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| Real Name: Selina Kyle |
| Also Known As: Irena Dubrovna, Cat, Kitty Smith, Cathy Whippes, Elva Barr, Kitty Grimalkin, Madame Moderne, Marguerite Tone, Roxy Rocket, Sadie Kelowski |
| Place Of Birth: Gotham City |
| First Appearance: Batman Vol.1 #1 (1940) Golden Age Villain |
| Known Associates: Holly Robinson, Alice Tesla, Catgirl |
| Group Affiliation: Bat-Family, formerly Outsiders, Birds of Prey, Female Furies, Injustice League, The Society, and the Gotham City Sirens |
| Base Of Operations: Gotham City |
| Grudges: None |
| Creators: Bill Finger and Bob Kane |
| Gallery: Click |
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| Selina Kyle was born to Brian and Maria Kyle in the slums of Gotham City. Her mother was never close to Selina or her sister Maggie and would often rather spend time with her cats than her children. Her father was an abusive and drunken man who would always quarrel with Maria. In her spare time, Selina took acrobatic lessons, to avoid the domestic violence at home. One day, as she returned home from school, Selina found her mother lying in the bath tub filled with blood. Apparently, Maria had committed suicide by cutting her wrists with a razor blade. Selina’s father hated Selina because she looked like her mother, eventually he drank too much and succumbed to alcoholic poisoning. Selina called the police, but as soon she hung up the phone, she packed her bag and ran away from home. |
| Selina lived on the streets while Maggie was taking to an orphanage right away. She became a petty thief who would steal food at grocery stores. Eventually Selina was caught and sent to an orphanage. She caused so much trouble that she would be sent to Juvenile Hall. When Selina was 13 years old she was sent back to an orphanage, but she soon discovered that the place was embezzling money. They would confront her and attempt to cover it all up by drowning Selina in a bag dropped into the river. Selina escaped and returned to the orphanage. She stole documentary proof that they were embezzling money and also stole money to live on her own, she sent the documents to the police in order to expose them. |
| As Selina grew older, she became a prostitute but she was quietly a cat burglar by night, stealing jewellery and diamonds from museums and rich people's homes. One night, she stole a valuable totem from a museum when suddenly a hooded ninja interrupted her escape and took the valued item for himself. Selina followed the ninja into a warehouse, which turned out to be a secret martial arts academy. The ninja, known only as Kai, told his Sensei that she was an intruder and a thief and must be severely punished. However, after seeing her fast reflexes, the Sensei politely asked her to join the academy so that she could develop martial arts skills. |
| Several weeks had gone by and Selina's fighting abilities improved dramatically but her relationship with her senior Kai was far from nice. He despised Selina (who was nicknamed "Nehko-Chan" in the academy) and would deliberately hurt her during training. It gave Kai even more grief knowing that the Sensei favoured Selina more than the other pupils. A few nights later, news broke on television stating that Batman was last seen at Robinsons Park. Curious, Selina walked to the park and caught a glimpse of the Dark Knight in action who glided out of sight moments later. She noticed that Batman was bleeding when she saw a trail of blood and it immediately triggered something in her mind: if someone could don a costume and leave people either be happy or terrified to see him, she could do the same too. The Batman became her omen and Selina decided to become a costumed character as well. She bought a cat costume using all of her savings and resumed her stealing profession using her brand new costume and ability. As she was attempting a robbery at a local store, she was stopped by a group of security guards and one of them called her "Catwoman." Selina loved the name and thus, the Catwoman persona was born. |
