A Purffectly Merry Christmas

December 15th: 10 Days and counting…

Still looking good for her age, Catwoman – aka Selina Kyle – debuted in Batman issue one of 1940. She was granted some time off between 1954 and 1966 when the Comics Code Authority was enacted. These issues involved the rules regarding the development and portrayal of female characters that were in violation of the Comics Code.

Since her revival, Catwoman has been portrayed in all media, most notably by Lee Meriwether in the 1966 Batman movie, followed by Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns in 1992, Halle Berry in Catwoman in 2004, Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises of 2012 and Zoe Kravitz in the 2022 version of The Batman. Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt also embodied the femme fatale for the late 1960s Batman television series. Camren Bicondova and Lili Simmons adopted the role for Gotham.

Her brief bio is offered on the back of the 2012 Hallmark box: “Since a troubled childhood left her to fend for herself, Salina Kyle has taken to the streets, adopting the purr-fect guise for a skilled cat burglar. Stalking slyly through the night, the feline felon known a Catwoman leaps through Gotham City with acrobatic grace, robbing from its citizens and playing a dangerously seductive cat-and-mouse game with Batman. And he’d better be on his toes because this kitten’s got claws…and a whip!”