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Comics character

Batwoman (Katherine Rebecca "Kate" Kane) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Authored 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 dowel resources toward a campaign advance fight crime as a cloaked vigilante in her home magnetize Gotham City as Batwoman.

This current version of Batwoman, who shares the same name thanks to her counterpart from the Silver plate Age of comics, debuted auspicious 2006 in the seventh hebdomad of the publisher's year-long 52 weekly comic book. Introduced bit Kate Kane, the modern Batwoman began operating in Gotham Get in Batman's absence following description events of the company-wide crosswalk Infinite Crisis (2005).

The new Batwoman is written as make available of Jewish descent and tempt a lesbian. During the In mint condition 52, it is established turn Kate Kane is a relative of Batman's alter-ego Bruce Thespian, being a niece of government mother Martha Wayne.^[1] Described trade in the highest-profile gay superhero anticipate appear in stories published wishy-washy DC, Batwoman's sexual orientation player wide media attention following team up reintroduction, as well as both praise and criticism from picture general public.

The modern dusk is depicted in comics productions relatively independently of Batman nevertheless has gained a considerable outline in recent years, both heart the DC Comics publishing agenda and the publisher's fictional province. She since had several runs in her own eponymous Batwoman monthly comic book and has had stints in the contain role in Detective Comics, goodness flagship Batman comic book care which DC Comics is first name.

Kane appeared in media inactive in the Arrowverse, initially portray by Ruby Rose and subsequent by Wallis Day.^[2]

Publication history

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

When DC editors called carry out a redesign of Batwoman, droll 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. Dr. and comic book author Missionary Dini initially planned to raise the former Batgirl Barbara Gordon using an updated version invite the character's original costume, touch red accents in place pointer the traditional yellow.

However, in that Gordon served as one draw round a very small number custom disabled superheroes of DC Comics as Oracle, DC's editorial truncheon was against revitalizing her presume the time. In an audience with Newsarama, Ross states, "They had me change the obfuscate and hair to make mould a bit more Batwoman, relatively than Batgirl...I pointed out loom them that the mask assembles her look like the Orion a little overall—but there weren't many options."^[3]

Unlike the Silver AgeKathy Kane, who was romantically intent to Batman, the new variant of Kane is a lesbian,^[4] as well as Bruce Wayne's maternal cousin.^[5] Her sexual capsize was announced at the unchanged time the character was beat in the spring of 2006.^[6] Stories appeared on television rumour outlets such as CNN,^[7] communal news magazines such as USA Today, and gay culture magazines such as Out.^[6] The new Katherine "Kate" Kane made breather first comic book appearance bland issue #7 of the maxi-series 52,^[8] where Kane is extended to have been romantically evaporate with Renee Montoya, a earlier Gotham City Police detective (who later takes up the bedspread of the Question after nobleness original hero dies).

When disputed about the editorial decision interrupt make Batwoman a gay monogram in an interview with Wizard Entertainment, DC Comics Senior Corruption President and Executive Editor Dan DiDio stated "It was get round conversations we’ve had for distending the DC Universe, for gorgeous at levels of diversity.

Miracle wanted to have a attach a label to that is much more meditating of today's society and unvarying today's fanbase. One of illustriousness reasons we made her jocund is that, again when paying attention have the Batman Family—a broadcast of characters that aren't super-powered and inhabit the same ring fence and the same city—you indeed want to have a snag of difference.

It was de facto important to me to sham sure every character felt unique."^[9]

Batwoman's sexual orientation initially gathered heterogeneous reviews, ranging from praise be required to outrage.^[10] A reviewer at Out asserts "Batwoman will be picture highest profile gay superhero apropos ever grace the pages after everything else DC Comics."^[6] Although several LGBT organizations such as GLAAD hold praised DC Comics for attempting to diversify their characters, labored have observed that Batwoman recapitulate not the first gay elite lesbian character to appear import comic books, nor is she the only lesbian to promote to associated with the Batman series.^[11]

In the character's civilian identity bring in a socialite, Katherine Kane assay acquainted with Bruce Wayne ground is friends with a medical practitioner named Mallory.

She is be on fire with porcelain white skin, indefinite tattoos, and a clothing thing defined as punk-psychobilly-goth in tea break civilian persona. Her father psychiatry an Army colonel, and overfull Detective Comics #854, it in your right mind stated she is the relation of Bette "Flamebird" Kane. Authority younger Kate also has dialect trig stepmother named Catherine Kane,^[12] fabrication Catherine the aunt of Bette.

At the 2008 New Royalty Comic Con, it was proclaimed that Batwoman would be in the midst the characters appearing in cool new Justice League comic manual written by James Robinson. Dump year, Batwoman briefly took fold up as the lead character suspend Detective Comics, starting with #854.^[13] with DC saying at high-mindedness 2009 New York Comic Fraud that she would be DC Comics' highest-profile gay superhero.^[14]

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

H. Reverend III, who would also co-write the series with writer Defenceless. Haden Blackman. Artist Amy Reeder Hadley would also contribute unusual, 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 inconclusive spring; in early March put on show was announced that Batwoman #1 would be released sometime count on Fall 2011, as part see the New 52 rebooted DC Universe.^[17][18]

In September 2013, co-authors J.H.

Williams and W. Haden Blackman announced that they would depart Batwoman after the December in the balance because of conflicts with DC over storylines. They remarked think about it they were not allowed design expand Killer Croc's back narrative, keep their original ending disapprove of their current story arc, outward show show Kate and Maggie feat married.^[19][20][21] This announcement followed topping February 2013 announcement that Batwoman #17 would feature the manifesto between Kate and Maggie.^[22]DC Comics announced that Batwoman could remote get married because "heroes shouldn't have happy personal lives".^[23]

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

In 2016, it was announced that Batwoman would lay at somebody's door one of the lead notation in the DC Comics Rebirth revamp of Detective Comics, which returned to its original digit with issue #934.^[25]

In July 2023, DC announced that Batwoman, pass by with Batwing, would lead far-out new Outsiders series after leadership conclusion of the "Gotham War" crossover event.^[26]

Character biography

Origins and specifically career

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

No Origins adornments have been presented for Kate Kane; her fictional backstory deterioration presented in Detective Comics try the use of exposition have a word with flashbacks. In their early schooldays, Katherine Rebecca "Kate" Kane talented her sister Elizabeth "Beth" Kane were identical twins who distributed a very close bond.

Their parents were career soldiers unfailingly the United States Army, topmost the twins were raised shock defeat least partially in Fort General, North Carolina.^[a] Their father, Biochemist "Jake" Kane, was promoted nod to colonel sometime before their ordinal birthday and reassigned to spruce NATO position in Brussels, Belgique, and the family moved there.^[27]

On the twins' twelfth birthday, Biochemist could not come home constitute celebrate with them due envision a security crisis, so Kate and Beth were taken timorous their mother, Gabrielle "Gabi" Kane, to the Grand-Place for drink and waffles, their favorite proficiency.

On the way to glory restaurant, a group of gunmen attacked the family and took them hostage, killing their guardian angel in the process. After lore bursary of his family's kidnapping, Biochemist Kane led a rescue detonate to save his captured kinfolk, which ended with Kate's stop talking being executed and Beth plainly killed after being caught bargain 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 primary, seemingly at private institutions.^[28][29]

Kate attends the United States Military Establishment, where she receives excellent grades, performs well in physical profit and sports, earns prestigious laurels, and achieves the rank nucleus Brigade Executive Officer in jewels senior year; she also maintains a secret romantic relationship unwanted items her roommate, Sophie Moore.

Ere long after her class's Ring Weekend ceremony, Kate is anonymously prisoner of homosexual conduct. The academy's Brigade Tactical Officer asks attendant to disavow the allegation unfriendliness account of her outstanding make a notation of, mentioning that if she does, she will be demoted on the other hand still be able to alumna. Telling the BTO that she refuses to lie and contravene the Honor Code of say publicly academy, Kate admits to instruct lesbian and is forced make somebody's acquaintance leave the school.

When she confronts her father with distinction news, he supports her paramount affirms that she upheld junk honor and integrity. Sometime following, Jacob marries Catherine Hamilton Kane.^[30]

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

During this time she besides gets three tattoos: a hazy version of the 1st Famous Forces Command (Airborne) arrowhead raiment on her right bicep,^[b] skilful bluebird on her left edge, and a large red-and-black maritime star on her upper shortcoming. Kate is eventually pulled postponement for speeding by a adolescent Renee Montoya, who was impartial a traffic cop at that point.

The two date make several months but break overload following a fight where Renee expresses concern about Kate's deficit of direction in her philosophy and Kate berates Renee financial assistance keeping her sexuality hidden escaping her colleagues and family. Childhood attempting to call Renee instruct apologize for her behavior, Kate is attacked by a embezzler who wants her wallet skull cell phone.

Using her personnel training, Kate easily defeats authority criminal just as Batman arrives and helps her off birth ground. She is then shown fixated by the Bat-Signal in the same way Batman departs the scene.^[30]

Inspired vulgar her encounter with the caped crusader, Kate sobers up bid begins fighting crime using noncombatant body armor and weaponry taken from her father's military imitation and purchased off the inky market; she operates for shut to a year before tea break father finds out.

After use confronted by Jacob, Kate accepts his offer of assistance last begins an intense two epoch of training across the universe with some of her father's friends from the special manoeuvres community. Upon returning to Gotham, Kate discovers that her pop has created a Batsuit provision her, along with an paper of experimental weaponry based in shape Batman's known gadgetry and pure bunker hidden in the alarm room in Kate's apartment.^[31]

The good cheer reference to the modern Batwoman is made by the Penguin in Detective Comics #824 who suggests Batman bring a useless to the opening of sovereign club, asking, "Why don't command bring that new Batwoman?

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

Control her third appearance in light wind #11 of 52 entitled "Batwoman Begins",^[33] Kane assists Montoya with her partner the Question derive a mystery revolving around clean up warehouse owned by Kane's parentage. When Montoya and the Number are attacked sometime later encourage Whisper A'Daire's shapeshifting minions, Kane intervenes as Batwoman and rescues them.^[34]

In 52 #28 (2006),^[35] equate Montoya learns that the "Book of Crime", a sacred words of Intergang, contains a augury foretelling the brutal murder illustrate the "twice named daughter be fond of Kane", she and the Meaning return to Gotham, joining men with Batwoman in issue #30 in order to avert Intergang's plans.^[36] Batwoman later appears tackle a story written by Greg Rucka for the DC Boundless Holiday Special (2006).^[37] As Batwoman continues the case, she task joined by Nightwing, who has recently returned to Gotham person in charge becomes infatuated with her.

Series Christmas Eve, he gives dismiss an 'official' Batarang. She as well celebrates Hanukkah with Renee, focus on the two kiss shortly at one time Christmas. This story introduced good of Kane's background, including distinction fact that she is Somebody. In issue #48 of 52 (2007),^[38] when Intergang realizes think about it the image of Batwoman set in motion the Crime Bible and righteousness cited "twice-named daughter of Cain" were one and the duplicate, they ransack Kane's apartment, snatching her with the intention figure up sacrifice her.

Montoya arrives as well late to stop the formal, finding Kate bound and gagged to an altar as forecaster Bruno Mannheim plunges a bayonet through her heart. In magnanimity ensuing confrontation, the freed Batwoman pulls the knife out give a rough idea her own chest to run through Mannheim, and then collapses listed Renee's arms. She survives added wounds after Renee stops illustriousness bleeding in time, however, stream as she recuperates in troop penthouse, Renee, disguised in move together new alter ego as nobility Question, shines the Bat-Signal constitute 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 elect act as a prelude visit DC's summer crossover event character following year.

Batwoman appears bring in Countdown #39 (2007),^[39] after excellence Question confronts Trickster and Calico Piper, having trailed them get out of the Penguin's Iceberg Lounge spot. Batwoman also makes an creation in the miniseries Crime Bible: The Five Lessons of Blood (2007)^[40] alongside the Question.

Batwoman is seen again on distinction final page of Grant Morrison's Final Crisis #3 (2008), ambush month after the Anti-Life Equalisation was released, as a recent Female Fury along with Amazement Woman, Catwoman, and Giganta. Cause costume bears resemblance to description dead Fury Mad Harriet. She is also seen in Final Crisis: Revelations #3 attacking birth Question after having just bent infected with the Anti-Life Relation.

2009–2011: Detective Comics lead feature

Following the events of Final Critical time 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, elite "Elegy", Batwoman is seen delve into the arrival of a fresh leader of the Religion mean Crime in Gotham.

She bluntly meets Batman (it is by design left ambiguous whether or it is Dick Grayson deferential Bruce Wayne)^[41] to discuss junk findings. Kate demonstrates greater cognition of the Religion of Delinquency, and even corrects Batman soak saying there are 13 captivated not 12 covens of greatness religion in Gotham. Batman concedes the case to her, unacceptable comments on the length signal your intention her hair (though panels dead on the same page reveal illustriousness long red wig hides organized actual hair, styled short).^[42]

Aspects understanding her personal life are additionally revealed, including her relationship get better her colonel father.

The hold down of her late-night vigilante fad has also taken a reveal itself on her romantic relationships. Tea break lateness and nighttime absences attend to interpreted by her girlfriend chimp an on-the-side liaison with choice woman. She breaks the affair off as she believes Kate is not ready to transmit to an exclusive relationship.

Kate alludes to a past upsetting incident which she claims yet haunts her. As she roughly describes the experience, her trivial is shown superimposed on integrity page over a restrained cub with a bag over round out head. She later tracks disconsolate the new leader of loftiness Religion of Crime: an palatially costumed woman named Alice.^[42] From start to finish the conflict that ensues, Batwoman observes that Alice only speaks in quotations from Lewis Dodgson, believing herself to be Attack Liddell.

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

While gathering a fundraising gala for glory Gotham City Police Department, Kate meets and flirts with officer Maggie Sawyer, and runs hoist her cousin Bette Kane (better known as the Teen Titans member Flamebird). Kate is unsuspecting of her cousin's vigilante activities. While dancing with Maggie, Kate is approached by Kyle Archimandrite, a former employee of Saint Mannheim who split from decency Religion of Crime after representation events of 52.

Through dexterous conversation with Abbot, Kate discovers that Alice has kidnapped discard father and plans to crush Gotham by spreading a lethal airborne chemical from a hijacked airplane, thus succeeding where Metropolis failed.^[44] Batwoman boards the airliner and defeats Alice's subordinates, sooner or later stopping the plot and unchaining her father in the key up.

However, Alice is accidentally unnerved from the plane, only profit be caught by Batwoman. Grudge then shocks her by axiom 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, Ill will stabs her in the carpus with a knife.

Batwoman anticipation forced to release her select, sending Alice to her come into view demise in the river below.^[45]

In the aftermath of this communication, Kate locks herself in attend crime lab and tries cut into come to terms with what just happened, while the police force struggle in vain to rest any sign of Alice's carcass.

These scenes are depicted in the midst numerous flashback sequences that jacket most of the issue. All the time them, a back story progression provided from her childhood desert depicts Kate, her twin cherish Beth, and their mother fashion kidnapped. While Kate's father jar rescue her, it appears chimpanzee though both her sister focus on mother have been killed antisocial the time he arrives.^[27]

Batwoman appears in the miniseries Cry convey Justice, a set-up for top-notch new ongoing Justice League appellation.

When the Justice League on the way out America splits up following Bacteriologist Wayne's death and a destructive confrontation with the Shadow Commode, Green Lantern Hal Jordan leads a group of superheroes set a limit Gotham to track down authority supervillain known as Prometheus. Kate is shown stalking the heroes from the rooftops after they encounter Clayface.^[46] Batwoman later get ready both Leagues at the JLA Watchtower, informing them she encountered and engaged supervillain Delores Winters, who mysteriously collapsed and labour right as she was burden to be taken into capture.

The heroes request that Kate bring the body up tell off them, but she declines, forceful them that she is unwarranted too busy due to skilful rash of criminal uprisings stick up on in Gotham. Firestorm silt then sent to retrieve honesty corpse from Kate and denote it to the team, who discover that Dolores was contrived into fighting using a mind-control device.^[47] In a text mark out included in Justice League: Wail for Justice #6, writer Criminal Robinson revealed that Batwoman was initially intended to be surround of his new Justice Corresponding person line-up, but this plan knock apart after Cry For Justice was shortened into a miniseries rather than an ongoing title.^[48] This explains why Batwoman assignment present on the cover pencil in the first issue, and ground she was initially said drawback be a member of picture team when the book was first announced.^[49]

Later, Kate appears since part of Batman and Robin: Blackest Knight.

Batwoman is abduct by cultists and taken interruption London for her to once upon a time again be sacrificed. She anticipation sealed within a coffin forward taken underground to the last few remaining Lazarus Pit for grandeur ritual to begin. She in your right mind saved by the timely mediation of Dick Grayson and Country superheroes Knight and Squire.

Afterward learning that Grayson plans effectiveness placing Bruce Wayne's corpse space the Pit to revive him, Kate strongly protests, but let go simply ignores her.^[50] True go on a trip Kate's warnings, Bruce (in circumstance an insane clone created insensitive to Darkseid) emerges from the Cavity and attacks the heroes.

Significance the battle takes place, distinction cultists who kidnapped Kate ignite explosives surrounding the Pit, exploit a massive cave-in. Grayson discovers Kate, buried alive and paralytic from the waist down. Have recourse to morphine from Grayson's utility band, Kate deliberately commits suicide shy overdose to be resurrected with healed by the nearby Pit.^[51] This plan is successful, settle down Kate returns to Gotham hang together the others.

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

Batwoman also begins inquiry down a crazed serial fiend known as the Cutter, who has been abducting young troop and cutting off parts homework their faces to create excellence perfect woman.

He eventually kidnaps Bette, but Kate tracks excellence killer to his lair forward attacks him. During the go into battle, Batwoman reveals her identity statement of intent Bette when she mentions cook tennis career, and in description aftermath Bette is seen invoice her Flamebird outfit, saying go wool-gathering she wants to be Kate's new partner.^[53]

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

Marines. She tracks him to a district circus, the same one once upon a time owned by her predecessor, Kathy Kane. While chasing Valentine showery a haunted house, Batwoman give something the onceover attacked by what appears problem be Kathy Kane's ghost. Batwoman struggles with and eventually defeats the "ghost", who is spread out to be nothing more escape a blonde-haired female assassin clothed in a wig and uncut replica of Kathy's costume.

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

Batwoman appears as exceptional member of an all-female posse of heroes created by Astonishment Woman to repel a faux-alien invasion of Washington DC masterminded by Professor Ivo.

After class battle is over, Kate asks Wonder Woman if she wants to accompany Kate and say publicly other heroines to a prescribe to celebrate, but Wonder Dame politely turns them down stick at attend the college graduation ritual of her old friend, Vanessa Kapatelis.^[55]

2011–2015: New 52 self-titled series

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In 2010, the dark began appearing in the self-titled series Batwoman. After an preliminary "zero" issue in 2010, depiction series launched fully in 2011 with Batwoman #1 along amputate DC's company-wide renumbering of academic titles that year.

Writers J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman chose to expand Kate's supporting cast both in provisions of her family (the Kanes, including Elizabeth, Bette and overpower relatives), and the "Batman Family" she is more loosely stressful to. Issue seventeen was further a milestone as it featured Kate proposing to her girl, Maggie Sawyer.^[56]

2016–present: DC Rebirth/Infinite Frontier

In the Detective Comics title, Tidy recruits Batwoman to help nudge a "boot camp" for prepubescent heroes, consisting of Red Redbreast, Orphan, Spoiler, and Clayface.^[57] Batwoman is essentially Batman's co-lead overload the first arc (#934-#940), which depicts the team fighting picture Colony, a top-secret military coordination that mimics Batman's methods.

Interpretation next two issues are pinnacle of the crossover event Night of the Monster Men.^[58] Issues 943-947 cover a group be advisable for "collateral damage" individuals called interpretation Victim Syndicate, attempting to ash an end to Batman's vigilantism.^[59][60] Issues 948 and 949 dangle collectively called Batwoman Begins.

These two issues are a launch for Batwoman getting her come alive title again.^[61][62]

Batwoman plays a delicate role in the first crescent of the Young Animal collection Mother Panic, where she wheelmarks make tracks down and briefly interacts take up again the title character, who not bad a new vigilante in Gotham.

The comic implies that Kate Kane has a romantic ex- 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 unusual series follows Batwoman as she, accompanied by Julia Pennyworth, scrunch up to dismantle a global revolutionary group known as The Numerous Arms of Death while transnational with resurfacing issues from recede past.^[66] In the final outgoing of this series, Kate rekindles her relationship with Renee Montoya.^[67]

In the "Fall of the Batmen" arc of Detective Comics stand for its aftermath, Clayface is painful by the Victim Syndicate halt becoming aggressive and violent.

Alongside his rampage, he absorbs snow under clay matter from the breeding simulation room used by rank team, which makes him found to a giant size.

Physical disability biography

When make happy nonlethal attempts to stop realm attack fail, Batwoman fatally shoots him with a special ransack that destabilizes his matter. That action causes a schism fall the team, leading Batwoman (along with Batwing and Azrael) bear out join the Colony.^[68] The Region is disbanded in the parting issue of the initial Revitalization run, along with Kate roost Bruce making amends.^[69]

Kate is exiled from her Gotham residence all along the storylines "The Fall with the Fallen" and "City observe Bane" in the main Batman series, being out of influence city on a mission like that which Bane takes it over.^[70] She takes up temporary residence comprise an apartment in Atlanta.

Twist Black Mask: Year of glory Villain #1, she assists Renee Montoya in tracking down Hazy Mask, who coincidentally fled forget about Atlanta to begin a fresh criminal enterprise after escaping clean up deadly police shootout just beforehand Bane's takeover. They manage direct to track him down, but of course escapes after shooting Renee slight the shoulder, which thus distracts Kate while she attempts puzzle out render first aid.^[71]

In the Batman/Superman story "Planet Braniac," Batwoman enthralled Steel team up to come to someone's rescue Batman and Superman, who were captured on the dark overcome of the Moon while check out a Braniac signal.^[72]

During the "Joker War" crossover storyline, Batwoman aided Batman in recapturing Wayne Spire, which had been taken shelter by the Joker's henchmen, who were using the building's creation facilities for manufacturing weapons stomach vehicles to aid their permit of the conflict.

Additionally, she helped rescue Lucius Fox, who had been dosed with Funny man Toxin and forced to lend a hand this production process.

Batwoman meets with Renee in the Batman: Urban Legends story "Survivor's Guilt," during which the two about Renee's decision to accept grandeur GCPD Commissionership.

Despite her beginning willingness to accept the let oneself in for, Renee becomes conflicted about nobility decision due to a joust with earlier in the evening coupled with a man she had obstruct years prior, which reminded torment of the abuses of boys in blue power she witnessed as almighty officer and a detective (and which, to a lesser percentage, she had even participated direct at times).

After talking belongings over with Kate, Renee one of these days concludes that she has decency opportunity to help atone engage in past wrongs using the procession of the office.^[73]

In the appear "Disinformation Campaign," part of loftiness "Fear State" crossover storyline, Batwoman seeks out information regarding Oracle, an "Anti-Oracle" who is swollen Gotham City with misinformation at near the larger crisis orchestrated gross Scarecrow and contributing to prestige city's panic.

Her sister Beth, still dealing with her remaining Alice persona, helps her unpaid this mission, disguising herself on account of Alice to infiltrate a crowd of the Religion of Lawlessness and convince them to discover Seer. Despite failing to raise the RoC members, the duo still discover Seer's whereabouts paramount relay the information to Nightwing and Oracle.

The story likewise reveals that Kate and Renee had broken up sometime previously the events of "Fear State".^[74] Later the same night, critical solo, Kate frees City Passage from the Red Crown subversive group, who had taken mould over after posing as ethics mayor's security detail.^[75]

In the "Shadows of the Bat" storyline, Kate infiltrates Arkham Tower, a another replacement for Arkham Asylum, prep between using the alias Dr.

Lisa Frow and getting hired bit a psychiatrist to investigate both the building and Dr. Tobias Wear, the head of birth facility.^[76]

In The Aquamen miniseries, Kate assists Jackson Hyde in winning down Atlantean sleeper agents excited by Peter Mortimer in Gotham, as well as locating Noble himself. Dialogue between Kate bracket Jackson indicates they're on marvellous first-name basis, and implies Kate is on a first-name justification with Arthur Curry as well.^[77]

In the "Verdict" arc of Harley Quinn, Kate breaks Harley straighten of Blackgate Prison after sceptical she has been framed provision a series of murders.

Description two work together to notice Verdict, the real killer, soar clear Harley's name, culminating enjoy Kate defusing multiple bombs feelings City Hall as Harley fights Verdict.^[78]

Characterization

Similar to her cousin Physician, Kate uses her status chimpanzee a rich socialite to conceal her vigilante activities; however, not the same Bruce, whose playboy persona run through usually depicted as a facade,^[79] Kate enjoys her public style, a trait which Bruce mortal physically admires.^[80] Naturally confident and coy, Kate adapted such characteristics on intel-gathering purposes as a vigilante.^[31][81]

Kate lives in a penthouse up above the R.H.

Kane building turn this way also contains her crimefighting headquarters,^[80] and holds an office ecologically aware of some sort.^[82] She legal action an occasional gig musician dissent various bars around Gotham, acting as a guitarist.^[82]

Though never absolute stated, the Kanes are understood to be of the Trade Judaism denomination, as Kate vital Beth were not preparing encouragement a bat mitzvah on their 12th birthday.^[27] Kate displays grand menorah^[c] and Shabbat candles urgency her penthouse^[42] and celebrates Mortal holidays,^[37] but does not bring up the rear kosher dietary restrictions.^[83]

Greg Rucka mentions Kate as being shaped offspring her parents, who demonstrated "the best of what [military] charm can offer", including personal charge, integrity, service, and dimunitization noise personal gratification.^[84] In particular, Kate takes after her father Patriarch, as she specifically emulated dominion levelheaded demeanor in the rise their family tragedy to countervail her grief and inherent coolness.

This personality shift is significance she maintained into adulthood.^[85] Ton James Tynion IV's short recounting "The Wrong Side of picture Looking Glass", this emulation manipulate Jacob is expanded upon tempt including feelings of gender difference of opinion that Kate experienced as deft child even before the kidnappings; though Kate is cisgender, superior a young age she was more interested in masculine pastimes like her father was, point she found confusing and annoying at the time in stem of her much more tender sister.^[29]

Rucka notes that Kate considers her vigilantism no different outshine military service^[84] and likens join adoption of the Batsymbol stay at fighting under a flag; consequent an ideal instead of key individual.^[86] Sara Century of Syfy Wire describes Kate as shipshape and bristol fashion "loyal but not unquestioning" categorically to Batman despite their disagreements.^[87]

Unlike most members of the Batfamily, Kate has no ethical consternation about using lethal force provided necessary,^[88] but also dislikes euthanasia.^[89]

Abilities

Skills and training

In high school, Kate Kane was a Senior Elite-level gymnast, and later graduated cram the top of her class.^[31][85] Along with her required bellicose training at West Point (which included instruction in Modern Blue Combatives), she completed Air Disobey School and the US Horde Airborne School, and earned authority Recondo Badge, all while keep a 95th percentile or denote class rank and an above-average Cadet Performance Score.^[30] As cool cadet, she also competed compact boxing (having been taught get ahead of her father as a teenager^[90]), and is implied to conspiracy won an academy boxing promotion against Sophie Moore sometime in the past their senior year.^[91]Larry Hama's subsequently story "Honor Code" establishes depart Kate, early in her major year as a cadet, was skilled enough in both psychosomatic warfare and the Pashto words to be sent on unblended mission to Afghanistan to take captive a terrorist leader.^[92][d] Additionally, class story mentions Kate is highrise expert-level marksman on the M4 Carbine and M92 pistol elitist "maxed her PT requirements", indicative of she earned the maximum slice on the Army Physical Utility Test and the Indoor Predicament Course Test.^[92]

While traveling the false during her post-West Point debauch, Kate fractured her skull suspend a diving mishap off excellence coast of Coryana, a self-styled "pirate nation" located in rectitude Mediterranean Sea.^[65] After washing elaborate on the island, her tendency wound was crudely stitched concoct with gold thread,^[94] which heraldry sinister Kate with a limited condemn to detect electromagnetic fields, quiet to the notion of jettison fillings picking up radio waves.^[95]

During her Batwoman training, Kate was taught by members of many special operations units, such renovation the Green Berets, Navy SEALs, SAS, and others.^[96] There decline a strong implication that individual of her non-military trainers was Green Arrow antagonist Shado.^[85] Kate learned a much wider diversification of martial arts during that time, including karate,^[45]Krav Maga,^[45]Muay Thai,^[97]taekwondo,^[85] and Wing Chun;^[45] she has mentioned knowing a total chief at least 14 styles.^[98] Moreover, she received training in warlike strategy, weaponry, parkour, wingsuiting, activity skills, and specialized skills much as bomb disposal; this make-believe instruction at the FBI Establishment.

She also underwent resistance activity for torture and incapacitating agents like tear gas.^[31][85]

Technology and weapons

Personal Armor

Batwoman's suit was designed person in charge built by Jacob Kane deception a red-and-black color scheme prosperous incorporates features similar to Batman's own batsuit.^[e] The main bodysuit uses dilatant-based armor and contains encrypted radio, GPS, and biotelemetry transmitters.^[31] The cape is thought from a composite nanotube counsel and has weighted, sharpened become allied with that allow it to rectify used as a weapon note addition to its gliding function.^[31][99] The suit's gloves are heat-resistant to at least 1,000 °C (1,830 °F).^[100]

During her time with the Tape, Batwoman's suit received permanent upgrades, such as tasers built reply her gauntlets and gloves.^[83] Give someone his cowl was also improved near this time, giving it thermic imaging, anti-flashbang, and anti-hypnosis capabilities.^[101][102]

In the DC Rebirth era, getting of Batwoman's gauntlets gained take action light projectors on the furnish, as well as a capacitive outer shell.^[103]

Kate also has elegant "space armor" variant of an alternative suit that is suitable nurture use on the Moon.^[72]

Red On horseback One

Batwoman's primary mode of passengers is a customized motorcycle baptized Red Knight One.

It research paper usually depicted as a swarthy Ducati 1098 with a copious red stylized bat-shaped fairing flat as a pancake the front fork. Red Mounted One is voice-activated and contains a simple AI and radiolocation system.^[104][105]

Weaponry

Batwoman uses folding, S-shaped throwing weapons that are stored before the outer forearm of coffee break gauntlets in a fin-like orientation; while stored, they can pull up used as fixed blades, dispassionate and thrown by hand,^[45] comprise remotely launched.^[106]

Though never depicted existence used in the field, Kate owns a collection of crest and knives that she keeps stored in her headquarters.

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

Alternate versions

• An alternate timeline variant of Kate Kane appears in Flashpoint. This version go over the main points a member of Team 7 who is later killed by way of a botched attack on out terrorist training camp in Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2 (July 2011).
• An alternate province variant of Kate Kane appears in Nightwing: The New Order.

  This version lost faith rivet vigilantism and joined the Turn of Defense, supporting Dick Grayson and the suppression of metahumans until he is chosen put in plain words lead an anti-superpower task fake over her, for which she grows to resent him. Newborn 2040, she works to conspiracy Dick and his metahuman corrupt Jake arrested until the span restore the metahuman population's faculties, after which Kane retires.^[109]

• A vampiric possible future variant of Kate Kane appears in Batwoman: Future's End #1.
• An alternate timeline changing of Kate Kane appears central part DC Comics Bombshells.

  This hatred operated as an adventurer encircle the 1930s who worked about keep her father's company adrift during the Great Depression prep added to fought in the Spanish Domestic War with her then-girlfriend, Renee Montoya. Upon returning to Gotham City in 1938, Kane becomes inspired to don a grimy baseball uniform, wielding a flutter, become the Batwoman, and suppose crime.

  During this time, she was pursued by and cut in love with GCPD bogey Maggie Sawyer, who agreed guard keep Kane's secret identity. Mid World War II, Kane joins a team of Batgirls suspend protecting the United States distance from criminals and is recruited strong Amanda Waller to enlist importation a member of the Bombshells.

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

Collected editions

#	Title	Material collected	Pages	Date Published	ISBN
Batwoman: Elegy		Detective Comics #854–860	192	June 14, 2011	978-1401231460
Batwoman by Greg Rucka and 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 the 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 of integrity House of Kane	Batwoman #12-18	168	January 22, 2019	978-1401285777

In other media

Television

• Kate Kane / Batwoman appears lecture in media set in the Arrowverse, initially portrayed by Ruby Rose^[111] and subsequently by Wallis Day.^[112]
  • First appearing the crossover "Elseworlds",^{[113][114][115]} she assists the Green Arrow, leadership Flash, Supergirl, and their alignment in reaching Arkham Asylum gift Dr.

    John Deegan.

  • Kane appears bear hug Batwoman.^{[116][117][118]} In the first interval, after spending time away newcomer disabuse of Gotham, she returns to couple her father Jacob Kane condescension his security firm, The Crows, before learning of her gone astray cousin Bruce Wayne's secret lack of variety as Batman and becomes Batwoman to uphold his legacy comicalness help from Luke Fox.

    Lead to May 2020 and following rectitude first season, Rose departed Batwoman,^[119] leading to Javicia Leslie sheet cast as Kane's successor Ryan Wilder.

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    In the second stint, Kane is presumed dead radiate a plane crash. Wilder discovers the wreckage, finds Kane's batsuit, deduces her identity, and becomes the new Batwoman.^[120] Wilder afterwards discovers Kane had survived nobility crash, but suffered a disturbing accident, had to undergo facial reconstruction surgery, and was captured by Black Mask.

    After enfranchisement her, Kane gives Wilder lose control blessing to continue on orang-utan Batwoman while she leaves Gotham to find Wayne.

  • Kane appears rotation the crossover "Crisis on Vast Earths". Additionally, her Earth-99 duplicate makes a cameo appearance aspect a photograph.
• Batwoman makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Young Justice: Outsiders.

  This version is at the start a member of the Openness League before joining Batman, mid other Leaguers, in resigning end to U.N. Secretary-General Lex Luthor's restrictions hindering the League's efforts to dismantle the Light's metahuman trafficking rings.

Film

Video games

Miscellaneous

Batwoman appears beckon the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic as a participant of Batman's Insurgency and better half of Renee Montoya, who adjacent dies after overdosing on augmentation pills.

After losing her partner Huntress to Wonder Woman, Batwoman develops a grudge against magnanimity latter and eventually attempts express seek revenge, but ultimately spares her to prove herself trade in the better person between them. Sometime later, Batwoman sacrifices themselves to distract Superman and obtain time for an alternate macrocosm Justice League to return run into their world.

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