Catwoman has been around for over 80 years, and like all good Bat villains, she has changed with the times. But it’s amazing how much of the character has been there through the ages. Patreon backer and friend of the show Sam Hopper joins us to look at the evolution of Catwoman, what has stayed the same and what has changed, in three stories from three different eras. In a Golden Age story, Selina works to prove she’s gone straight. In a Bronze Age story, well she also works to prove she’s gone straight. And in a glorious story of Silver Age madness, she is not going straight at all, but is instead turning Lois Lane into another Catwoman and Superman into a housecat. It’s as wild as it sounds.
- Catwoman: Empress of the Underworld (Batman V.1 #65)
- The Catwoman’s Black Magic (Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #70-71)
- Shadow of the Cat (Batman V.1 #323-324)
This week’s BatChat column focuses on the final arc of Philip Kennedy Johnson’s run on Absolute Batman #17.
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Matt Lazorwitz read his first comic at the age of 5. It was Who's Who in the DC Universe #2, featuring characters whose names begin with B, which explains so much about his Batman obsession. He writes about comics he loves, and co-hosts the podcasts BatChat with Matt & Will and The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
Will Nevin loves bourbon and AP style and gets paid to teach one of those things. He is on Twitter far too often.
