DC Comics
BATWOMAN
379
APPEARANCES
1139
TOTAL ISSUES
124
SERIES
Batwoman is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Katherine "Kate" Kane is a wealthy heiress who becomes inspired by the superhero Batman and chooses, like him, to put her wealth and resources towards a campaign to fight crime as a masked vigilante in her home of Gotham City. Batwoman was introduced in 2006 in the seventh week of the publisher's year-long 52 weekly comic book. Introduced as Kate Kane, the modern Batwoman began operating in Gotham City in Batman's absence following the events of the company-wide crossover Infinite Crisis (2005). The modern Batwoman is written as being of Jewish descent and as a lesbian. After DC Rebirth events, it is established that Kate Kane is a cousin of Batman's alter-ego Bruce Wayne and thus a niece of his mother Martha Wayne.
FIRST APPEARANCE
Kingdom Come #2
"Truth and Justice"
June 1996
Earliest catalogued appearances of Batwoman, Cyclone (DC Comics), and Americommando.
CREATORS
Writers and artists on Batwoman's earliest appearances.
