Catwoman: Lonely City

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The visual references woven into the narrative are never ostentatiously signaled by a shift in style. She tells Selina that she could never reverse Selina's mindset, since she was on the path to becoming a hero on her own. Batman: The Imposter— A Batman story set in a "gritty, hard-boiled version of Gotham City" where a second Batman haunting Gotham's rooftops and alleys—and this one has no qualms about murdering criminals, live and on tape.

In the Elseworlds tale Batman: In Darkest Knight, featuring a world if Bruce Wayne discovered the body of dying alien Abin Sur, instead of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, also features familiar Batman characters mixed with some of Green Lantern's enemies. The Human Target (2021)— A Noir Detective-style comic following Christopher Chance, a man hired to disguise himself as his clients to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder, has just 12 days to track down who in the DC Universe is after his latest client, Lex Luthor.Batman: Dark Victory, the sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween, implies that Catwoman suspects she is the illegitimate daughter of Mafia boss Carmine Falcone, although she finds no definitive proof. Believing she can no longer function as a criminal, Selina decided to become one of Batman's Outsiders. The villain had also previously tortured Selina's sister Maggie by drilling out her husband's eyeballs and feeding them to Maggie, which drove her insane.

In the second volume of the Batman: Earth One graphic novel series, Selena Kyle appears and helps Batman tending his wounds after chasing the Riddler, pretending to be a single mother who lives in the apartment building where he was injured. In the Injustice universe (based on the video game of the same name), Catwoman is a co-founder of the Insurgency resistance with Batman, which was formed after the death of Dick Grayson. After he tells her that he plans on getting an emotional response before killing her, Selina steals a car and heads to the mental institution where Maggie is held, believing Black Mask is coming for her. The Last God— The first book, taking place 30 years after a band of heroes had supposedly killed the last living god, Mol Uhltep, an eldritch creature who's kind once plagued and ravaged the lands.

Sharp and witty, with a tight plot and enough Easter Eggs to keep the hardcores happy but also moving at a clip that will pull in casual readers, too…One of the best Batman family books of the last decade…” — CrimeReads. The character thrived in her earliest appearances, but she took an extended hiatus from September 1954 to November 1966 due to the developing Comics Code Authority in 1954.