Kathy was a circus trapeze artist who wanted more in life. Admiring the Batman, she used her inheritance to get the supplies she needed to become Batwoman and fight crime. Kathy even built a Batcave under her house.
For years Batwoman would help the Dynamic Duo by her self. It was only when her niece Betty discovered she was Batwoman that she decided to take on a partner. The duo would team up, much to the Dark Knights
dismay and help fight crime.
Batman tried to convince Kathy to give up the mantle, stating that it was no place for a lady. He never succeeded. In fact, Kathy proved herself to Batman and got his respect. After a few years however, Kathy lost the will to keep being a crime fighter. She retired and bought a circus, Kane's Kolossal Karnival. Kathy did occasionally team up with the new Batgirl, Barbara Gordon to help her out.
Following a tip that the League of Assassins was going after Kathy Kane at her circus, Batman showed up just as she was attacked by the League. Batman was knocked unconscious by the Bronze Tiger, who at that time was in the thrall of the leader of the League of Assassins.
He awakened to Kathy's scream and found her dead, holding on to her Batwoman costume. Batman later tracked the killers to their lair and fought the Bronze Tiger and several of the league members. The Sensei and the Bronze Tiger escaped, but Batman captured Kathy Kane's two killers.
Real Name: Katherine Kane
Occupation: Hero
Marital Status: Single
Base of Operations:Gotham City
Height: 5ft. 10in
Weight: 155 Lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
First Appearance: Detective Comics #233 (July, 1956)
Created By: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff
POWERS
None
ABILITIES
None
WEAPONS
Batarangs
Bat-Rope
This version of Batwoman as never appeared in any other for of Batman media.
Detective Comics #233 (July 1956): "The Batwoman"
Batman #105 (February 1957): "The Challenge of Batwoman"
World's Finest Comics #90 (September-October 1957): "The Super-Batwoman"
Detective Comics #249 (November 1957): "The Crime of Bruce Wayne"
Batman #116/2 (June 1958): "Batwoman's New Identity"
Batman #119 (October 1958): "The Arch-Rivals of Gotham City"
Batman #125 (August 1959): "The Secret Life of Bat-Hound"
Batman #126/3 (September 1959): "The Menace of the Firefly"
World's Finest Comics #104 (September 1959): "The Plot to Destroy Superman"
Batman #128/3 (December 1959): "The Batman Baby" [As Kathy Kane]
Batman #129 (February 1960): "The Web of the Spinner"
Detective Comics #276 (February 1960): "The Return of Bat-Mite"
Batman #133/3 (August 1960): "Batwoman's Publicity Agent"
Detective Comics #285 (November 1960): "The Mystery of the Man-Beast"
Detective Comics #286 (December 1960): "The Doomed Batwoman"
Batman #139/3 (April 1961): "Bat-Girl"
World's Finest Comics #117 (May 1961): "The Super-Batwoman and the Super-Creature"
Batman #140/3 (June 1961): "The Eighth Wonder of Space"
Detective Comics #292 (June 1961): "The Colossus of Gotham City"
Batman #141/3 (August 1961): "Batwoman's Junior Partner"
Justice League of America #7 (October-November 1961): "The Cosmic Fun-House"
Batman #144/3 (December 1961): "Bat-Mite Meets Bat-Girl"
Detective Comics #302 (April 1962): "The Bronze Menace"
Batman #147/3 (May 1962): "Batman Becomes Bat-Baby" [As Kathy Kane]
Batman #150/2 (September 1962): "The Girl Who Stole Batman's Heart"
Detective Comics #307 (September 1962): "Alpha, the Experimental Man"
Detective Comics #309 (November 1962): "The Mystery of the Mardi Gras Murders"
Detective Comics #311 (January 1963): "The Challenge of the Cat-Man"
Batman #153 (February 1963): "Prisoners of Three Worlds"
Batman #155 (May 1963): "Batman's Psychic Twin" [As Kathy Kane]
Batman #157/2 (August 1963): "The Hunt for Batman's Secret Identity"
Detective Comics #318 (August 1963): "The Cat-Man Strikes Back"
World's Finest Comics #136 (September 1963): "The Batman Nobody Remembered"
Batman #159 (November 1963): "The Great Clayface-Joker Feud"
Detective Comics #321 (November 1963): "The Terrible Trio"
World's Finest Comics #139 (February 1964): "The Ghost of Batman"
Batman #162 (March 1964): "The Batman Creature"
Detective Comics #325 (March 1964): "The Strange Lives of the Cat-Man"
Batman Family #10 (March-April 1977): "Those Were the Bad Old Days"
Batman Family #11/3 (May-June 1977): "Surprise! Surprise!" [As Kathy Kane]
Batman Family #13 (September 1977): "The Man Who Melted Manhattan"
Batman Family #14 (October 1977): "Old Super-Heroines Never Die--They Just Fade Away"
Batman Family #17 (April-May 1978): "Scars"
Batman Family #17/2 (April-May 1978): "Horoscopes of Crime"
Freedom Fighters #14 (May-June 1978): "Sideshows of Doom"
Freedom Fighters #15 (July-August 1978): "Carnival of Death"
Detective Comics #485 (August-September 1979): "The Vengeance Vow" [As Kathy Kane]
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