was always going to be a punch bag.
So, I divorced. But my ex-husband wasn�t the reasonable type, and being vindictive relieved me of my jewels. But that wasn�t half of it. He�d taken measure, in bitterness, to see that I remained penniless for the rest of my life. And I would have been, if not for my revenge. Dawning the Catwoman persona I broke into his safe and took back my jewels. I realised the power and strength I attained from this I remained the Catwoman for years to come. Stealing my way into Gotham�s rich circles, I enjoyed wealth once again, with personal independence.
Although, a problem would arise: I was never truly bad. And I wavered on each side: the good and the bad. And eventually turned myself in a renounced my life of crime and went to prison to atone. And this is where I am at the start of the story.
Batman and I, after this conversation realise our fear and by the end of this mission to catch Crane agree to marry. Although, life isn't that simple, really is it?
Scarecrow, gave a great barrier for Bruce and myself to overcome. He used his expertise in fear and phobias to make myself scared of Bats and Bruce scared of felines. Of course this was bound to prove and problem and had to be overcome. Bruce and myself tracked Scarecrow down to Gotham University and managed to overcome our fear, by removing our masks. I thought of it though and he followed my example.
Finally we were married and I had a daughter, named Helena. But fate dealt a cruel card. A former henchman of mine, Silky, tracked me to Wayne Manor and blackmailed me into dawning the Catwoman guise one more time. Batman managed, to track me down to rescue me but I was accidentally shot by a rouge bullet and fell to my death.
This of course ended my daughter�s happy existence. She promptly created herself the mantel of the Huntress and later lost her father to another criminal.
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