Catwoman
- This article is about the fictional character. For the movie, see Catwoman (movie).
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) is a fictional character in the DC Comics superhero universe, a female cat burglar who dresses in a cat-like catsuit while on her capers.
Although originally introduced as an opponent for Batman, her status as hero or villain is ambiguous; she has her own moral code and has occasionally teamed up with Batman against greater threats.
She is often considered a potential romantic interest for Batman; in the 1970s DC Comics even ran an ongoing series set in a parallel universe in which Catwoman and Batman had married and had a daughter who fought crime as the Huntress.
Occasional attempts have been made to feature Catwoman in her own series.
The most recent such series, written by Ed Brubaker, was launched in 2001 and as of 2004 is still running to great acclaim.
Catwoman was at various times played by Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether and Eartha Kitt in the Batman television series of the 1960s, by Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1992 movie Batman Returns, and by Adrienne Barbeau in Batman: The Animated Series.
A Catwoman movie that was very loosely based on the comic book character was released in summer 2004. It starred Halle Berry as a Catwoman with supernatural cat-like powers.
