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Catwoman vol 2 #72-73
#batcat#dc comics#selina kyle#bruce wayne#batman#dc#catwoman#batfam#brulina#comics#catwoman vol 2#vintage#messiest couple in gotham
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First of all, a big fucking thank you for entering dc timeline hell and writing the Selina Kyle summary.
Secondly, how come you don't like the second Catwoman volume? Besides the art, I thought the stories were pretty good.
Okay, to be fair I haven’t actually read that much of Volume 2. I could just never get into it. The ridiculously oversexualized artwork (and a bright purple costume with heels, really? She’s meant to be stealthy!) put me off, and the plots felt chaotic and disjointed. It felt overall like it cared less about Selina’s character and just wanted to get on with the action, whether or not everything made sense or was the best way for it to go. I didn’t really get any themes or much emotional weight to be invested in the way there is in Volume 3.
I acknowledge it had some good concepts. Like, Catwoman having her own rogues’ gallery? Cool! Lots of potential! But I wish they’d reflected different aspects of her personality, backstory, principles and themes the way Batman’s rogues do (seriously, you can draw parallels between him and almost all his major villlains, it’s great), rather than mostly being ‘sexy woman in skintight cat costume 2’ and ‘sexy woman in skintight cat power armour’. She-Cat does accomplish this - from a similar harsh background, personal history with Selina being selfish and mean to her first, same type of criminal but without Selina’s redeeming qualities, essentially what Selina would be if she was Catwoman purely out of spite toward others instead of for the good of herself and later others; that’s an effective foil. At least, in theory. But in practice, the writing didn’t explore that as I would have liked. The childhood flashbacks in issue #81 are a definite high point - I love Maria Kyle, how the questions in the present were woven into the flashback and Selina’s guilt about Maggie making her try to deny her existence, giving her presence through her absence. And the cover! Catwoman confronted with her mother’s ghost, even with bandages around Maria’s slit wrists. What an image. Vol 2 isn’t all bad, but I was disappointed by most of the execution.
Of course, these all just my opinions. I’m always glad to meet someone else who hardcore appreciates Selina, as her tag on your blog has shown me you do. Thanks for wanting to hear my thoughts, and the commendation for writing the timeline and trawling through DC hell for scraps of coherent continuity (one consistent hair colour for Maggie, that’s all I ask…).
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Happy New Year!
#comics#holidays#happy new year#poison ivy#catwoman#harley quinn#gotham city sirens#should auld quequaintance be forgot...#li'l gotham vol. 1 issue 2
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Catwoman vol 2 #94 … found it here:
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(Not) Catwoman by Guillem March
From Cover Girls Vol.2
#cover girls 2#guillem march#technically he doesnt say this is selina but cmon its selina#selina kyle#catwoman#dc#dc comics#art
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THE NEW AND IMPROVED CASSANDRA CAIN READING GUIDE
Cassandra Cain is the daughter of assassins David Cain and Sandra Wu-San (better known as Lady Shiva), and was raised by Cain. She is an expert hand-to-hand combatant, and able to read body language to the point of interpreting complex thoughts, but learning to communicate better through speech and text. She has operated as a vigilante under the names of Batgirl, Kasumi, Black Bat, and Orphan, and is currently sharing the title of Batgirl with Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon.
Basic Reading
Batgirl (2000)
Batman: Gates of Gotham (2011)
Detective Comics (2016) #934-987
Batman and the Outsiders (2019)
Batgirls (2021)
Spirit World (2023)
Birds of Prey (2023)
Cassandra's major appearances are listed in chronological order (mostly) under the cut. My favorites are bolded.
No Man's Land
All issues collected in Batman: No Man's Land (2011) vol. 2-4. I recommend reading the entire event.
Batman (1940) #567 [first appearance]
Detective Comics (1937) #734
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120 [Cassandra takes up Batgirl mantle]
Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56-57
Batman (1940) #569
The Batman Chronicles #18
Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60-61
Robin (1993) #73
As Batgirl
Issues that are part of events may be confusing out of context.
Batman: Gotham Knights #2, 5
Batman: Gotham City Secret Files and Origins [first story]
Batgirl (2000) #1-2
Young Justice (1998) #21
Batgirl (2000) #3-11, 12 [Officer Down start]
Birds of Prey (1999) #27
Catwoman (1993) #90 [Officer Down end]
Batgirl (2000) Annual #1, #13-19
Harley Quinn (2000) #10
Robin (1993) #88 [first meeting with Stephanie Brown]
Batgirl (2000) #20, 21 [Joker: Last Laugh start]
Joker: Last Laugh #3
Supergirl (1996) #63 [transphobia cw, Joker: Last Laugh end]
DC First: Batgirl/Joker
Batgirl (2000) #22-23, 24 [Bruce Wayne: Murderer? / Fugitive start]
Robin (1993) #98
Batgirl (2000) #25-29
Batman (1940) #605 [Bruce Wayne: Murderer? / Fugitive end]
Batgirl: Secret Files and Origins
Batgirl (2000) #30-32
Batman: Gotham Knights #33, 35
Batgirl (2000) #33-38
Batman: Family #7
Detective Comics (1937) #782 [backup], 790
Nightwing (1996) #81
Superboy (1994) #85 [first meeting with Kon-El/Conner Kent]
Batgirl (2000) #39-44
Batman: Gotham Knights #42, 45-46, 48-49
Robin (1993) #119
Batgirl (2000) #45-47
Superman/Batman #5
Batgirl (2000) #48-50
Birds of Prey (1999) #61, 63
Batgirl (2000) #51-53
Solo #10 [third story]
Detective Comics (1937) #796 [backup]
Robin (1993) #127-128
Batgirl (2000) #54
War Games
All issues collected in Batman: War Games (2015). I don't recommend reading the entire event.
Detective Comics (1937) #797
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182
Nightwing (1996) #96
Batgirl (2000) #55
Batman (1940) #631
Batgirl (2000) #56
Nightwing (1996) #98
Batgirl (2000) #57
Batgirl in Bludhaven
Robin (1993) #132 [Fresh Blood start]
Batgirl (2000) #58
Robin (1993) #133
Batgirl (2000) #59 [Fresh Blood end]
Batman Allies: Secret Files and Origins 2005 [third story]
Batgirl (2000) #60-73
With the League of Assassins and Deathstroke
I don't recommend reading anything in this section except Batgirl (2008) #6.
Robin (1993) #148-151, 161-162
Supergirl (2005) #14
World War III #2
Teen Titans (2003) #43-46
Batman and the Outsiders (2007)
Batgirl (2008) [recap of this era. Bruce adopts Cassandra]
As Black Bat
Battle for the Cowl: The Network
Batgirl (2009) #1 [Cassandra gives Batgirl mantle to Stephanie]
Red Robin #17
Batman Incorporated (2011) #6
Red Robin #25
Batman: Gates of Gotham
As Orphan
The New 52 reboot changed Cassandra’s origins, personality, and relationships with other characters. Rebirth was a soft reboot that kept New 52 canon but brought back elements from the previous continuity.
Batman and Robin Eternal #1-9, 11-14, 17-26 [New 52]
Detective Comics (2016) #934-940 [Rebirth]
Batman (2016) #7 [Night of the Monster Men start]
Nightwing (2016) #5
Detective Comics (2016) #941
Batman (2016) #8
Nightwing (2016) #6
Detective Comics (2016) #942 [Night of the Monster Men end], 943-962
Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) #15
Detective Comics (2016) #963-964
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #15-17
Detective Comics (2016) #965-981, 983-987
Batman and the Outsiders (2019)
DC: The Doomed and the Damned [seventh story]
Batman: The Joker War Zone [second story]
Batman (2016) #104
Return of Batgirl
The Infinite Frontier reboot considers all past continuities canon.
Infinite Frontier #0
Batman Secret Files: The Signal
Batman: Urban Legends #3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14
The Joker (2021) #3-4, 7, 11-12, 15
Detective Comics (2016) #1038 [backup], 1049, 1052, 1057
Batman (2016) #112 [main], 115-116 [backups]
Nightwing (2016) #85-86
Batman (2016) #117 [backup]
Batgirls #1-6
Task Force Z #8
DC Pride: Tim Drake Special
Robin (2021) #15
Detective Comics (2016) #1061
Batgirls #7
Catwoman (2018) #45
Batgirls #8-12
Batman One Bad Day: Two-Face
Tim Drake: Robin #4
Batgirls Annual 2022, #13-19
Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate [fourth story]
Spirit World (2023)
Birds of Prey (2023) #1- [ongoing]
Detective Comics (2016) #1084 [backup]
Other Appearances
Ghost/Batgirl [Dark Horse Comics crossover]
Batman: Outlaws #2
Batman: City of Light [not recommended]
Justice League Elite [as Kasumi]
Wonder Woman (2006) #600 [second story]
Batgirl (2016) #50 [third story]
DC Festival of Heroes [first story]
Truth & Justice #6 [#16-18 digital first]
Alternate Universes
Tiny Titans #33, 39, 43, 45
Batgirl: Futures End
Convergence: Batgirl
Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey (2020)
DCeased: Unkillables / Dead Planet #5 / War of the Undead Gods
Shadow of the Batgirl [YA graphic novel]
Dark Knights: Death Metal Robin King [backup]
Future State: The Next Batman #2, 4 [second stories]
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures [webtoon]
DC vs. Vampires
Dark Knights of Steel #9
Thanks for reading! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Last updated: April 23, 2024
#dcedit#comicedit#cassandra cain#batgirl#batgirls#wayne family adventures#batgirl 2000#black bat#orphan#reading guide#reading list#reading order#batman
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One thing that rarely gets mentioned in stories is that Zatanna is quasi immortal or at the very least long lived.
She is a Homo Magi. In Secret Origins #27, Doctor Mist mentions that Homo Magi can live for up to 4 centuries. Some like Doctor Mist and Madame Xanadu found ways to extend their life span way past that.
Some comics like Catwoman Lonely City have shown Zatanna aging normally; either the writer wasn't aware or she somehow lost her longevity over the years. Anything is possible.
But imagine it's the year 2425 and Zatanna, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Plastic Man, Madame Xanadu and Phantom Stranger are all hanging out together and sharing old war stories.
Source in question:
Secret Origins Vol 2 #27: (bottom right panel):
#zatanna#zatanna zatara#catwoman lonely city#superman#clark kent#wonder woman#diana of themyscira#martian manhunter#j'onn jonnz#plastic man#eel o'brian#madame xanadu#nimue inwudu#phantom stranger#doctor mist#nommo
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LOOK. He's doing the THING with his glasses!!!
Catwoman Vol. 2 #93 || Scanned at 300dpi
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Catwoman (2002)
Characterizes Selina very well and makes her interesting (especially compared to some previous Catwoman comics) and Darwyn Cooke's art is iconic.
Robin: Year One (2000)
THE Robin story! Great characterization, great art, just a 10/10 book all around.
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Hi! I was looking to see if you know of many comics with Batman's villains at the lead!? (Besides Harley and Selina, who've had multiple series and are pretty easy to find). Other than the "Joker" Novel and Penguin: Pain and prejudice, i couldn't find any. Any good suggestions for Joker, Ivy, Two-Face, or any other villian from the Batman universe?
the tldr is that Ivy has several, Two-Face has a handful, the al Ghuls have a couple, and everyone else has had a couple of single issues starring them.
In general, the Batman Arkham series functions as a Batman Rogues Gallery "Greatest Hits" collection. While most of the stories collected in these trades don't feature the rogues as a protagonist, they all explore the characters and their backstories/motivations and feature them in a starring role!
On principle, I generally refuse to recommend Joker comics. Clown man has enough stuff starring him and they're generally easy enough to find without me promoting him more than he already is. Also, to be honest with you I occasionally go out of my way to avoid stuff starring him because he's frankly bored me ever since DC decided to emphasize him as a psychopathic serial killer instead of a funny villain with a clown gimmick.
However, The Joker's Five-Way Revenge (Batman vol. 1 #251) is a fun read, Joker: The Man Who Laughs and Joker's Last Laugh are both good, and Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles is decent as well. Another fun one that's a little out of the box is Superman: Emperor Joker.
Other than that...I generally recommend the following for Ivy:
Batman Arkham: Poison Ivy (basically an 'Ivy Greatest Hits' collection)
Batman: Poison Ivy (1997)
No Man's Land (yes, it's long. No, Ivy's not a 'lead'. yes, it's also ground zero for Ivy's redemption arc and features her in a major role)
Gotham City Sirens (2009)
Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder (specifically Vol. 2, Family Tree, and Vol. 3, Rotworld: The Green Kingdom)
Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (2016)
Poison Ivy (2021) by G. Willow Wilson (curently ongoing)
Ivy also pops up in Ram V's Catwoman (2018) run and pretty consistently in Harley's solo books after 2015.
For Two-Face (my beloved), read Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory (which function as a double feature). Then read any of the following:
Batman: Faces (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #28-30)
Batman: Two-Face (1995)
Batman Annual #14: "Eye of the Beholder"
Gotham Central, which has an extended Harvey-Renee Montoya subplot
Batman/Two-Face: "Crime and Punishment"
Batman/Two-Face: Face the Face (2006)
Two-Face: Year One (2008)
Batman and Robin (2011) 23.1: Two-Face
Detective Comics #1020-1022: “The Ugly Heart”
Two-Face: One Bad Day
And for a couple of stories that aren't Harvey-focused but feature him as a prominent antagonist...read Robin: Year One, A Lonely Place of Dying, and Batman: Prodigal.
For the al Ghuls, apart from the Batman Arkham collections you're primarily looking for Tales of the Demon, the Demon Trilogy (Birth of the Demon, Bride of the Demon, Son of the Demon), Batman: The Chalice, and Batman Annual #26 (the prologue to Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, which is also fun). Two of Damian's Robin solos (Robin: Son of Batman (2015) and Robin (2021)) also prominently feature Talia. There are...certainly other options, if you want to read about the al Ghuls, but they're rarely well characterized in those (except Talia's LexCorp CEO arc; all hail Talia's Lexcorp CEO arc).
Clayface (the Basil Karlo version) prominently featured as a protagonist in Tynion's Detective Comics Rebirth (2016) run.
Everyone else...apart from stories where they're the prominent antagonist, there were several Villain takeover issues during the period of Batman and Robin (2011) when Damian was dead, Year of the Villain had a few issues focused on the Batman Rogues, and the One Bad Day series focuses each issue on a different Bat Rogue.
There are plenty of other stories centered on various members of Batman's Rogues Gallery, but hopefully this gives you a solid starting place!
#thanks so much for the ask! hope this is helpful#comic masterposts#dc comics#batman#batman rogues gallery#asks#bri's recs#poison ivy#two face#ra's al ghul#pamela isley#harvey dent#talia al ghul
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lol dealing with the batfamily has to be so annoying sometimes
Catwoman vol 2 #72
#selina kyle#barbara gordon#bruce wayne#dc comics#catwoman#oracle#batman#dc#batfam#vintage#batcat#catwoman vol 2#comics#*cackles*
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Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus 2023 Edition Hardcover
In stock at Amazon.
Written by Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, and Whitney Ellsworth Art by Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos Reread Batman?s 1939 debut and other early tales in this collection of Golden Age classics. Since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27, Batman has become one of the most popular comics characters in the world, appearing in multimillion-dollar movie franchises, TV shows, video games, and other media. Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 features the very first appearance of Batman and introduces such classic characters as Commissioner James Gordon, Robin, The Joker, Catwoman, the Penguin, and many more! Reprints stories from Detective Comics #27-56, Batman #1-7, New York World's Fair Comics #2, World's Best Comics #1, and World's Finest Comics #2-3.
824 pages
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Catwoman Vol 2 #44 art by Jim Balent
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Okay I'm joining in as we haven't had this yet: Post-Crisis Barbara Gordon Writers! Given there is not a shortage of options for 1987-2011 we are going with post-Crisis, pre-Flashpoint only
If someone has another favourite they want to rep, let me know, but I think I hit everyone who wrote significant Barbara content. (If you want to come and tell me Barbara Randall Kesel is your fave and I overlooked her, I respect you)
References for the list:
Ostrander & Yale: Oracle Year One, Suicide Squad #23-65
Alan Moore: the Killing Joke
Chuck Dixon: Birds of Prey #1-46, BoP singles & Manhunt, Nightwing #1-70, Batgirl Year One
Gail Simone: Birds of Prey #56-108, vol 2 #1-13
Tony Bedard: Birds of Prey #109-112, #118-127
Kelley Puckett: Batgirl vol 1 #1-37, Batman: Batgirl, Batgirl Girlfrenzy
Bryan Q. Miller: Batgirl vol 3 #1-24
Grant Morrison: JLA #23-41
John Francis Moore: Batman: Family, BoP Batgirl/Catwoman, BoP Catwoman/Oracle
Devin Grayson: Gotham Knights #1-11, 14-32, Nightwing #71-100
#barbara gordon#It's either Simone or Yale for me#but I truly enjoy most of this list so I'm interested in what other people think (other than certain obvious bait I added)#is John Francis Moore on this list to simply point out his content exists? maybe
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Catwoman trying to teach Huntress how to play "the floor is lava" on extra hard "sexy pose" difficulty.
(Panels from Catwoman vol. 2 #51, DC Comics)
#Catwoman#huntress#DC Comics#comics#comic books#superheroes#Jim Balent#rubber spines#centaur women#odd poses#the agony of the feet
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Punchline’s Comic Appearances Masterlist!
❈ - cover only
✧ - variant cover only
✢ - minor appearance
- Batman (2016)
Issues: #89, #92-95, #96 (✢), #97-100, #101 (✢), #106 (✢), #146
- Batman Secret Files (2018)
Issue: #3
- Batman Secret Files: Clownhunter
- Batman: Fear State: Omega
Issue: #1 (✢)
- Batman: The Joker War Zone
Issue: #1 (✢)
- Catwoman (2018)
Issues: #49 (❈), #50, #54
- Dark Crisis (2022)
Issue: #3 (✢)
- Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths
Issue: #4 (✢), #6 (✢)
- DC’s Harley Quinn Romances
Issue: #1 (✢)
- Detective Comics (Vol. 1)
Issue: #1039 (✢)
- Green Lantern (2023)
Issue: #3 (✢)
- Harley Quinn (2016)
Issue: #75
- Harley Quinn (2021)
Issue: #1 (✢)
- Harley Quinn Uncovered
Issue: #1 (❈)
- I Am Batman (2021)
Issue: #16 (✢)
- Infinite Frontier (2021)
Issue: #0 (✢)
- The Joker (2021)
Issues: #1 (✢), #2-15
- The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular
Issue: #1
- The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2022)
Issue: #3, #6 (✢)
- The Joker: Uncovered
- Knight Terrors: Punchline (2023)
- Lazarus Plane: Omega (2023)
Issue: #1 (❈)
- Nightwing (2016)
Issues: #72-74
- Punchline (2021)
- Punchline: The Gotham Game (2022)
- Red Hood: Outlaw (2018)
Issue: #48
- Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen (2020)
Issue: #3
this masterlist was HEAVILY inspired by harleyquinnstation
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