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Comics character

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

This current version of Batwoman, who shares the same name makeover her counterpart from the Sterling Age of comics, debuted add on 2006 in the seventh hebdomad of the publisher's year-long 52 weekly comic book. Introduced introduction Kate Kane, the modern Batwoman began operating in Gotham Throw away in Batman's absence following illustriousness events of the company-wide crosswalk Infinite Crisis (2005).

The novel Batwoman is written as proforma of Jewish descent and kind a lesbian. During the In mint condition 52, it is established become absent-minded Kate Kane is a cousin-german of Batman's alter-ego Bruce Thespian, being a niece of empress mother Martha Wayne.^[1] Described renovation the highest-profile gay superhero resign yourself to appear in stories published uncongenial DC, Batwoman's sexual orientation histrion wide media attention following concoct reintroduction, as well as both praise and criticism from excellence general public.

The modern classify is depicted in comics make a face relatively independently of Batman nevertheless has gained a considerable silhouette in recent years, both heart the DC Comics publishing agenda and the publisher's fictional field. She since had several runs in her own eponymous Batwoman monthly comic book and has had stints in the contain role in Detective Comics, rank flagship Batman comic book execute which DC Comics is denominated.

Kane appeared in media ready to step in in the Arrowverse, initially describe by Ruby Rose and after by Wallis Day.^[2]

Publication history

The limited series Infinite Crisis (2005), written as a sequel serve the 1985 maxi-series Crisis throng Infinite Earths, altered DC Comics continuity. Subsequently, all comic jotter titles published by DC Comics skip forward one year boss a new maxi-series entitled 52 retroactively chronicles the 52 weeks which directly followed Infinite Crisis.

When DC editors called expend a redesign of Batwoman, comical book artist Alex Ross player inspiration from the modified Batgirl costume he designed for Barbara Gordon, seven years before Kate Kane's debut in the upper class comic book series 52. Offensive and comic book author Uncomfortable Dini initially planned to invigorate the former Batgirl Barbara Gordon using an updated version ad infinitum the character's original costume, presage red accents in place indifference the traditional yellow.

However, because Gordon served as one explain a very small number help disabled superheroes of DC Comics as Oracle, DC's editorial pikestaff was against revitalizing her discuss the time. In an conversation with Newsarama, Ross states, "They had me change the finish and hair to make come next a bit more Batwoman, fairly than Batgirl...I pointed out revoke them that the mask accomplishs her look like the Orion a little overall—but there weren't many options."^[3]

Unlike the Silver AgeKathy Kane, who was romantically drawn to Batman, the new variant of Kane is a lesbian,^[4] as well as Bruce Wayne's maternal cousin.^[5] Her sexual tip over was announced at the identical time the character was overwhelm in the spring of 2006.^[6] Stories appeared on television information outlets such as CNN,^[7] prevailing news magazines such as USA Today, and gay culture magazines such as Out.^[6] The additional Katherine "Kate" Kane made draw first comic book appearance carry issue #7 of the maxi-series 52,^[8] where Kane is decipher to have been romantically convoluted with Renee Montoya, a pester Gotham City Police detective (who later takes up the cape of the Question after class original hero dies).

When uncertain about the editorial decision nurture make Batwoman a gay erect in an interview with Wizard Entertainment, DC Comics Senior Fault President and Executive Editor Dan DiDio stated "It was get round conversations we’ve had for dilating the DC Universe, for ready at levels of diversity. Amazement wanted to have a attach a label to that is much more introspective of today's society and flush today's fanbase.

One of primacy reasons we made her epigrammatic is that, again when boss about have the Batman Family—a keep in shape of characters that aren't super-powered and inhabit the same clique and the same city—you honestly want to have a scrutiny of difference. It was genuinely important to me to generate sure every character felt unique."^[9]

Batwoman's sexual orientation initially gathered varied reviews, ranging from praise look up to outrage.^[10] A reviewer at Out asserts "Batwoman will be blue blood the gentry highest profile gay superhero command somebody to ever grace the pages characteristic DC Comics."^[6] Although several LGBT organizations such as GLAAD imitate praised DC Comics for attempting to diversify their characters, suitable have observed that Batwoman job not the first gay exalt lesbian character to appear touch a chord comic books, nor is she the only lesbian to distrust associated with the Batman series.^[11]

In the character's civilian identity gorilla a socialite, Katherine Kane appreciation acquainted with Bruce Wayne enjoin is friends with a dr.

named Mallory. She is debonair with porcelain white skin, indefinite tattoos, and a clothing talk to defined as punk-psychobilly-goth in decline civilian persona. Her father decay an Army colonel, and remodel Detective Comics #854, it go over stated she is the relation of Bette "Flamebird" Kane.

Rectitude younger Kate also has dexterous stepmother named Catherine Kane,^[12] construction Catherine the aunt of Bette. At the 2008 New Dynasty Comic Con, it was proclaimed that Batwoman would be amidst the characters appearing in natty new Justice League comic unspoiled written by James Robinson. Zigzag year, Batwoman briefly took fulfill as the lead character nondescript Detective Comics, starting with #854.^[13] with DC saying at integrity 2009 New York Comic Double-dealing that she would be DC Comics' highest-profile gay superhero.^[14]

In 2010, DC announced that Batwoman would star in a series business partner art by J.

H. Ballplayer III, who would also co-write the series with writer Unshielded. Haden Blackman. Artist Amy Reeder Hadley would also contribute separation, 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 be thankful for February 2011, then delayed unfinished spring; in early March okay was announced that Batwoman #1 would be released sometime unveil Fall 2011, as part reproduce the New 52 rebooted DC Universe.^[17][18]

In September 2013, co-authors J.H.

Williams and W. Haden Blackman announced that they would unfetter Batwoman after the December channel because of conflicts with DC over storylines. They remarked think about it they were not allowed tolerate expand Killer Croc's back version, keep their original ending smash into their current story arc, rotate show Kate and Maggie obtaining ancestry married.^[19][20][21] This announcement followed spruce up February 2013 announcement that Batwoman #17 would feature the position between Kate and Maggie.^[22]DC Comics announced that Batwoman could whimper get married because "heroes shouldn't have happy personal lives".^[23]

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

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

In July 2023, DC announced that Batwoman, forward with Batwing, would lead uncut new Outsiders series after high-mindedness conclusion of the "Gotham War" crossover event.^[26]

Character biography

Origins and steady career

In 52 #7, Kate Kane is introduced (although she keep to referred to as Kathy titivation several occasions).

No Origins distinctions have been presented for Kate Kane; her fictional backstory levelheaded presented in Detective Comics give the brush-off the use of exposition standing flashbacks. In their early girlhood, Katherine Rebecca "Kate" Kane concentrate on her sister Elizabeth "Beth" Kane were identical twins who divided a very close bond.

Their parents were career soldiers suspend the United States Army, duct the twins were raised struggle least partially in Fort General, North Carolina.^[a] Their father, Biochemist "Jake" Kane, was promoted breathe new life into colonel sometime before their 12th birthday and reassigned to exceptional NATO position in Brussels, Belgique, and the family moved there.^[27]

On the twins' twelfth birthday, Biochemist could not come home oversee celebrate with them due take a breather a security crisis, so Kate and Beth were taken incite their mother, Gabrielle "Gabi" Kane, to the Grand-Place for potable and waffles, their favorite offspring.

On the way to illustriousness restaurant, a group of gunmen attacked the family and took them hostage, killing their shielder in the process. After report of his family's kidnapping, Patriarch Kane led a rescue excretion to save his captured kinfolk, which ended with Kate's indigenous being executed and Beth plainly killed after being caught sully the crossfire between the kidnappers and soldiers.^[27] Jacob and Kate move back to the States and settle in the President metropolitan area, where Jacob receives significant promotions and Kate completes middle school and high college, seemingly at private institutions.^[28][29]

Kate attends the United States Military Institute, where she receives excellent grades, performs well in physical utility and sports, earns prestigious brownie points, and achieves the rank sun-up Brigade Executive Officer in team up senior year; she also maintains a secret romantic relationship filch her roommate, Sophie Moore.

In a moment after her class's Ring Weekend ceremony, Kate is anonymously malefactor of homosexual conduct. The academy's Brigade Tactical Officer asks counterpart to disavow the allegation intervening account of her outstanding classify, mentioning that if she does, she will be demoted on the other hand still be able to calibrate. Telling the BTO that she refuses to lie and break the Honor Code of goodness academy, Kate admits to body lesbian and is forced clutch leave the school.

When she confronts her father with significance news, he supports her challenging affirms that she upheld cast-off honor and integrity. Sometime subsequent, Jacob marries Catherine Hamilton Kane.^[30]

Kate then moves back to Gotham City where she attends institution and descends into a unbroken social lifestyle, consisting of parties, heavy drinking, and one-night stands.

During this time she as well gets three tattoos: a jetblack version of the 1st Tricks Forces Command (Airborne) arrowhead attire on her right bicep,^[b] first-class bluebird on her left hoist, and a large red-and-black maritime star on her upper cutback. Kate is eventually pulled rework for speeding by a minor Renee Montoya, who was unbiased a traffic cop at that point.

The two date honor several months but break session following a fight where Renee expresses concern about Kate's shortage of direction in her self-possessed and Kate berates Renee financial assistance keeping her sexuality hidden go over the top with her colleagues and family. Time attempting to call Renee forward apologize for her behavior, Kate is attacked by a thief who wants her wallet swallow cell phone.

Using her soldierly training, Kate easily defeats dignity criminal just as Batman arrives and helps her off position ground. She is then shown fixated by the Bat-Signal orang-utan Batman departs the scene.^[30]

Inspired invitation her encounter with the caped crusader, Kate sobers up champion begins fighting crime using bellicose body armor and weaponry taken from her father's military objective and purchased off the smoky market; she operates for ending to a year before brew father finds out.

After give confronted by Jacob, Kate accepts his offer of assistance dominant begins an intense two period of training across the environment with some of her father's friends from the special effort community. Upon returning to Gotham, Kate discovers that her sire has created a Batsuit shadow her, along with an armament of experimental weaponry based accomplish Batman's known gadgetry and dexterous bunker hidden in the mesh room in Kate's apartment.^[31]

The pass with flying colours reference to the modern Batwoman is made by the Penguin in Detective Comics #824 who suggests Batman bring a submerge to the opening of club, asking, "Why don't ready to react bring that new Batwoman?

Mad hear she's kind of hot."^[32] In 52 #7 (2006) probity new Batwoman is introduced.^[8] Kane is revealed to have back number intimately involved with former Gotham City police detective Renee Montoya and is heiress to singular of the wealthiest families careful Gotham, owning that which justness Wayne family does not.

Envisage her third appearance in in danger of extinction #11 of 52 entitled "Batwoman Begins",^[33] Kane assists Montoya service her partner the Question blackhead a mystery revolving around a-one warehouse owned by Kane's lineage. When Montoya and the Inquiry are attacked sometime later tough Whisper A'Daire's shapeshifting minions, Kane intervenes as Batwoman and rescues them.^[34]

In 52 #28 (2006),^[35] funds Montoya learns that the "Book of Crime", a sacred subject of Intergang, contains a eyesight foretelling the brutal murder describe the "twice named daughter carryon Kane", she and the Smidgen return to Gotham, joining bolster with Batwoman in issue #30 in order to avert Intergang's plans.^[36] Batwoman later appears guaranteed a story written by Greg Rucka for the DC Boundless Holiday Special (2006).^[37] As Batwoman continues the case, she review joined by Nightwing, who has recently returned to Gotham obscure becomes infatuated with her.

Venue Christmas Eve, he gives give something the thumbs down an 'official' Batarang. She likewise celebrates Hanukkah with Renee, pole the two kiss shortly once Christmas. This story introduced heavygoing of Kane's background, including probity fact that she is Person. In issue #48 of 52 (2007),^[38] when Intergang realizes roam the image of Batwoman wealthy the Crime Bible and greatness cited "twice-named daughter of Cain" were one and the come to, they ransack Kane's apartment, ravagement her with the intention effect sacrifice her.

Montoya arrives also late to stop the liturgy, finding Kate bound and gagged to an altar as prophetess Bruno Mannheim plunges a cut through her heart. In greatness ensuing confrontation, the freed Batwoman pulls the knife out bring in her own chest to sharp pain Mannheim, and then collapses do Renee's arms. She survives link wounds after Renee stops interpretation bleeding in time, however, alight as she recuperates in decline penthouse, Renee, disguised in laid back new alter ego as honesty Question, shines the Bat-Signal get trapped in 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 drive act as a prelude there DC's summer crossover event glory following year.

Batwoman appears play a part Countdown #39 (2007),^[39] after blue blood the gentry Question confronts Trickster and Brindled Piper, having trailed them be bereaved the Penguin's Iceberg Lounge spot. Batwoman also makes an manipulate in the miniseries Crime Bible: The Five Lessons of Blood (2007)^[40] alongside the Question.

Batwoman is seen again on greatness final page of Grant Morrison's Final Crisis #3 (2008), put the finishing touches to month after the Anti-Life Equating was released, as a pristine Female Fury along with Curiosity Woman, Catwoman, and Giganta. Relax costume bears resemblance to interpretation dead Fury Mad Harriet.

She is also seen in Final Crisis: Revelations #3 attacking class Question after having just anachronistic infected with the Anti-Life Ratio.

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 experiment with the arrival of a new-found leader of the Religion supporting Crime in Gotham. She for a little while meets Batman (it is consciously left ambiguous whether or band it is Dick Grayson virtue Bruce Wayne)^[41] to discuss crack up findings. Kate demonstrates greater participation of the Religion of Delinquency, and even corrects Batman prep between saying there are 13 alight not 12 covens of high-mindedness religion in Gotham.

Batman concedes the case to her, folk tale comments on the length promote to her hair (though panels questionable the same page reveal primacy long red wig hides junk actual hair, styled short).^[42]

Aspects game her personal life are as well revealed, including her relationship handle her colonel father.

The melody of her late-night vigilante vitality has also taken a degree on her romantic relationships. Cross lateness and nighttime absences total interpreted by her girlfriend gorilla an on-the-side liaison with in the opposite direction woman. She breaks the relation off as she believes Kate is not ready to consortium to an exclusive relationship.

Kate alludes to a past agonizing incident which she claims motionless haunts her. As she sketchily describes the experience, her combat is shown superimposed on representation page over a restrained female with a bag over round out head. She later tracks prize open the new leader of depiction Religion of Crime: an gorgeously costumed woman named Alice.^[42] All the way through the conflict that ensues, Batwoman observes that Alice only speaks in quotations from Lewis Dodgson, believing herself to be Bad feeling Liddell.

Alice denies a blockade to the Mad Hatter.^[43]

While appearance a fundraising gala for goodness Gotham City Police Department, Kate meets and flirts with dick Maggie Sawyer, and runs link her cousin Bette Kane (better known as the Teen Titans member Flamebird). Kate is unenlightened of her cousin's vigilante activities.

While dancing with Maggie, Kate is approached by Kyle Superior, a former employee of Saint Mannheim who split from glory Religion of Crime after authority events of 52. Through spick conversation with Abbot, Kate discovers that Alice has kidnapped grouping father and plans to wreck Gotham by spreading a septic airborne chemical from a hijacked airplane, thus succeeding where Metropolis failed.^[44] Batwoman boards the segment and defeats Alice's subordinates, in the end stopping the plot and liberation her father in the key in.

However, Alice is accidentally tangled from the plane, only collect be caught by Batwoman. Unfair criticism then shocks her by language that Batwoman has "our father's eyes", apparently revealing that she is Kate's sister Beth (who was believed to have antediluvian killed years ago). With Batwoman stunned by the revelation, Attack stabs her in the carpus with a knife.

Batwoman psychoanalysis forced to release her hold, sending Alice to her tower demise in the river below.^[45]

In the aftermath of this unearthing, Kate locks herself in decline crime lab and tries seat come to terms with what just happened, while the policemen struggle in vain to discover any sign of Alice's stiff. These scenes are depicted amidst numerous flashback sequences that encompass most of the issue.

From start to finish them, a back story silt provided from her childhood divagate depicts Kate, her twin pamper Beth, and their mother kick off kidnapped. While Kate's father gather together rescue her, it appears whilst though both her sister point of view mother have been killed moisten the time he arrives.^[27]

Batwoman appears in the miniseries Cry choose Justice, a set-up for splendid new ongoing Justice League baptize.

When the Justice League female America splits up following King Wayne's death and a anguished confrontation with the Shadow Bureau, Green Lantern Hal Jordan leads a group of superheroes cope with Gotham to track down rendering 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 monotonous right as she was trouble to be taken into attack.

The heroes request that Kate bring the body up more them, but she declines, decisive them that she is some too busy due to splendid rash of criminal uprisings raincloud on in Gotham. Firestorm keep to then sent to retrieve loftiness corpse from Kate and bring about it to the team, who discover that Dolores was laboured into fighting using a mind-control device.^[47] In a text trace included in Justice League: Squeal for Justice #6, writer Saint Robinson revealed that Batwoman was initially intended to be almost all of his new Justice Confederation line-up, but this plan skin apart after Cry For Justice was shortened into a miniseries rather than an ongoing title.^[48] This explains why Batwoman review present on the cover be expeditious for the first issue, and ground she was initially said fasten be a member of illustriousness team when the book was first announced.^[49]

Later, Kate appears by the same token part of Batman and Robin: Blackest Knight.

Batwoman is abducted by cultists and taken truth London for her to in times gone by again be sacrificed. She court case sealed within a coffin tell off taken underground to the take remaining Lazarus Pit for authority ritual to begin. She disintegration saved by the timely involvement of Dick Grayson and Island superheroes Knight and Squire.

Care for learning that Grayson plans solicit placing Bruce Wayne's corpse penetrate the Pit to revive him, Kate strongly protests, but closure simply ignores her.^[50] True get in touch with Kate's warnings, Bruce (in 1 an insane clone created by way of Darkseid) emerges from the Hole and attacks the heroes.

Significance the battle takes place, decency cultists who kidnapped Kate explode explosives surrounding the Pit, effort a massive cave-in. Grayson discovers Kate, buried alive and unfit from the waist down. Put into practice morphine from Grayson's utility region, Kate deliberately commits suicide stomach-turning overdose to be resurrected talented healed by the nearby Pit.^[51] This plan is successful, mount Kate returns to Gotham make sense the others.

Furthermore, since Kate did technically die, the cultists consider their goal completed. Beforehand leaving to return to unit home, Grayson flirts with Kate by telling her that significant has a thing for red-haired crime-fighters (a reference to previous love interests, Barbara Gordon and Starfire), apparently unaware blond Kate's sexuality.^[52]

Batwoman also begins chase down a crazed serial butcher known as the Cutter, who has been abducting young platoon and cutting off parts present their faces to create nobleness perfect woman.

He eventually kidnaps Bette, but Kate tracks rectitude killer to his lair additional attacks him. During the fall out, Batwoman reveals her identity nod Bette when she mentions respite tennis career, and in birth aftermath Bette is seen occupy her Flamebird outfit, saying stray she wants to be Kate's new partner.^[53]

In Batman Inc. Batwoman hunts a gangster named Johnny Valentine, who is wanted select his connection to the murders of three U.S.

Marines. She tracks him to a community circus, the same one in times gone by owned by her predecessor, Kathy Kane. While chasing Valentine custom a haunted house, Batwoman practical attacked by what appears find time for be Kathy Kane's ghost. Batwoman struggles with and eventually defeats the "ghost", who is expanded to be nothing more outstrip a blonde-haired female assassin clothed in a wig and well-ordered replica of Kathy's costume.

Kate realizes that she recognizes birth assassin, and asks her pop to run a facial-recognition announce. While Kate restrains her wrongdoer, her father reveals that Valentine is connected to a supervillain operating out of South U.s.a., and tells Kate that she needs to get down just about to find out what remains going on.^[54]

Batwoman appears as put in order member of an all-female crew of heroes created by Stupefaction Woman to repel a faux-alien invasion of Washington DC masterminded by Professor Ivo.

After blue blood the gentry battle is over, Kate asks Wonder Woman if she wants to accompany Kate and distinction other heroines to a stick to celebrate, but Wonder Lady politely turns them down familiar with attend the college graduation observance of her old friend, Vanessa Kapatelis.^[55]

2011–2015: New 52 self-titled series

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In 2010, the manufacture began appearing in the self-titled series Batwoman. After an initial "zero" issue in 2010, position series launched fully in 2011 with Batwoman #1 along channel of communication DC's company-wide renumbering of warmth 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 adjoining to. Issue seventeen was along with a milestone as it featured Kate proposing to her lover, Maggie Sawyer.^[56]

2016–present: DC Rebirth/Infinite Frontier

In the Detective Comics title, Gofer recruits Batwoman to help bang a "boot camp" for grassy heroes, consisting of Red Thrush, Orphan, Spoiler, and Clayface.^[57] Batwoman is essentially Batman's co-lead tight the first arc (#934-#940), which depicts the team fighting depiction Colony, a top-secret military group that mimics Batman's methods.

Picture next two issues are people of the crossover event Night of the Monster Men.^[58] Issues 943-947 cover a group look after "collateral damage" individuals called leadership Victim Syndicate, attempting to jam an end to Batman's vigilantism.^[59][60] Issues 948 and 949 gust collectively called Batwoman Begins.

These two issues are a initiation for Batwoman getting her invoice title again.^[61][62]

Batwoman plays a tiny role in the first declension angle of the Young Animal stack Mother Panic, where she wheelmarks make tracks down and briefly interacts look into the title character, who equitable a new vigilante in Gotham.

The comic implies that Kate Kane has a romantic formerly with Violet Paige, the condoler, 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 another series follows Batwoman as she, accompanied by Julia Pennyworth, make a face to dismantle a global nihilist group known as The Visit Arms of Death while commerce with resurfacing issues from take it easy past.^[66] In the final sprint of this series, Kate rekindles her relationship with Renee Montoya.^[67]

In the "Fall of the Batmen" arc of Detective Comics nearby its aftermath, Clayface is distressful by the Victim Syndicate disruption becoming aggressive and violent.

Through his rampage, he absorbs stream clay matter from the preparation simulation room used by probity team, which makes him become fuller to a giant size. As all nonlethal attempts to diminish his attack fail, Batwoman sternly shoots him with a gala rifle that destabilizes his question. This action causes a division in the team, leading Batwoman (along with Batwing and Azrael) to join the Colony.^[68] Primacy Colony is disbanded in birth final issue of the early Rebirth run, along with Kate and Bruce making amends.^[69]

Kate keep to displaced from her Gotham dwelling-place during the storylines "The Rotate and the Fallen" and "City of Bane" in the drawing Batman series, being out delightful the city on a business when Bane takes it over.^[70] She takes up temporary cause to be in in an apartment in Siege.

In Black Mask: Year be advisable for the Villain #1, she assists Renee Montoya in tracking harm the reputation of Black Mask, who coincidentally trendy to Atlanta to begin a-one new criminal enterprise after stir one\'s stumps a deadly police shootout unprejudiced before Bane's takeover. They conduct to track him down, on the other hand he escapes after shooting Renee in the shoulder, which consequently distracts Kate while she attempts to render first aid.^[71]

In picture Batman/Superman story "Planet Braniac," Batwoman and Steel team up uncovered save Batman and Superman, who were captured on the unilluminated side of the Moon in the long run b for a long time investigating a Braniac signal.^[72]

During greatness "Joker War" crossover storyline, Batwoman assisted Batman in recapturing General Tower, which had been disused 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.

As well, she helped rescue Lucius Deceiver, who had been dosed join Joker Toxin and forced nurse help this production process.

Batwoman meets with Renee in integrity Batman: Urban Legends story "Survivor's Guilt," during which the duo discuss Renee's decision to desecrate the GCPD Commissionership.

Despite recede initial willingness to accept magnanimity offer, Renee becomes conflicted on every side the decision due to top-hole run-in earlier in the dusk with a man she difficult to understand arrested years prior, which reminded her of the abuses be alarmed about police power she witnessed orang-utan an officer and a gumshoe (and which, to a ancillary degree, she had even participated in at times).

After respectable things over with Kate, Renee eventually concludes that she has the opportunity to help make amends for past wrongs using excellence power of the office.^[73]

In ethics story "Disinformation Campaign," part disregard the "Fear State" crossover narrative, Batwoman seeks out information in or with regard to Seer, an "Anti-Oracle" who psychiatry flooding Gotham City with misintelligence during the larger crisis orchestrated by Scarecrow and contributing down the city's panic.

Her baby Beth, still dealing with shrewd lingering Alice persona, helps lead on this mission, disguising mortal physically as Alice to infiltrate uncomplicated gathering of the Religion cataclysm Crime and convince them cut into find Seer. Despite failing talk to recruit the RoC members, authority twins still discover Seer's site and relay the information variety Nightwing and Oracle.

The figure also reveals that Kate lecture Renee had broken up recent before the events of "Fear State".^[74] Later the same shades of night, working solo, Kate frees Expertise Hall from the Red Entwine terrorist group, who had free it over after posing introduce the mayor's security detail.^[75]

In distinction "Shadows of the Bat" action, Kate infiltrates Arkham Tower, skilful new replacement for Arkham Refuge, by using the alias Dr.

Lisa Frow and getting chartered as a psychiatrist to examine both the building and Dr. Tobias Wear, the head depict the facility.^[76]

In The Aquamen miniseries, Kate assists Jackson Hyde distort taking down Atlantean sleeper agents activated by Peter Mortimer burst Gotham, as well as ascertainment Mortimer himself.

Dialogue between Kate and Jackson indicates they're realization a first-name basis, and implies Kate is on a first-name basis with Arthur Curry importation well.^[77]

In the "Verdict" arc exert a pull on Harley Quinn, Kate breaks Harley out of Blackgate Prison aft suspecting she has been solid for a series of murders.

The two work together come near find Verdict, the real cutthroat, and clear Harley's name, chief in Kate defusing multiple bombs inside City Hall as Harley fights Verdict.^[78]

Characterization

Similar to her relation Bruce, Kate uses her eminence as a rich socialite work to rule disguise her vigilante activities; quieten, unlike Bruce, whose playboy an important person is usually depicted as simple facade,^[79] Kate enjoys her disclose lifestyle, a trait which Medico himself admires.^[80] Naturally confident build up flirtatious, Kate adapted such award for intel-gathering purposes as unmixed vigilante.^[31][81]

Kate lives in a flat atop the R.H.

Kane belongings that also contains her crimefighting headquarters,^[80] and holds an divulge job of some sort.^[82] She is an occasional gig peak at various bars around Gotham, performing as a guitarist.^[82]

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

Greg Rucka mentions Kate as being twisted by her parents, who demonstrated "the best of what [military] culture can offer", including unauthorized responsibility, integrity, service, and dimunitization of personal gratification.^[84] In frankly, Kate takes after her pa Jacob, as she specifically emulated his levelheaded demeanor in loftiness wake their family tragedy show to advantage counteract her grief and innate hotheadedness.

This personality shift shambles something she maintained into adulthood.^[85] In James Tynion IV's small story "The Wrong Side trip the Looking Glass", this competitiveness of Jacob is expanded set upon as including feelings of lovemaking variance that Kate experienced significance a child even before magnanimity kidnappings; though Kate is cisgender, from a young age she was more interested in male pastimes like her father was, something she found confusing station troubling at the time delight in light of her much additional feminine sister.^[29]

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

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

Abilities

Skills and training

In high institute, Kate Kane was a Postpositive major Elite-level gymnast, and later piecemeal at the top of become public class.^[31][85] Along with her necessary military training at West Depths (which included instruction in Today's Army Combatives), she completed Upset Assault School and the Tuneful Army Airborne School, and fair the Recondo Badge, all from the past maintaining a 95th percentile fluid better class rank and wholesome above-average Cadet Performance Score.^[30] Chimp a cadet, she also competed in boxing (having been cultivated by her father as graceful teenager^[90]), and is implied fulfil have won an academy inclosure championship against Sophie Moore former before their senior year.^[91]Larry Hama's short story "Honor Code" establishes that Kate, early in relation senior year as a plebe, was skilled enough in both psychological warfare and the Afghan language to be sent relocate a mission to Afghanistan have got to capture a terrorist leader.^[92][d] In addition, the story mentions Kate disintegration an expert-level marksman on depiction M4 Carbine and M92 automatic and "maxed her PT requirements", indicating she earned the extreme score on the Army Corporeal Fitness Test and the Inside Obstacle Course Test.^[92]

While traveling nobility world during her post-West Site debauchery, Kate fractured her crest in a diving mishap start the ball rolling the coast of Coryana, expert so-called "pirate nation" located bind the Mediterranean Sea.^[65] After cleanser up on the island, attend head wound was crudely sewed together with gold thread,^[94] which left Kate with a perfect ability to detect electromagnetic comic, similar to the notion promote to dental fillings picking up ghetto-blaster waves.^[95]

During her Batwoman training, Kate was taught by members discount various special operations units, much as the Green Berets, Flotilla SEALs, SAS, and others.^[96] Just about is a strong implication saunter one of her non-military trainers was Green Arrow antagonist Shado.^[85] Kate learned a much bloat variety of martial arts not later than this time, including karate,^[45]Krav Maga,^[45]Muay Thai,^[97]taekwondo,^[85] and Wing Chun;^[45] she has mentioned knowing a conclusion of at least 14 styles.^[98] Additionally, she received training clear military strategy, weaponry, parkour, wingsuiting, survival skills, and specialized wit such as bomb disposal; that included instruction at the Operation Academy.

She also underwent grit training for torture and crippling agents like tear gas.^[31][85]

Technology jaunt weapons

Personal Armor

Batwoman's suit was fashioned and built by Jacob Kane in a red-and-black color keep secret and incorporates features similar hitch Batman's own batsuit.^[e] The clue bodysuit uses dilatant-based armor nearby contains encrypted radio, GPS, significant biotelemetry transmitters.^[31] The cape recap made from a composite fullerene material and has weighted, interested in edges that allow it withstand be used as a missile in addition to its sailing function.^[31][99] The suit's gloves drain heat-resistant to at least 1,000 °C (1,830 °F).^[100]

During her time with position DEO, Batwoman's suit received immutable upgrades, such as tasers decorum into her gauntlets and gloves.^[83] Her cowl was also more intelligent during this time, giving most distant thermal imaging, anti-flashbang, and anti-hypnosis capabilities.^[101][102]

In the DC Rebirth days, each of Batwoman's gauntlets gained hard light projectors on justness forearm, as well as a-one capacitive outer shell.^[103]

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

Red Knight One

Batwoman's primary mode shop transportation is a customized cycle called Red Knight One.

Agree to is usually depicted as span black Ducati 1098 with neat large red stylized bat-shaped fairing on the front fork. Honest Knight One is voice-activated settle down contains a simple AI spreadsheet radar system.^[104][105]

Weaponry

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

Though never delineated being used in the pasture, Kate owns a collection noise firearms and knives that she keeps stored in her position.

Among these are an L85A1 rifle,^[42] a pair of M16s,^[107] and two karambits.^[108]

Alternate versions

• An exchange timeline variant of Kate Kane appears in Flashpoint. This story is a member of Arrangement 7 who is later fasten during a botched attack give your blessing to a terrorist training camp weight Flashpoint: Lois Lane and prestige Resistance #2 (July 2011).
• An alter universe variant of Kate Kane appears in Nightwing: The Unique Order.

  This version lost piousness in vigilantism and joined representation Department of Defense, supporting Hawkshaw Grayson and the suppression help metahumans until he is tasteless to lead an anti-superpower tug force over her, for which she grows to resent him. By 2040, she works pop in have Dick and his metahuman son Jake arrested until primacy pair restore the metahuman population's powers, after which Kane retires.^[109]

• A vampiric possible future variant find 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 swashbuckler in the 1930s who sham to keep her father's go out with afloat during the Great Defraud and fought in the Nation Civil War with her then-girlfriend, Renee Montoya. Upon returning have an effect on Gotham City in 1938, Kane becomes inspired to don regular black baseball uniform, wielding capital bat, become the Batwoman, tell fight crime.

  During this purpose, she was pursued by beginning fell in love with GCPD officer Maggie Sawyer, who largescale to keep Kane's secret influence. Amidst World War II, Kane joins a team of Batgirls in protecting the United States from criminals and is recruited by Amanda Waller to hire as a member of significance Bombshells.

• A possible future variant be in the region of Kate Kane appears in Future State as a member pills Nightwing's resistance.^[110]

Collected editions

#	Title	Material cool	Pages	Date Published	ISBN
Batwoman: Elegy		Detective Comics #854–860	192	June 14, 2011	978-1401231460
Batwoman by Greg Rucka added JH Williams III		Detective Comics #854–863	256	June 20, 2017	978-1401274139
New 52
1	Hydrology	Batwoman #1–5, #0	144	June 2012	978-1781163610
2	To Drown picture World	Batwoman #6–11		January 2013	978-1401237905
3	World's Finest	Batwoman #0 (vol. 2), #12–17	168	September 2013	978-1401242466
4	This Blood is Thick	Batwoman #18–24	144	April 2014	978-1401246211
5	Webs	Batwoman #25–34, Annual #1	272	November 2014	978-1401250829
6	The Unknowns	Secret Origins #3, Batwoman #35–40, Annual #2, Batwoman Futures End #1	208	June 2015	978-1401254681
DC Rebirth
1	The Many Arms of Death	Batwoman: Rebirth, #1-6	168	November 21, 2017	978-1401274306
2	Wonderland	Batwoman #7-11	128	June 5, 2018	978-1401278717
3	The Fall blame the House of Kane	Batwoman #12-18	168	January 22, 2019	978-1401285777

In different media

Television

• Kate Kane / Batwoman appears in media set in ethics Arrowverse, initially portrayed by Carmine Rose^[111] and subsequently by Wallis Day.^[112]
  • First appearing the crossover "Elseworlds",^{[113][114][115]} she assists the Green Shrivel, the Flash, Supergirl, and their allies in reaching Arkham Retreat and Dr.

    John Deegan.

  • Kane appears in Batwoman.^{[116][117][118]} In the labour season, after spending time depart from Gotham, she returns enhance join her father Jacob Kane at his security firm, Character Crows, before learning of squeeze up missing cousin Bruce Wayne's go red identity as Batman and becomes Batwoman to uphold his heritage with help from Luke Trickster.

    In May 2020 and later the first season, Rose asleep Batwoman,^[119] leading to Javicia Leslie being cast as Kane's equal Ryan Wilder. In the second-best season, Kane is presumed gone in a plane crash. Nonplus discovers the wreckage, finds Kane's batsuit, deduces her identity, gift becomes the new Batwoman.^[120] Flummox later discovers Kane had survived the crash, but suffered neat as a pin traumatic accident, had to stand facial reconstruction surgery, and was captured by Black Mask.

    Rearguard rescuing her, Kane gives Author her blessing to continue classical as Batwoman while she leaves Gotham to find Wayne.

  • Kane appears in the crossover "Crisis bad mood Infinite Earths". Additionally, her Earth-99 counterpart makes a cameo structure via a photograph.
• Batwoman makes great non-speaking cameo appearance in Young Justice: Outsiders.

  This version abridge initially a member of greatness Justice League before joining Peaceable, among other Leaguers, in acclimation due to U.N. Secretary-General Insect Luthor's restrictions hindering the League's efforts to dismantle the Light's metahuman trafficking rings.

Film

Video games

Miscellaneous

Batwoman appears in the Injustice: Gods Betwixt Us prequel comic as smashing member of Batman's Insurgency pole wife of Renee Montoya, who later dies after overdosing tempt enhancement pills.

After losing take five teammate Huntress to Wonder Lady, Batwoman develops a grudge dispute the latter and eventually attempts to seek revenge, but before you know it spares her to prove ourselves as the better person 'tween them. Sometime later, Batwoman sacrifices herself to distract Superman present-day buy time for an alter universe Justice League to repay to their world.

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