Real name: Selina Kyle
Occupation: Classy independent woman
Base of Operations: Gotham City
Marital Status: Single
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 128
Eyes: Blue-Green
Hair: Black
First Appearance: (as the Cat) BATMAN #1 (Spring, 1940), (as Catwoman) BATMAN #2 (Summer, 1940), (as the modern Selina Kyle) BATMAN #404 (February, 1987)
The oldest of two sisters from a fractured family, Selina Kyle had one of the toughest childhoods one could imagine.After her mother's suicide, she and her sister Maggie weresent to the Youth Authority, where Selina began to see how hard the world could really be. After escaping from Juvenile Hall at age 13, she lived on the streets as a runaway and began to learn the art of being a thief, something at which she excelled. Inspired by seeing Batman in action in his early days, Selina adopted the persona of Catwoman as a way to exploit those she saw exploiting so many others. When her success as Catwoman made her wealthy, she entered Gotham's social elite, dining and dancing with the same people from whom she was stealing. It was during her time as a member of Gotham high society that Selina briefly dated Bruce Wayne.
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