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Summary
Death continue to hauntCatwomanin the worst style potential . One would assume thatfinally receive a " nine lives " superpowerwould prove to be a blessing for Selina Kyle , but it ’s proven to be more of a horrifying curse . Being gifted nine actual superfluous lives has done more to put her in excruciating botheration with every inch she steps toward a final , irreversible dying .
Case in point : Catwoman#64 by Tini Howard and Carmine Di Giandomenico showcases Catwoman ’s most devastating death yet as she crash from space into Earth , cauterize up again and again before making final impingement . This might rank up there with some of themost alarm death in DC Comics history , not just in Catwoman ’s shortening lifespan .
While Catwoman is still new at having such a great power , these powers are dwindling fast as she loses another life — and sometimes multiple lives — with each go along issue . To understand how close Catwoman is to knock on death ’s door for good , one must realise what her other death front like .
Catwoman is a thief who scales the skyscrapers of Gotham on the spotter for her next haul , with this cosplay nailing that villainous nature utterly .
Catwoman’s Latest Death Is Her Most Horrifying
Selina Kyle Might Not Come Back from This One
Not uncoerced to go down without a fight , Catwoman ’s bash with the Demolition Team severely damages the ship until she ’s forced to crash - ground on Earth , burning her up countless times upon re - entering the air .
To combat her latest enemies , Viceroy and the White Glove , Catwoman needs to board the Ultraviolet X-40 , a regime - have observational spacecraft . With it , she must venture into the deep unknown — outer space — to destroy a orbiter that she ’s certain will take into account her enough time to take out Veronica Viceroy ’s operation unseen . Catwoman understands the peril involved , gag that even getting stuck in space " intend certain death , Major Tom stylus , " but that foreground just how serious she ’s determined Viceroy and her crew to be .
regrettably for Catwoman , her life is in danger when the Demolition Team is on her tail on orders from the superior general of the ballistic capsule that she steal . The Demolition Team ’s orders are mere : kill the thief before any of the government ’s secrets disgorge out — or forged , it get out that one person outsmart them . Not unforced to go down without a conflict , Catwoman ’s free-for-all with the Demolition Team severely damages the ship untilshe ’s forced to clangoring - landed estate on Earth , burning up countless times upon re - entering the ambience .
How Did Catwoman Gain Her “Nine Lives” Powers?
And How Has She Lost Her “Nine Lives” Thus Far?
Catwoman gained her deep fresh " nine animation " business leader at the conclusion of theDC Universe - alteringGotham Warevent . Selina Kyle emerged from a meteor attack orchestrated by Vandal Savage and awoke seemingly unharmed . In actuality , she lose her first life history . In a twist onTim Burton ’s interpreting of Catwoman , the feline femme fatale has get ahead multiple extra spirit — meaning , if she played her cards right , she could be immortal . Since then , she has n’t have those lifespan go to waste . In fact , she ’s taken advantage of them to go on the most dangerous delegacy of her heroical career .
The massive Batman vs. CatwomanGotham Warcrossover event took place mainly in theBatmanandCatwomantitles written by Chip Zdarsky and Howard . The entire case , let in a tie - in series and multiple one - shots , is pull in in a hardcover edition , useable June 25th , 2024 , from DC Comics .
Selina ’s first two expiry since her originalGotham Warresurrection encounter inCatwoman#59 by Howard , Stefano Raffaele , Veronica Gandini , and Lucas Gattoni . While invading the home of Paola Molina , the defenses of the wall Catwoman is scaling are activate . The electric shock that is sent through her intact physical structure make her feel as though her heart has stop . subsequently in the same upshot , she ’s stab with a knife through the chest by Paola , only to retrieve well-nigh untasted . In the next issue , Catwoman#60 by the same team , Eduardo Flamingo sticks Catwoman with a lethal injection . The phonograph needle miss the vein , so the poisonous substance is n’t fatal , but the hand truck collision at the issue ’s end is , induce Catwoman ’s next demise .
Catwoman’s Powers Have a Significant Limitation
How Much Time Does Selina Kyle Have Left?
Catwoman#61 devote the claim fictitious character a run - in with radiation sickness sickness in Markovia , but she also runs intoSuperman , who praise Catwomanfor her continued sacrifice . even so , she lose another life-time . Selina is spared another demise — untilCatwoman#63 by Howard , Di Giandomenico , Gandini , and Gattoni , wherein she save documentarian Justice Jordan from drown . With no air supplying , she gives him her oxygen tank and mask while underwater , depart herself to overwhelm . A return to the underwater sea land that held Jordan captive , Tritonis , causes her second death in one way out , as she ca n’t escape an explosion that slip her spine asunder .
That death get readers to Catwoman ’s most recent and certainly most barbarous death : crash - landing on Earth afterviolently hurtling through that standard pressure at the speeding of Inner Light , her singed body visible through the flames at the conclusion ofCatwoman#64 . Most importantly , her physical structure remains completely exanimate after the incident . The suspense fluff that Catwoman may have lost all of her life , and this was the last straw for her heighten life oscillation . More than potential , it ’ll take time for her to recover from this one . However , following seven deaths , Catwoman ’s time is indeed running out .
Over the year , Catwoman has don various striking costume , but her reinvention of the Batsuit and unexampled ness might just be her greatest yet .
Catwoman Is Becoming Self-Destructive with Her Lives
Does She Have a Death Wish?
see how ofttimes Catwoman has died — and how quick she is running through each liveliness — leave one to marvel if she is pushing what her nine life are open of . More than that , it begs the question ifCatwoman is push herself too far . No one is going to indicate that she is not committed to being a hero . It ’s exculpated as Clarence Day that she thinks using up all of these life is her way of seek to go all - in on being a hero without the limitations of death holding her back .
Even if these missions are n’t going to permanently kill her , they ’re certainly going to run her lambaste .
However , it ’s concern when she get risking each of her lives on the most dangerous , high - jeopardy back - to - back mission with no signs of slowing down . Even if these missions are n’t going to for good stamp out her , they ’re certainly going to run her ride . Most significantly , assuming that Catwoman in reality is dead for good once she uses up her 9th life , it ’s going to feed her into the ground — literally . It ’s grueling to say that she wasted her lives considering that she lost them in situations where she would n’t have hold up without them .
A simultaneous adversary and love interest to Batman, the acrobatic burglar Catwoman first appeared in DC comics in 1940. Since then, different iterations have shown the character as a villain or an anti-hero. Though Selina Kyle is the best-known Catwoman, other in-universe characters have taken on the moniker, namely, Holly Robinson and Eiko Hasigawa. However, Selina is the one to most commonly appear in movies, usually in a love-hate, chess match dynamic with the Dark Knight.
However , it feels like a waste to see them almost die hard out as quickly as they were introduced . This " nine life " experiment was the consummate mode for Catwoman to truly be introduced as a DC character on the side of zep , as she endeared herself to the superheroes around her and gain their trust after spending so many years as a villainous stealer . However , she says it best when she differentiate Superman in the concluding pages ofCatwoman#61:“I’m so commonplace . “Selina Kyle has saved many life , but she ’s weaken herself in the process . IfCatwoman’snot careful , this superpowered story will in reality be the expiry of her .
Catwoman#64is on sale now from DC Comics .
CATWOMAN # 64 ( 2024 )
A simultaneous adversary and love interest group to Batman , the acrobatic burglar Catwoman first appeared in DC comics in 1940 . Since then , different iteration have show the character as a scoundrel or an anti - hero . Though Selina Kyle is the best - known Catwoman , other in - universe characters have taken on the moniker , namely , Holly Robinson and Eiko Hasigawa . However , Selina is the one to most commonly appear in movies , ordinarily in a love - hatred , chess compeer dynamic with the Dark Knight .
