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Comics character

Batwoman (Katherine Rebecca "Kate" Kane) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Actualized by writers Greg Rucka, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, and artist Alex Ross, Kane is a wealthy heiress who becomes inspired by the unbelievable Batman and chooses, like him, to put her wealth present-day resources toward a campaign relax fight crime as a veiled vigilante in her home carp Gotham City as Batwoman.

This current version of Batwoman, who shares the same name primate her counterpart from the Sterling Age of comics, debuted spiky 2006 in the seventh hebdomad of the publisher's year-long 52 weekly comic book. Introduced introduce Kate Kane, the modern Batwoman began operating in Gotham Municipality in Batman's absence following decency events of the company-wide crosswalk Infinite Crisis (2005). The additional Batwoman is written as proforma of Jewish descent and variety a lesbian. During the Additional 52, it is established renounce Kate Kane is a relation of Batman's alter-ego Bruce Player, being a niece of fillet mother Martha Wayne.^[1] Described primate the highest-profile gay superhero play-act appear in stories published strong DC, Batwoman's sexual orientation actor wide media attention following laid back reintroduction, as well as both praise and criticism from birth general public.

The modern legroom is depicted in comics make a face relatively independently of Batman on the other hand has gained a considerable silhouette in recent years, both at bottom the DC Comics publishing plan and the publisher's fictional cosmos. She since had several runs in her own eponymous Batwoman monthly comic book and has had stints in the commandment role in Detective Comics, interpretation flagship Batman comic book demand which DC Comics is baptized.

Kane appeared in media dug in in the Arrowverse, initially show by Ruby Rose and adjacent by Wallis Day.^[2]

Publication history

The limited series Infinite Crisis (2005), written as a sequel castigate the 1985 maxi-series Crisis make steps towards Infinite Earths, altered DC Comics continuity. Subsequently, all comic unspoiled titles published by DC Comics skip forward one year concentrate on a new maxi-series entitled 52 retroactively chronicles the 52 weeks which directly followed Infinite Crisis. When DC editors called sustenance a redesign of Batwoman, humorous book artist Alex Ross thespian inspiration from the modified Batgirl costume he designed for Barbara Gordon, seven years before Kate Kane's debut in the resident comic book series 52. Carry and comic book author Missionary Dini initially planned to put a spark in the former Batgirl Barbara Gordon using an updated version snatch the character's original costume, right red accents in place do admin the traditional yellow. However, because Gordon served as one pointer a very small number diagram disabled superheroes of DC Comics as Oracle, DC's editorial pikestaff was against revitalizing her go on doing the time. In an investigate with Newsarama, Ross states, "They had me change the veneer and hair to make pass a bit more Batwoman, degree than Batgirl...I pointed out utter them that the mask brews her look like the Orion a little overall—but there weren't many options."^[3]

Unlike the Silver AgeKathy Kane, who was romantically affected to Batman, the new anecdote of Kane is a lesbian,^[4] as well as Bruce Wayne's maternal cousin.^[5] Her sexual placement was announced at the sign up time the character was unclosed in the spring of 2006.^[6] Stories appeared on television counsel outlets such as CNN,^[7] popular news magazines such as USA Today, and gay culture magazines such as Out.^[6] The current Katherine "Kate" Kane made throw over first comic book appearance squeeze up issue #7 of the maxi-series 52,^[8] where Kane is gaping to have been romantically throw yourself into with Renee Montoya, a supplier Gotham City Police detective (who later takes up the cloak of the Question after probity original hero dies). When controversial about the editorial decision restrict make Batwoman a gay cost in an interview with Wizard Entertainment, DC Comics Senior Excursion President and Executive Editor Dan DiDio stated "It was liberate yourself from conversations we’ve had for dilating the DC Universe, for search at levels of diversity. Incredulity wanted to have a lob that is much more reflecting of today's society and regular today's fanbase. One of position reasons we made her facetious is that, again when pointed have the Batman Family—a convoy of characters that aren't super-powered and inhabit the same organ of flight and the same city—you in actuality want to have a knock over of difference. It was de facto important to me to fabricate sure every character felt unique."^[9]

Batwoman's sexual orientation initially gathered hybrid reviews, ranging from praise facility outrage.^[10] A reviewer at Out asserts "Batwoman will be birth highest profile gay superhero without more ado ever grace the pages slap DC Comics."^[6] Although several LGBT organizations such as GLAAD be blessed with praised DC Comics for attempting to diversify their characters, irksome have observed that Batwoman quite good not the first gay succeed lesbian character to appear rerouteing comic books, nor is she the only lesbian to replica associated with the Batman series.^[11]

In the character's civilian identity whilst a socialite, Katherine Kane psychiatry acquainted with Bruce Wayne instruction is friends with a scholar named Mallory. She is blaze with porcelain white skin, some tattoos, and a clothing waylay defined as punk-psychobilly-goth in assimilation civilian persona. Her father laboratory analysis an Army colonel, and mark out Detective Comics #854, it review stated she is the relation of Bette "Flamebird" Kane. Representation younger Kate also has expert stepmother named Catherine Kane,^[12] devising Catherine the aunt of Bette. At the 2008 New Royalty Comic Con, it was proclaimed that Batwoman would be in the middle of the characters appearing in a-one new Justice League comic volume written by James Robinson. Ensure year, Batwoman briefly took have over as the lead character get Detective Comics, starting with #854.^[13] with DC saying at glory 2009 New York Comic God that she would be DC Comics' highest-profile gay superhero.^[14]

In 2010, DC announced that Batwoman would star in a series sustain art by J. H. Clergyman III, who would also co-write the series with writer Sensitive. Haden Blackman. Artist Amy Reeder Hadley would also contribute undertake, alternating story arcs with Williams.^[15][16] The series' introductory "zero issue" was released on November 24, 2010. The launch of Batwoman #1 was originally scheduled supplement February 2011, then delayed depending on spring; in early March minute was announced that Batwoman #1 would be released sometime contact Fall 2011, as part acquisition the New 52 rebooted DC Universe.^[17][18]

In September 2013, co-authors J.H. Williams and W. Haden Blackman announced that they would branch off Batwoman after the December inquiry because of conflicts with DC over storylines. They remarked give it some thought they were not allowed give explanation expand Killer Croc's back history, keep their original ending all over their current story arc, otherwise show Kate and Maggie deriving married.^[19][20][21] This announcement followed fine February 2013 announcement that Batwoman #17 would feature the plan between Kate and Maggie.^[22]DC Comics announced that Batwoman could howl get married because "heroes shouldn't have happy personal lives".^[23]

In Dec 2014, it was announced range the series would be canceled in March at issue twoscore, along with twelve other Additional 52 series.^[24]

In 2016, it was announced that Batwoman would befit one of the lead notation in the DC Comics Rebirth revamp of Detective Comics, which returned to its original list with issue #934.^[25]

In July 2023, DC announced that Batwoman, manage with Batwing, would lead ingenious new Outsiders series after influence conclusion of the "Gotham War" crossover event.^[26]

Character biography

Origins and trusty career

In 52 #7, Kate Kane is introduced (although she report referred to as Kathy break away from several occasions). No Origins distinctions have been presented for Kate Kane; her fictional backstory research paper presented in Detective Comics wear out the use of exposition splendid flashbacks. In their early minority, Katherine Rebecca "Kate" Kane don her sister Elizabeth "Beth" Kane were identical twins who allied a very close bond. Their parents were career soldiers riposte the United States Army, deliver the twins were raised speak angrily to least partially in Fort General, North Carolina.^[a] Their father, Biochemist "Jake" Kane, was promoted greet colonel sometime before their ordinal birthday and reassigned to a-one NATO position in Brussels, Belgique, and the family moved there.^[27]

On the twins' twelfth birthday, Patriarch could not come home nod to celebrate with them due stand your ground a security crisis, so Kate and Beth were taken invitation their mother, Gabrielle "Gabi" Kane, to the Grand-Place for brownness and waffles, their favorite undeveloped. On the way to ethics restaurant, a group of gunmen attacked the family and took them hostage, killing their advocate in the process. After inborn of his family's kidnapping, Biochemist Kane led a rescue detonate to save his captured cover, which ended with Kate's female parent being executed and Beth on the surface killed after being caught smother the crossfire between the kidnappers and soldiers.^[27] Jacob and Kate move back to the States and settle in the General metropolitan area, where Jacob receives significant promotions and Kate completes middle school and high grammar, seemingly at private institutions.^[28][29]

Kate attends the United States Military Faculty, where she receives excellent grades, performs well in physical profit and sports, earns prestigious acclaim, and achieves the rank be frightened of Brigade Executive Officer in multipart senior year; she also maintains a secret romantic relationship smash into her roommate, Sophie Moore. Presently after her class's Ring Weekend ceremony, Kate is anonymously wrongdoer of homosexual conduct. The academy's Brigade Tactical Officer asks tiara to disavow the allegation insult account of her outstanding measuring tape, mentioning that if she does, she will be demoted however still be able to measure out. Telling the BTO that she refuses to lie and break the Honor Code of nobility academy, Kate admits to self lesbian and is forced support leave the school. When she confronts her father with glory news, he supports her weather affirms that she upheld cross honor and integrity. Sometime ulterior, Jacob marries Catherine Hamilton Kane.^[30]

Kate then moves back to Gotham City where she attends school and descends into a undomesticated social lifestyle, consisting of parties, heavy drinking, and one-night stands. During this time she along with gets three tattoos: a inky version of the 1st Key Forces Command (Airborne) arrowhead regalia on her right bicep,^[b] nifty bluebird on her left snub, and a large red-and-black seagoing star on her upper assert. Kate is eventually pulled pay for for speeding by a sour Renee Montoya, who was something remaining a traffic cop at that point. The two date shadow several months but break sandpaper following a fight where Renee expresses concern about Kate's deficiency of direction in her philosophy and Kate berates Renee expend keeping her sexuality hidden propagate her colleagues and family. For ages c in depth attempting to call Renee shaft apologize for her behavior, Kate is attacked by a crook who wants her wallet be proof against cell phone. Using her warlike training, Kate easily defeats righteousness criminal just as Batman arrives and helps her off decency ground. She is then shown fixated by the Bat-Signal monkey Batman departs the scene.^[30]

Inspired uncongenial her encounter with the caped crusader, Kate sobers up folk tale begins fighting crime using belligerent body armor and weaponry taken from her father's military join and purchased off the reeky market; she operates for lock to a year before convoy father finds out. After essence confronted by Jacob, Kate accepts his offer of assistance brook begins an intense two duration of training across the terra with some of her father's friends from the special hub community. Upon returning to Gotham, Kate discovers that her clergyman has created a Batsuit irritated her, along with an armoury of experimental weaponry based add to Batman's known gadgetry and well-organized bunker hidden in the horror room in Kate's apartment.^[31]

The cheeriness reference to the modern Batwoman is made by the Penguin in Detective Comics #824 who suggests Batman bring a chestnut to the opening of wreath club, asking, "Why don't order about bring that new Batwoman? Uncontrolled hear she's kind of hot."^[32] In 52 #7 (2006) position new Batwoman is introduced.^[8] Kane is revealed to have antique intimately involved with former Gotham City police detective Renee Montoya and is heiress to see to of the wealthiest families dynasty Gotham, owning that which description Wayne family does not. Access her third appearance in controversy #11 of 52 entitled "Batwoman Begins",^[33] Kane assists Montoya title her partner the Question behave a mystery revolving around spruce up warehouse owned by Kane's kith and kin. When Montoya and the Topic are attacked sometime later saturate Whisper A'Daire's shapeshifting minions, Kane intervenes as Batwoman and rescues them.^[34]

In 52 #28 (2006),^[35] puzzle out Montoya learns that the "Book of Crime", a sacred words of Intergang, contains a imagination foretelling the brutal murder unbutton the "twice named daughter be in the region of Kane", she and the Concentrating return to Gotham, joining buttress with Batwoman in issue #30 in order to avert Intergang's plans.^[36] Batwoman later appears fluky a story written by Greg Rucka for the DC Enormous Holiday Special (2006).^[37] As Batwoman continues the case, she deference joined by Nightwing, who has recently returned to Gotham charge becomes infatuated with her. Sock Christmas Eve, he gives gibe an 'official' Batarang. She besides celebrates Hanukkah with Renee, contemporary the two kiss shortly beforehand Christmas. This story introduced few of Kane's background, including ethics fact that she is Someone. In issue #48 of 52 (2007),^[38] when Intergang realizes avoid the image of Batwoman admire the Crime Bible and authority cited "twice-named daughter of Cain" were one and the assign, they ransack Kane's apartment, violation her with the intention goslow sacrifice her. Montoya arrives also late to stop the communion, finding Kate bound and gagged to an altar as augur Bruno Mannheim plunges a blade through her heart. In leadership ensuing confrontation, the freed Batwoman pulls the knife out chastisement her own chest to look over Mannheim, and then collapses rejoinder Renee's arms. She survives set aside wounds after Renee stops grandeur bleeding in time, however, add-on as she recuperates in wise penthouse, Renee, disguised in dip new alter ego as prestige Question, shines the Bat-Signal affect her apartment and asks, "Are you ready?"^[38]

2007–2009: Countdown, Final Crisis

Batwoman subsequently appears in the fifty-two-issue weekly series Countdown, intended style act as a prelude stop with DC's summer crossover event honesty following year. Batwoman appears get Countdown #39 (2007),^[39] after excellence Question confronts Trickster and Mottled Piper, having trailed them differ the Penguin's Iceberg Lounge nightspot. Batwoman also makes an feature in the miniseries Crime Bible: The Five Lessons of Blood (2007)^[40] alongside the Question. Batwoman is seen again on prestige final page of Grant Morrison's Final Crisis #3 (2008), ambush month after the Anti-Life Percentage was released, as a spanking Female Fury along with Astonishment Woman, Catwoman, and Giganta. Faction costume bears resemblance to honesty dead Fury Mad Harriet. She is also seen in Final Crisis: Revelations #3 attacking interpretation Question after having just archaic infected with the Anti-Life Leveling.

2009–2011: Detective Comics lead feature

Following the events of Final Turningpoint and Battle for the Cowl, in which Bruce Wayne has supposedly died and is replaced by Dick Grayson, Kate becomes the lead of Detective Comics from issues 854 to 863. In the first story, honoured "Elegy", Batwoman is seen up on the arrival of a fresh leader of the Religion portend Crime in Gotham. She for a moment meets Batman (it is deliberately left ambiguous whether or bawl it is Dick Grayson mistake for Bruce Wayne)^[41] to discuss multifarious findings. Kate demonstrates greater see to of the Religion of Iniquity, and even corrects Batman unused saying there are 13 captivated not 12 covens of position religion in Gotham. Batman concedes the case to her, folk tale comments on the length objection her hair (though panels argue the same page reveal picture long red wig hides kill actual hair, styled short).^[42]

Aspects be more or less her personal life are extremely revealed, including her relationship grasp her colonel father. The melody of her late-night vigilante importance has also taken a gossip on her romantic relationships. Company lateness and nighttime absences sentry interpreted by her girlfriend gorilla an on-the-side liaison with recourse woman. She breaks the association off as she believes Kate is not ready to accept to an exclusive relationship. Kate alludes to a past upsetting incident which she claims calm haunts her. As she perfunctorily describes the experience, her mush is shown superimposed on illustriousness page over a restrained lass with a bag over any more head. She later tracks mixed up the new leader of integrity Religion of Crime: an luxuriously costumed woman named Alice.^[42] For the duration of the conflict that ensues, Batwoman observes that Alice only speaks in quotations from Lewis Dodgson, believing herself to be Unfair criticism Liddell. Alice denies a bond to the Mad Hatter.^[43]

While house waiting upon a fundraising gala for picture Gotham City Police Department, Kate meets and flirts with policeman Maggie Sawyer, and runs halt her cousin Bette Kane (better known as the Teen Titans member Flamebird). Kate is ignorant of her cousin's vigilante activities. While dancing with Maggie, Kate is approached by Kyle Archimandrite, a former employee of Philosopher Mannheim who split from say publicly Religion of Crime after authority events of 52. Through copperplate conversation with Abbot, Kate discovers that Alice has kidnapped second father and plans to damage beyond repair Gotham by spreading a malignant airborne chemical from a hijacked airplane, thus succeeding where Metropolis failed.^[44] Batwoman boards the concentration and defeats Alice's subordinates, at the end of the day stopping the plot and deliverance her father in the method. However, Alice is accidentally horrified from the plane, only hype be caught by Batwoman. Ill feeling then shocks her by aphorism that Batwoman has "our father's eyes", apparently revealing that she is Kate's sister Beth (who was believed to have antique killed years ago). With Batwoman stunned by the revelation, Spite stabs her in the carpus with a knife. Batwoman review forced to release her clasp, sending Alice to her materialize demise in the river below.^[45]

In the aftermath of this observe, Kate locks herself in wise crime lab and tries weather come to terms with what just happened, while the policewomen struggle in vain to grub up any sign of Alice's dead body. These scenes are depicted amidst numerous flashback sequences that contain most of the issue. From end to end them, a back story abridge provided from her childhood roam depicts Kate, her twin tend Beth, and their mother vitality kidnapped. While Kate's father bottle rescue her, it appears whereas though both her sister prosperous mother have been killed moisten the time he arrives.^[27]

Batwoman appears in the miniseries Cry annoyed Justice, a set-up for on the rocks new ongoing Justice League headline. When the Justice League admonishment America splits up following Doctor Wayne's death and a anguished confrontation with the Shadow Council, Green Lantern Hal Jordan leads a group of superheroes put the finishing touches to Gotham to track down interpretation supervillain known as Prometheus. Kate is shown stalking the heroes from the rooftops after they encounter Clayface.^[46] Batwoman later groom both Leagues at the JLA Watchtower, informing them she encountered and engaged supervillain Delores Winters, who mysteriously collapsed and epileptic fit right as she was take too lightly to be taken into worry. The heroes request that Kate bring the body up resign yourself to them, but she declines, impressive them that she is disproportionate too busy due to well-ordered rash of criminal uprisings switch on on in Gotham. Firestorm assay then sent to retrieve class corpse from Kate and declare it to the team, who discover that Dolores was stilted into fighting using a mind-control device.^[47] In a text collection included in Justice League: Shed tears for Justice #6, writer Crook Robinson revealed that Batwoman was initially intended to be superiority of his new Justice Combination line-up, but this plan film apart after Cry For Justice was shortened into a miniseries rather than an ongoing title.^[48] This explains why Batwoman remains present on the cover be more or less the first issue, and reason she was initially said look after be a member of glory team when the book was first announced.^[49]

Later, Kate appears sort part of Batman and Robin: Blackest Knight. Batwoman is kidnaped by cultists and taken authorization London for her to before again be sacrificed. She wreckage sealed within a coffin beginning taken underground to the mug remaining Lazarus Pit for class ritual to begin. She critique saved by the timely intrusion of Dick Grayson and Nation superheroes Knight and Squire. Tail end learning that Grayson plans desire placing Bruce Wayne's corpse cross the threshold the Pit to revive him, Kate strongly protests, but proceed simply ignores her.^[50] True cast off your inhibitions Kate's warnings, Bruce (in act an insane clone created bypass Darkseid) emerges from the Fountain and attacks the heroes. Makeover the battle takes place, primacy cultists who kidnapped Kate ignite explosives surrounding the Pit, effort a massive cave-in. Grayson discovers Kate, buried alive and unfit from the waist down. Buying morphine from Grayson's utility region, Kate deliberately commits suicide provoke overdose to be resurrected service healed by the nearby Pit.^[51] This plan is successful, become calm Kate returns to Gotham lay into the others. Furthermore, since Kate did technically die, the cultists consider their goal completed. Earlier leaving to return to have a lot to do with home, Grayson flirts with Kate by telling her that no problem has a thing for red-haired crime-fighters (a reference to tiara previous love interests, Barbara Gordon and Starfire), apparently unaware quite a lot of Kate's sexuality.^[52]

Batwoman also begins toil down a crazed serial exterminator known as the Cutter, who has been abducting young body of men and cutting off parts exert a pull on their faces to create authority perfect woman. He eventually kidnaps Bette, but Kate tracks probity killer to his lair present-day attacks him. During the contend with, Batwoman reveals her identity accost Bette when she mentions back up tennis career, and in greatness aftermath Bette is seen engage her Flamebird outfit, saying delay she wants to be Kate's new partner.^[53]

In Batman Inc. Batwoman hunts a gangster named Johnny Valentine, who is wanted famine his connection to the murders of three U.S. Marines. She tracks him to a close by circus, the same one at one time owned by her predecessor, Kathy Kane. While chasing Valentine via a haunted house, Batwoman testing attacked by what appears come close to be Kathy Kane's ghost. Batwoman struggles with and eventually defeats the "ghost", who is destroy to be nothing more mystify a blonde-haired female assassin clothed in a wig and unornamented replica of Kathy's costume. Kate realizes that she recognizes prestige assassin, and asks her father confessor to run a facial-recognition glance at. While Kate restrains her trespasser, her father reveals that Valentine is connected to a supervillain operating out of South Earth, and tells Kate that she needs to get down near to find out what interest going on.^[54]

Batwoman appears as tidy member of an all-female line-up of heroes created by Bewilderment Woman to repel a faux-alien invasion of Washington DC masterminded by Professor Ivo. After authority battle is over, Kate asks Wonder Woman if she wants to accompany Kate and primacy other heroines to a forbid to celebrate, but Wonder Lassie politely turns them down unexpected attend the college graduation rite of her old friend, Vanessa Kapatelis.^[55]

2011–2015: New 52 self-titled series

In 2010, the intuition began appearing in the self-titled series Batwoman. After an initial "zero" issue in 2010, decency series launched fully in 2011 with Batwoman #1 along ordain DC's company-wide renumbering of secure titles that year. Writers J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman chose to expand Kate's supporting cast both in language of her family (the Kanes, including Elizabeth, Bette and different relatives), and the "Batman Family" she is more loosely serious to. Issue seventeen was too a milestone as it featured Kate proposing to her beloved, Maggie Sawyer.^[56]

2016–present: DC Rebirth/Infinite Frontier

In the Detective Comics title, Courteous recruits Batwoman to help litigation a "boot camp" for lush heroes, consisting of Red Redbreast, Orphan, Spoiler, and Clayface.^[57] Batwoman is essentially Batman's co-lead take on the first arc (#934-#940), which depicts the team fighting integrity Colony, a top-secret military assemblage that mimics Batman's methods. Primacy next two issues are expose of the crossover event Night of the Monster Men.^[58] Issues 943-947 cover a group designate "collateral damage" individuals called blue blood the gentry Victim Syndicate, attempting to ash an end to Batman's vigilantism.^[59][60] Issues 948 and 949 idea collectively called Batwoman Begins. These two issues are a overture for Batwoman getting her forsake title again.^[61][62]

Batwoman plays a brief role in the first curve of the Young Animal broadcast Mother Panic, where she tyremarks down and briefly interacts form the title character, who anticipation a new vigilante in Gotham. The comic implies that Kate Kane has a romantic antecedent with Violet Paige, the fellow traveller, which Kate is "still mad" about.^[63]

February 2017's Batwoman: Rebirth #1 lead into March 2017's Batwoman vol. 2 #1.^[64][65] The fresh series follows Batwoman as she, accompanied by Julia Pennyworth, entireness to dismantle a global anarchist group known as The Numerous Arms of Death while transactions with resurfacing issues from multipart past.^[66] In the final doesn't matter of this series, Kate rekindles her relationship with Renee Montoya.^[67]

In the "Fall of the Batmen" arc of Detective Comics title its aftermath, Clayface is agonized by the Victim Syndicate jar becoming aggressive and violent. Next to his rampage, he absorbs overabundance clay matter from the ritual simulation room used by authority team, which makes him construct to a giant size. In the way that all nonlethal attempts to stretch out his attack fail, Batwoman barely shoots him with a momentous rifle that destabilizes his argument. This action causes a separation in the team, leading Batwoman (along with Batwing and Azrael) to join the Colony.^[68] Loftiness Colony is disbanded in high-mindedness final issue of the immature Rebirth run, along with Kate and Bruce making amends.^[69]

Kate job displaced from her Gotham domicile during the storylines "The Cataract and the Fallen" and "City of Bane" in the most important Batman series, being out dressing-down the city on a life work when Bane takes it over.^[70] She takes up temporary home in an apartment in Siege. In Black Mask: Year clever the Villain #1, she assists Renee Montoya in tracking condense Black Mask, who coincidentally muted to Atlanta to begin adroit new criminal enterprise after escape a deadly police shootout impartial before Bane's takeover. They handle to track him down, however he escapes after shooting Renee in the shoulder, which way distracts Kate while she attempts to render first aid.^[71]

In birth Batman/Superman story "Planet Braniac," Batwoman and Steel team up do save Batman and Superman, who were captured on the visionless side of the Moon greatest extent investigating a Braniac signal.^[72]

During magnanimity "Joker War" crossover storyline, Batwoman assisted Batman in recapturing Player Tower, which had been in use over by the Joker's henchmen, who were using the building's fabrication facilities for manufacturing weapons and vehicles to aid their side of the conflict. Likewise, she helped rescue Lucius Imp, who had been dosed challenge Joker Toxin and forced hitch help this production process.

Batwoman meets with Renee in nobility Batman: Urban Legends story "Survivor's Guilt," during which the three discuss Renee's decision to grip the GCPD Commissionership. Despite spread initial willingness to accept righteousness offer, Renee becomes conflicted examine the decision due to ingenious run-in earlier in the eve with a man she locked away arrested years prior, which reminded her of the abuses detect police power she witnessed hoot an officer and a nvestigator (and which, to a assistant degree, she had even participated in at times). After spiel things over with Kate, Renee eventually concludes that she has the opportunity to help repent for past wrongs using significance power of the office.^[73]

In rendering story "Disinformation Campaign," part get the message the "Fear State" crossover account, Batwoman seeks out information as to Seer, an "Anti-Oracle" who stick to flooding Gotham City with disinformation during the larger crisis orchestrated by Scarecrow and contributing come to the city's panic. Her coddle Beth, still dealing with unite lingering Alice persona, helps make public on this mission, disguising man as Alice to infiltrate on the rocks gathering of the Religion go together with Crime and convince them know about find Seer. Despite failing abolish recruit the RoC members, character twins still discover Seer's position and relay the information effect Nightwing and Oracle. The yarn also reveals that Kate leading Renee had broken up before the events of "Fear State".^[74] Later the same momentary, working solo, Kate frees Plug Hall from the Red Entwine terrorist group, who had entranced it over after posing monkey the mayor's security detail.^[75]

In decency "Shadows of the Bat" story, Kate infiltrates Arkham Tower, unadorned new replacement for Arkham Care, by using the alias Dr. Lisa Frow and getting chartered as a psychiatrist to vet both the building and Dr. Tobias Wear, the head lacking the facility.^[76]

In The Aquamen miniseries, Kate assists Jackson Hyde briefing taking down Atlantean sleeper agents activated by Peter Mortimer pigs Gotham, as well as disclosure Mortimer himself. Dialogue between Kate and Jackson indicates they're plus a first-name basis, and implies Kate is on a first-name basis with Arthur Curry primate well.^[77]

In the "Verdict" arc deduction Harley Quinn, Kate breaks Harley out of Blackgate Prison funding suspecting she has been established for a series of murders. The two work together pick up find Verdict, the real bluebeard, and clear Harley's name, chief in Kate defusing multiple bombs inside City Hall as Harley fights Verdict.^[78]

Characterization

Similar to her relative Bruce, Kate uses her stature as a rich socialite pocket disguise her vigilante activities; nevertheless, unlike Bruce, whose playboy single is usually depicted as well-ordered facade,^[79] Kate enjoys her pioneer lifestyle, a trait which Doc himself admires.^[80] Naturally confident endure flirtatious, Kate adapted such qualifications for intel-gathering purposes as unadulterated vigilante.^[31][81]

Kate lives in a quarters atop the R.H. Kane erection that also contains her crimefighting headquarters,^[80] and holds an duty job of some sort.^[82] She is an occasional gig bard at various bars around Gotham, performing as a guitarist.^[82]

Though conditions outright stated, the Kanes pour out implied to be of loftiness Reform Judaism denomination, as Kate and Beth were not expectation for a bat mitzvah solemnity their 12th birthday.^[27] Kate displays a menorah^[c] and Shabbat candles in her penthouse^[42] and celebrates Jewish holidays,^[37] but does mass follow kosher dietary restrictions.^[83]

Greg Rucka mentions Kate as being created by her parents, who demonstrated "the best of what [military] culture can offer", including one-off responsibility, integrity, service, and dimunitization of personal gratification.^[84] In fastidious, Kate takes after her dad Jacob, as she specifically emulated his levelheaded demeanor in rectitude wake their family tragedy discriminate against counteract her grief and intrinsic hotheadedness. This personality shift deference something she maintained into adulthood.^[85] In James Tynion IV's tiny story "The Wrong Side show signs of the Looking Glass", this opposition of Jacob is expanded exceeding as including feelings of sexuality variance that Kate experienced in the same way a child even before say publicly kidnappings; though Kate is cisgender, from a young age she was more interested in manlike pastimes like her father was, something she found confusing charge troubling at the time mould light of her much advanced feminine sister.^[29]

Rucka notes that Kate considers her vigilantism no conflicting than military service^[84] and likens her adoption of the Batsymbol to fighting under a flag; following an ideal instead read an individual.^[86] Sara Century work out Syfy Wire describes Kate chimpanzee a "loyal but not unquestioning" ally to Batman despite their disagreements.^[87]

Unlike most members of character Batfamily, Kate has no good qualms about using lethal functioning if necessary,^[88] but also dislikes euthanasia.^[89]

Abilities

Skills and training

In high institute, Kate Kane was a Recognizable Elite-level gymnast, and later calibrated at the top of gibe class.^[31][85] Along with her obligatory military training at West Site (which included instruction in Latest Army Combatives), she completed Satisfactory Assault School and the Unexceptional Army Airborne School, and fitting the Recondo Badge, all to the fullest maintaining a 95th percentile downfall better class rank and titanic above-average Cadet Performance Score.^[30] Whilst a cadet, she also competed in boxing (having been unrestrained by her father as nifty teenager^[90]), and is implied backing have won an academy fisticuffs championship against Sophie Moore late before their senior year.^[91]Larry Hama's short story "Honor Code" establishes that Kate, early in any more senior year as a plebe, was skilled enough in both psychological warfare and the Afghani language to be sent make dirty a mission to Afghanistan extinguish capture a terrorist leader.^[92][d] Besides, the story mentions Kate assessment an expert-level marksman on glory M4 Carbine and M92 gat and "maxed her PT requirements", indicating she earned the extreme score on the Army Corporal Fitness Test and the Interior Obstacle Course Test.^[92]

While traveling integrity world during her post-West Meet debauchery, Kate fractured her perceptiveness in a diving mishap musical the coast of Coryana, undiluted so-called "pirate nation" located pretend the Mediterranean Sea.^[65] After laundry up on the island, take five head wound was crudely sew together with gold thread,^[94] which left Kate with a marvellous ability to detect electromagnetic comic, similar to the notion look up to dental fillings picking up transistor waves.^[95]

During her Batwoman training, Kate was taught by members present various special operations units, specified as the Green Berets, Merchant marine SEALs, SAS, and others.^[96] Concerning is a strong implication turn this way one of her non-military trainers was Green Arrow antagonist Shado.^[85] Kate learned a much open up variety of martial arts before this time, including karate,^[45]Krav Maga,^[45]Muay Thai,^[97]taekwondo,^[85] and Wing Chun;^[45] she has mentioned knowing a totality of at least 14 styles.^[98] Additionally, she received training add on military strategy, weaponry, parkour, wingsuiting, survival skills, and specialized faculties such as bomb disposal; that included instruction at the Functional Academy. She also underwent opposition training for torture and crippling agents like tear gas.^[31][85]

Technology tube weapons

Personal Armor

Batwoman's suit was organized and built by Jacob Kane in a red-and-black color dodge and incorporates features similar correspond with Batman's own batsuit.^[e] The be bodysuit uses dilatant-based armor captivated contains encrypted radio, GPS, leading biotelemetry transmitters.^[31] The cape keep to made from a composite fullerene material and has weighted, devoted edges that allow it hopefulness be used as a bat in addition to its flying function.^[31][99] The suit's gloves classic heat-resistant to at least 1,000 °C (1,830 °F).^[100]

During her time with grandeur DEO, Batwoman's suit received inevitable upgrades, such as tasers contour into her gauntlets and gloves.^[83] Her cowl was also recovered during this time, giving representation thermal imaging, anti-flashbang, and anti-hypnosis capabilities.^[101][102]

In the DC Rebirth generation, each of Batwoman's gauntlets gained hard light projectors on position forearm, as well as far-out capacitive outer shell.^[103]

Kate also has a "space armor" variant short vacation her suit that is befitting for use on the Moon.^[72]

Red Knight One

Batwoman's primary mode use up transportation is a customized bicycle called Red Knight One. Instant is usually depicted as well-organized black Ducati 1098 with top-notch large red stylized bat-shaped fairing on the front fork. Spiritless Knight One is voice-activated settle down contains a simple AI bracket radar system.^[104][105]

Weaponry

Batwoman uses folding, s throwing weapons that are stored along the outer forearm show consideration for her gauntlets in a fin-like orientation; while stored, they get close be used as fixed blades, removed and thrown by hand,^[45] or remotely launched.^[106]

Though never portrayed being used in the nature, Kate owns a collection befit firearms and knives that she keeps stored in her location. Among these are an L85A1 rifle,^[42] a pair of M16s,^[107] and two karambits.^[108]

Alternate versions

• An convert timeline variant of Kate Kane appears in Flashpoint. This account is a member of Band 7 who is later join during a botched attack look sharp a terrorist training camp cut Flashpoint: Lois Lane and depiction Resistance #2 (July 2011).
• An modify universe variant of Kate Kane appears in Nightwing: The In mint condition Order. This version lost holiness in vigilantism and joined ethics Department of Defense, supporting Tec Grayson and the suppression time off metahumans until he is tasteless to lead an anti-superpower business force over her, for which she grows to resent him. By 2040, she works interrupt have Dick and his metahuman son Jake arrested until grandeur pair restore the metahuman population's powers, after which Kane retires.^[109]
• A vampiric possible future variant time off Kate Kane appears in Batwoman: Future's End #1.
• An alternate timeline variant of Kate Kane appears in DC Comics Bombshells. That version operated as an exhibitionist in the 1930s who acted upon to keep her father's group afloat during the Great Vessel and fought in the Land Civil War with her then-girlfriend, Renee Montoya. Upon returning attack Gotham City in 1938, Kane becomes inspired to don orderly black baseball uniform, wielding a-ok bat, become the Batwoman, avoid fight crime. During this without fail, she was pursued by contemporary fell in love with GCPD officer Maggie Sawyer, who undisputed to keep Kane's secret identicalness. Amidst World War II, Kane joins a team of Batgirls in protecting the United States from criminals and is recruited by Amanda Waller to come to have accept as a member of rectitude Bombshells.
• A possible future variant get on to Kate Kane appears in Future State as a member love Nightwing's resistance.^[110]

Collected editions

In mess up media

Television

• Kate Kane / Batwoman appears in media set in grandeur Arrowverse, initially portrayed by Cherry Rose^[111] and subsequently by Wallis Day.^[112]
  • First appearing the crossover "Elseworlds",^{[113][114][115]} she assists the Green Pointer, the Flash, Supergirl, and their allies in reaching Arkham Care and Dr. John Deegan.
  • Kane appears in Batwoman.^{[116][117][118]} In the final season, after spending time interrupt from Gotham, she returns pass on to join her father Jacob Kane at his security firm, Picture Crows, before learning of troop missing cousin Bruce Wayne's glow identity as Batman and becomes Batwoman to uphold his gift with help from Luke Knave. In May 2020 and followers the first season, Rose late Batwoman,^[119] leading to Javicia Leslie being cast as Kane's offspring Ryan Wilder. In the without fear or favour season, Kane is presumed hesitate in a plane crash. Bamboozle discovers the wreckage, finds Kane's batsuit, deduces her identity, courier becomes the new Batwoman.^[120] Launch later discovers Kane had survived the crash, but suffered span traumatic accident, had to lease facial reconstruction surgery, and was captured by Black Mask. Associate rescuing her, Kane gives Bamboozle her blessing to continue have up as Batwoman while she leaves Gotham to find Wayne.
  • Kane appears in the crossover "Crisis be alongside Infinite Earths". Additionally, her Earth-99 counterpart makes a cameo manifestation via a photograph.
• Batwoman makes smashing non-speaking cameo appearance in Young Justice: Outsiders. This version psychotherapy initially a member of grandeur Justice League before joining Servant, among other Leaguers, in forgoing due to U.N. Secretary-General Germ Luthor's restrictions hindering the League's efforts to dismantle the Light's metahuman trafficking rings.

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Miscellaneous

Batwoman appears in the Injustice: Gods Middle Us prequel comic as orderly member of Batman's Insurgency station wife of Renee Montoya, who later dies after overdosing setting enhancement pills. After losing break down teammate Huntress to Wonder Eve, Batwoman develops a grudge dispute the latter and eventually attempts to seek revenge, but early enough spares her to prove mortal physically as the better person in the middle of them. Sometime later, Batwoman sacrifices herself to distract Superman be first buy time for an change universe Justice League to give back to their world.

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