Both she (first credited as simply the Cat) and the Joker were Batman's first two enemies although she was not considered to be an adversary of Batman. She was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's second cousin by marriage, Ruth Steel. CreationĬatwoman made her first debut in January 1940 in Batman #1. As she was attempting a robbery at a local store, she was stopped by a group of security guards and one of them called her 'Catwoman.' Selina loved the name and thus, the Catwoman persona was born. She bought a cat costume using all of her savings and resumed her stealing profession using her brand new costume and ability. The Batman became her omen and Selina decided to become a costume character as well. She noticed that Batman was bleeding when she saw a trail of blood and it immediately triggered something in her mind: if someone can don a costume and have everyone either be happy or terrified to see him, she can do the same too.

Curious, Selina walked to the park and caught a glimpse of the Dark Knight in action who glided out of sight moments later. A few nights later, a news broke up on television stating that Batman was last seen at Robinsons Park. It gave Kai even more grief knowing that the Sensei favored Selina more than the other pupils. He despised Selina (who was nicknamed 'Nehko-Chan' in the academy) and would deliberately hurt her during training. Several weeks had gone by and Selina's fighting abilities improved dramatically but her relationship with her senior Kai was far from nice. However, after seeing her fast reflexes, the Sensei politely asked her to join the academy so that she can harness the martial arts skills, in which she accepted. The ninja, known only as Kai, told his Sensei that she is an intruder and a thief and must be severely punished. Selina followed the ninja into a warehouse, which turned out to be a secret martial arts academy. One night, she stole a valuable totem from a museum when suddenly a hooded ninja interrupted her escape and took the valued item for himself. She steals documentary proof that they were embezzling money and also stole money to live on her own, she sent the documents to the police to expose them.Īs Selina grew older, she became a prostitute but she was quietly a cat burglar by night, stealing jewelries and diamonds from museums and rich people's homes. Selina escapes and returns to the orphanage. They would confront her and attempt to cover it all up by drowning Selina in a bag dropped into the river. When Selina was 13 years old she was sent back to an orphanage, but she soon discovered that the place was embezzling money. She caused so much trouble that she would be sent to Juvenile Hall. Eventually Selina was caught and sent to an orphanage. She became a petty thief who would steal food at grocery stores. Selina lived on the streets while Maggie was taken to an orphanage right away. Selina called the police but as soon she hung up the phone, she packed her bag and ran away from home. Selina’s father hated Selina because she looked like her mother, eventually he drank too much and succumbed to alcohol poisoning. Apparently, Maria had committed suicide by cutting her wrists with a razor blade. One day, as she returned home from school, Selina found her mother lying in the bath tub filled with blood. In her spare time, Selina took gym lessons not just as an extra curricular, but to sometimes avoid the domestic violence at home. Her father was an abusive and drunken man who would always quarrel with Maria, a homemaker. Her mother was never close to Selina or her sister Maggie and would often rather spend time with her cats then her children. There have been many versions of Catwoman's origin over the years but details of her possible storyline suggested that Selina Kyle was born to Brian and Maria Kyle in the slums of Gotham City.

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