Real Power Part 8: Batwoman

August 13, 2008
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Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe.

Today we move to Batwoman. Kathy Kane has been a part of the DC mythos since Detective Comics #233 (1956). A great ally to Batman, she essentially was the prototype for Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl to come some years later. But she continued to play a large part until she met her demise, like so many other heroes, in Crisis On Infinite Earths in 1985.

It wasn’t until 2006 that DC decided to bring her back, and did they ever! Donning a costume that is eerily similar to the Terry McGinnis/Batman look from the animated series Batman Beyond, this new Kathy Kane had only a name in common with the original. She even came out of the closet (or really bolted out of the closet) and she brought Renee Montoya with her. The latest Batwoman is so new that she really hasn’t had time to be featured and therefore collected, but here is where you can find all of her work (sans pin-ups and minor cameos):

  • Batman In The Fifties Classic Kathy Kane. Collects many memorable Batman and Robin tales and includes Bat-Mite and Ace The Bathound.
  • 52 Volumes 1-4 Batwoman makes her debut in Week Seven and has a recurring role throughout the series.
  • Countdown To Final Crisis Vol. 2 Batwoman’s only appearance in Countdown happens in #38.
  • The Question: Five Lessons of Blood HC written by Greg Rucka. Teaming up with the new Question aka Renee Montoya.
  • She also appears in the DCU Infinite Holiday Special #1 (2007), but that particular Batwoman/Nightwing story has yet to be collected.

Currently Batwoman can be seen in well, in nothing. She is suppose to have her own series and she hasn’t shown up in any of the Batman family of books. You can always check out the completely unrelated, but decent tale, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Direct to DVD.

Related posts:

  1. Real Power Part 3: Power Girl
  2. Real Power Part 4: Oracle
  3. Real Power Part 2: Catwoman
  4. Real Power Part 6: Black Canary
  5. Real Power Part 7: Vixen

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0 Responses to Real Power Part 8: Batwoman

  1. Chris Marshall on February 13, 2009 at 10:33 am

    It was reveled at the 2009 New York Comic Con that Batwoman will be seen in Detective Comics #854 and stay in that book for the foreseeable future. Greg Rucka will be the writer.

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  2. Collected Edition Blog browsing on Friday afternoon on February 13, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    [...] when she will take over as the main protagonist in the Batman flagship title. I blogged about her, and other heroines, last August as part of my series The Real Power of the DC Universe inspired by [...]

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