- "I spent fifteen years searching for a place I fit, and I think I've finally found it. Some see fear, others hope. I see the freedom to be myself, to play by my own rules."
- —Kate Kane[src]
Katherine "Kate" Kane[1] (born January 1990 or 1991)[2] is a wealthy individual, the daughter of Jacob Kane and the late Gabi Kane, the sister of Beth Kane, the step-daughter of Catherine Hamilton-Kane, the step-sister of Mary Hamilton and the cousin of Bruce Wayne. After returning to Gotham City to save Sophie Moore from Alice's gang, she learned of Bruce's secret identity as Batman and took up his mantle in his place (secretly) as the vigilante known as Batwoman.
Biography
Early life
Kate was born to Jacob and Gabi Kane, along with her sister Beth, growing up, Kate was very close to her cousin Bruce Wayne, who was like an older brother to her, when she and Beth were little, they once visited Wayne Enterprises, where Kate convinced Beth to sneak into Bruce's office, Kate noticed a woman's necklace in a square pyramid-shaped glass container. She was about to touch it, when Beth stopped and convinced her to leave the office immediately.
Kate and Beth as kids moments before the accident.
In January 2003, Kate and Beth were in a car driven by their mother on their way home from their Bat Mitzvah when they were rammed by a school bus hijacked by the Joker. The family's car veered off of the road, almost going over a bridge until it was stopped when Batman arrived and attached a grappling hook each to the bridge and to the car. Believing the car was safe, he immediately left to save the children on the bus from the Joker. The pillar of the bridge slowly began to give way; Kate quickly climbed out of the car, shouting for Batman and asking why he was leaving so suddenly. Beth tried to wake their mother, to no avail. Kate reached out for Beth's hand, but it was too late, and the bridge's pillar gave, plunging into the cliff's river below. Due to these events, Kate started believing Batman only cared about catching the villain.[1]
The tragedy left Kate and her father Jacob broken, though Bruce comforted Kate through her healing process. Sometime during Beth's disappearance, a Kate had a nightmare, and Jacob hugged her tightly. Even though she had a bed, she slept in the living room in case Beth called. She then made her father promise they'll never stop looking for Beth. Later, Jacob brings Kate waffles, but Kate doesn't want to eat them. She says that they should instead be looking for Beth. Her father however, points out that they've been looking for months and deserve a break. However, Kate tells her dad she feels like this was all her fault because Beth went to check on their mom, but instead of helping, Kate climbed out. She feels like she could have tried harder to save her sister, but was scared that if she stepped too far, she’d fall down too. Later, Jacob tucks a blanket over a sleeping Kate, and sees a map of the area where the car went off the bridge, and the places they have already checked for Beth. He breaks into tears and walks away with it. He crumbles it just as he sees Kate is awake once more and is seeing him crying. Jacob calls her over and holds her tightly. He tells her that investigators found skull fragments on a nearby farm and had them tested, and they belong to Beth. Kate doesn't believe it, as she had already checked the farm on multiple occasions, and calls Jacob a traitor for giving up before walking away.[3] At some point, her father married Catherine Hamilton, and Kate met her step-sister, Mary Hamilton.[1]
Studying at Point Rock Academy
Meeting Sophie Moore
Wanting to join her father's Crows Security, Kate studied at Point Rock Academy, where she met Sophie Moore. Despite the military's strict code of conduct against homosexuality, the two fell in love with each other and would secretly sneak off somewhere secret to make out.[1]
Expulsion
A week before graduation, Kate and Sophie sneaked in the back of a shed, where they made out and engraved their names into the wood. A superior caught them and made them announce their violation of the academy's code of conduct. The academy made them deny the homosexual allegations against them, but Kate defied their orders and quit the academy, as opposed to Sophie, who wanted to graduate and accepted the school's offer. Due to their different ideals, the two broke up.[1]
Training
Her father Jacob suggested that Kate leave Gotham to travel around the world and train under combat and survival specialists. Presumably, she received news of Bruce's and Batman's disappearance from Gotham around 2015.[1]
Return to Gotham
Meeting Alice
Kate learning of Sophie's capture.
By 2018, Kate was training under an old man in a barren icy region. She suddenly received a call from Mary, who informed her of Sophie's kidnapping by Alice's gang. Kate immediately left for Gotham City earlier than she would've wanted to, heading straight for Crows Security, where she visited her father. She asked for Sophie's whereabouts and offered her assistance to the Crows, but her father disagreed and left to answer a call.[1]
Wanting answers, Kate drove to Wayne Enterprises to use the Wayne Security system. She scaled the building, arriving in Bruce's office and reminiscing over her time sneaking inside with Beth when they were little. Suddenly, the head of Wayne Security, Luke Fox, held Kate at gunpoint. Knowing she was going to be cuffed, she secretly grabbed a paper clip and went with him. She tried introducing herself as Bruce's cousin, but Luke refused to believe her. He took Kate to the surveillance room and called the police, when she broke free and cuffed Luke to a system unit, taking his keys. Kate logged into the system, copying surveillance of the gang and leaving Luke's keys for him just out of his reach.[1]
Kate entering the orphanage.
Arriving at her father's house, Kate was surprised with a welcome-home party. She was bombarded by Mary's rambling, when Kate interrupted to ask why Mary called her from her training. Mary revealed that she had accidentally discovered a box of pictures of her and Sophie, and thought that Kate would want to come home. They were interrupted by Kate's step-mother Catherine, who asked for Mary to do a picture with the councilwoman. Behind her, she saw a picture of her father and Sophie's acceptance into the Crows, and recalled their tumultuous history. Showing her father the surveillance footage, they tracked the gang down to Burnside Orphanage, where the Crows converged upon. Kate went ahead first, fighting through a number of thugs, but ultimately being knocked out. Coming to, Kate came face to face with the gang's leader, Alice. Alice taunted her for some time, before knocking her back out and having her taken to a makeshift clinic run by Mary. Waking to find Mary stitching a wound on her arm, Kate headed back to Crows Security to inform her father of her findings. Instead of taking her intel, he became angry at her having run off, causing Kate to give up and do her own thing.[1]
Becoming Batwoman
Kate looks down on Gotham after rescuing Sophie.
Kate headed back to Wayne Enterprises, where she attempted to convince Luke to call Bruce. Before he could do so, she noticed an out of place heirloom on the bookshelf. She moved it back into place, revealing a secret elevator. Riding it down, despite Luke's objections, Kate discovered Batman's cave, realizing her cousin to be the vigilante. Seeing newspaper clippings regarding the accident in which she lost her mother and sister, Luke explained Bruce had thought he'd had the calculations perfect, only to make one slight miscalculation. Having Luke repurpose Bruce's old Batman suit, Kate took it to ambush Alice's gang. She entered into a brief scuffle, before diving as a bound Sophie fell off of the side of the skyscraper. The two fell through an abandoned building, miraculously landing on a bed. Kate promptly fled, using her grapple hook. When she returned to the scene, Alice was gone, but noticed and took the knife that Alice had lodged into a wall. Following this, Kate returned to Crows Security, where she ran into Sophie. They exchanged warm pleasantries, before Sophie's husband Tyler appeared, much to Kate's shock. Kate stopped off at her father's office, where he admitted that he had reservations because he was afraid of losing her like he did with his other daughter and late wife, but would accept if she wanted to join the Crows. Kate headed to Batman's cave, where she began writing letters to Bruce. Examining a knife Alice had thrown at her, Kate recognized the jewel embedded in it, comparing it to the one on her necklace, and realized that Alice was her twin sister Beth all along.[1]
Three days later, two Wonderland Gang members firebomb a Crow hummer. Kate attacks them as Batwoman and she is a bit surprised when the suit deflects their bullets. She gets in front of one of them as he runs and knocks him out. Batwoman removes his mask and asks him where Alice is, and then leaves as more Crows arrive at the scene. Batwoman drives through Gotham on her motorcycle, going to the Wayne Enterprises tower. She takes an elevator to the Bat Cave and Luke asks her where she's been. He warns her that she can't continue to go out and pretend to be Batman, to which Kate insists that she's merely doing it as a way of finding Alice and to determine if she is in fact her sister Beth.[3]
The next day, Kate meets with Catherine and Mary for breakfast, and Jacob arrives and says that the Crows might not have killed the gang member if Kate had joined his security group. Mary brings up the fact that Sophie is married to a man, but Catherine advises her daughter to drop the subject all together. Kate suddenly says that Alice is Beth, and explains that she got one of Alice's knives with a garnet birthstone like Beth had. Jacob insists that facts are facts, and that Beth is in fact dead, as skull fragments had been found years earlier. Kate tells her dad that she'll prove it to them and leaves them to finish the rest of their breakfast. Kate goes back to the Bat Cave and examines Alice's knife. She then looks at a photo of her and Beth as children. Luke arrives at the Batcave and tells Kate that while Wayne Enterprises does have a device that can analyze DNA against another sample, he was really just hired to watch over the building and keep the lights on. However, he says to Kate that he wants to talk about Batman's suit, and proceeds to point out how the city wants a hero that isn't there. Luke warns Kate that Gotham City needs a hero and Kate has become one; whether she likes it or not. He then shows Kate several gadgets that Batman has at his disposal, including a laser saw and a rebreather. He warns her that they're all very dangerous tools and that quite honestly, he doesn't know half them work. Luke reiterates that this is because they were all meant for Batman. Kate taunts Luke by saying that this whole speech he gave her, sounded eerily similar to his father Lucius Fox, except Lucius was at least useful.[3]
Kate approaches Sophie at the Crows base, and Sophie asks if the "Batman" everyone is talking about is in fact Kate. Sophie insists that she hates Batman, and also warns that Jacob hates Batman as well, so whoever is dressing up as Batman nowadays is really asking for trouble on Jacob's part. Kate denies it again, and jokes with Sophie that if she were gonna save her in a dramatic fashion, she would have totally dressed as Wonder Woman to do so, instead of Batman. Jacob looks down from his office, and Kate takes Sophie somewhere private. She asks her to run the DNA on the knife, and Sophie insists that Alice isn't Kate's twin. Sophie warns her that Kate is getting her hopes up, and says that Jacob would kill her if he found out. Kate takes the knife back and switches topic, saying how she would have come back sooner to stop Sophie's wedding. Suddenly, a gas grenade rolls down the parking garage ramp and gang members come after the two women to get the knife. Kate and Sophie fight them off, but one of the masked men grabs the knife and drives off with the others. Later, Kate apologizes to Sophie for dragging her into it. Jacob complains that Kate brought Alice to the Crow's doorstep, and Kate wonders how Alice knew she had the knife. Sophie sides with Kate, but Jacob insists that Alice is a cop killer and must be stopped. Kate tells Jacob that somewhere deep inside of Alice, she's actually Beth. Jacob ignores her and says that the GCPD gave the Crows permission to put Alice down. An aide reports that they traced the second Crow from the night before and followed him to a section of town. Kate goes to Mary's clinic and asks to see the second gang member. Mary has him under treatment and found a batarang in him. Kate says that he's one of Alice's gang, and tells him to send a message to Alice: "waffles". She releases him, and Kate tells Mary that if Alice is indeed Beth, she'll know what "waffles" means. When asking for more details, Kate tells her step sister that it’s better that she doesn’t know. Kate later calls Sophie and asks her to stall the Crows while she finds Alice. Sophie realizes that Kate is referring to the Waffle Stand, and Kate asks then asks Sophie to buy her some time so she can prove Jacob wrong.[3]
Kate drives to the now-abandoned Waffle Stand and waits for Alice. Kate then hears Alice swinging on a nearby swing set, and goes over to her. Kate asks Alice if she’s really Beth. Alice toys with her when Kate asks her to prove that she is Beth. Alice says she is already here and knew the password was waffles, and shares with her how they used to come every Friday to this waffle stand and gorge themselves in chocolate covered garbage. However, she then proceeds to say that she could also be lying because the little factoid she just shared could have been mentioned in the press and she might have read it online. Kate then reveals to Alice that she had her knife, while Alice continues to insist that they're sisters. Kate points out that they found Beth's skull fragments, and Alice asks why she's there if that's the case. Alice describes the crash and how the thought of someone coming to save her was what kept her calm. Mary then texts Kate, asking her where she is, Alice says that Kate can answer that if she wants to. Kate texts Mary that something came up that is holding her up at the moment. When Kate says they have a lot to catch up on. Alice says she'd rather not she really just came to meet her here to ask her one question and that is when it was that Kate finally slept through the night after she disappeared. Kate says that she never did, because she feels like she should have been with Beth when she was in the crash. Alice then cuts her hand and gives her some blood to test her DNA, so she can get the proof she so desperately wants. However, The Crows arrive shortly after with their guns drawn, and Kate steps between them and Alice, thus shielding Alice from any potential kill shots. Jacob orders Kate to get out of the way, warning her daughter that Alice is just using her to get inside her head. They see that Alice has a weapon, and Alice refuses to drop it. Kate warns Jacob that if he shoots then he won't just lose Beth, but her as well. Not wanting to take that risk, Jacob orders his men to lower their guns, and to instead take Alice to Arkham Asylum. Sophie approaches Kate, trying to justify telling Jacob her whereabouts. Kate is disappointed in her and goes instead to tell Alice that she hadn't told the Crows where they'd be meeting. Alice then asks Kate if she remembers why they each had to get their own waffle, and Kate proceeds to say that it was because Beth didn't like to share.[3]
Kate later goes back to Mary's clinic not too long after as Batwoman and knocks out Dodgson. The power in the facility comes back, and Kate watches the TV as it comes on with the power, and a newscast shows that the van transporting Alice has exploded, and subsequently fell into the waters under Loeb Bridge. Kate drives to the bridge, and Luke calls her and warns her that the place is crawling with cops. Undeterred, Kate speeds up trying to get to Alice in time. The van containing Alice sinks beneath the river waters, and Kate gets her out using the laser saw while wearing the rebreather. She gives it to Alice to breath, and Alice jerks awake and stares at Batwoman. The Crows shoot into the water, hitting the van, and it explodes knocking the two women apart, and opposite shores. Luke calls Kate several times as she lies unconscious. The police officers move in, and Luke tells Kate to get up as a dog approaches her. He remotely activates the defibrillator built into the suit, and by the time the police get there, Batwoman is gone. Kate then goes back to the clinic, where Mary draws a gun when she hears someone behind her. When she realizes it's Kate, she lowers it. Kate apologizes for missing dinner the night before. Mary tells her that she understands Kate needs to know about Alice, and says that Dodgson tried to kill her because Alice sees her as her replacement. However, she proceeds to tell Kate how Alice was in the wrong, since not once since their parents got married, has Kate treated her like a sister. She says that the most sisterly thing that Kate has done for her is pretend she doesn't exist. Kate tries to argue that it's not that way at all, but Mary doesn't believe her. Mary assures her that she didn't tell Jacob, and asks her if Alice is worth all the trouble. Kate doesn't answer her, and Mary asks her to tell Alice that she's not a threat. Kate then goes to Crows security, where her father is demanding to know how Alice escaped. Kate tells Jacob that he's about to kill his own daughter. Jacob shows her the photos of a family Alice had killed and says that his Beth wouldn't have killed them. He tells Kate to drop it or he'll have her arrested, and Kate storms out. Sophie tells Kate that Alice could have killed her. Kate accuses Sophie of lying to the military academy and selling her out. Sophie argues that wasn't the same thing, and insists that she'd never lie to Kate. When Kate asks her if she's happy, Sophie says that she is and there is no "them". She tells Kate to move on and leaves.[3]
The next day, Kate goes to see Luke. She thanks him for saving her, but as Luke looks to be tearing up, she tells him that they should get so emotional, and they drop it. She tells him that she knows it wasn't Alice and her gang that took the knife. She theorizes that there's someone else out there who doesn't want her to know the truth about the DNA on that knife. Kate writes in her journal to Bruce that the people of Gotham want hope, and she found someone she didn't know or recognize in Alice. Now rather than hope, she feels doubt. That night, Batwoman beats the captive Dodgson for answers as she wants to know everything he knows about Alice. Kate returns to her bike and finds a case left for her. There's a bat inside, and there's a note saying that Kate has her father's eyes, revealing that Alice not only is Beth, but that she also knows that Kate is the vigilante.[3]
Taking charge of Wayne Enterprises
Kate eventually used a suit different from her cousin's and became known as "Batwoman", a vigilante who fights for Gotham after the disappearance of the Batman. She also took charge of Wayne Enterprises, planning to redevelop it into a real-estate development firm.[4]
Elseworlds
Meeting other heroes
At some point after reality was altered, Batwoman stood on the top of Wayne Enterprises.[5]
After Oliver Queen, Barry Allen, and Kara Danvers were arrested. Kate posted their bail and had a guard escort them to Wayne Enterprises. Once they got there, she reluctantly offered to help so they could leave, as she didn't want "Oliver" to cause any more problems. She took them to the rooftop and gave them equipment to use to find who they were looking for while she watched them on a security camera. After a while, Kara came inside. Kara apologized for asking a lot of questions, realizing the name Bruce Wayne was somewhat notorious. Kate said she knew, as Bruce is her cousin. Kara mentioned that her cousin was frenemies with Bruce, then wondered if keeping his private life a secret broke him. Kate responded by saying that watching the city fall to pieces makes it hard to break and that Bruce was possibly forced to leave. Kara complimented her and then asked about John Deegan. Kate told her that he worked at Arkham Asylum. After Kara left, Kate took an elevator down to a cave, where her suit was located.[4]
Arkham breakout
When Barry and Cisco were attacked by Arkham inmates she appeared as Batwoman and took down the remaining inmates including Psycho Pirate. She told them that Kate told them to leave and that they should have listened to her and walked away.[4]
Later when the Flash and the Green Arrow were fighting each other, she neutralized them and made them realize that they were exposed to a hallucinogenic gas. At the asylum gate, she told them to get out of her city and had a chat with Supergirl who knew her identity because of her X-ray vision. She recognized Kara Danvers from earlier. They shook hands and then walked away.[4]
After reality was restored back to normal, she contacted Oliver Queen asking if the deranged doctor they brought into Arkham was going to be a bigger problem since he already made a friend at the Asylum: the Psycho Pirate.[6]
Possible future
Batwoman may be involved in the Crisis of 2019, along with the Flash, Supergirl, White Canary, and other heroes.[7]
Erased future
When the Crisis of 2019 originally took place on April 25, 2024, Batwoman, among others, was involved in the events. During the crisis, the Flash fought the Reverse-Flash before disappearing from the timeline. However, based on various witness claims, there are contradictory versions of the events (whether the Flash was assisted by Supergirl and the Atom, or a team of Green Arrow, Batwoman and Elongated Man).[8]
Personality
Kate in her civilian persona.
Similar to her cousin, Bruce Wayne, Kate is a no-nonsense and blunt individual. She is very open with her personal opinion.
Kate as Batwoman.
As Batwoman, Kate is very stoic and committed to helping Gotham City. While mostly an antisocial individual, she can give respect to those she thinks deserves it, as she acknowledged Supergirl's worth as a hero.
Abilities
- Expert driver: Kate rides a motorcycle.
- "Sitting at that desk, staring out that window, watching this city that we grew up in rot at its core, you find a way not to break."
- —Kate Kane to Kara Danvers[src]
- Indomitable will/High tolerance for pain: Kate has a high threshold for pain; she showed no discomfort when she received stitches on her shoulder.
- "My cousin figured it out years ago. Be more terrifying than your enemy."
- —Kate Kane to Luke Fox[src]
- Intimidation: As Batwoman, Kate has an intimidating appearance, capable of instilling fear in her enemies. This was seen when a criminal, from Arkham Asylum, cried out of fear when he saw Batwoman.
- Keen intellect/businesswoman: Kate is very intelligent; despite her part-time vigilantism, she manages the big company Wayne Enterprises without any perceivable difficulty. Alice called her "clever".
- Expert investigator: Kate is a very perceptive individual; she was able to quickly determine that Supergirl is Kara Danvers. She thought to access Wayne Enterprises' security camera feed, which was not included in the Crows Security network. She is also observant of small details; she recognized the miniscule writing on a paddle held by one of Alice's henchmen, which allowed her to locate her whereabouts.
- Expert of deception: Kate is very good at keeping her own identity as Batwoman a secret; both the highly intelligent Green Arrow, Flash and Supergirl were unable to deduce her alter-ego; Supergirl had to resort to using her x-ray vision to discover who Batwoman is.
- "I'd spent years traveling the world, training with combat and survivalist specialists so I could join the Crows."
- —Kate Kane[src]
Batwoman subduing Green Arrow and Flash.
- Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Kate is a highly competent unarmed combatant and an extremely skilled martial artist. She was able to quickly subdue Oliver Queen, a master martial artist in his own right, and Barry Allen simultaneously when reality was altered and they had each other's powers and skills, although it took them by surprise. Her fighting style so far is comprised of boxing, tai chi, kung fu, and she has also displayed skill in grappling her opponents in a fight. Cisco Ramon referred to Kate as "badass" only moments after witnessing her in action, and Supergirl even stated that the two of them would make a good team, not dissimilar to their cousins' relationship. Before becoming Batwoman, Kate easily defeated several of Alice's henchmen, and even made use of her environment to fight them off, i.e. weaponizing a fire extinguisher, frying pan and a door.
- Expert knife-thrower: Kate has shown to have great accuracy when she threw her Batarang at an escaped inmate at Arkham Asylum and caught it when it returned to her after subduing the inmate. She also accurately threw one to knock Alice's remote off a building.
- "She really is like Batman."
- —Caitlin Snow[src]
- Peak of human physical condition: As a vigilante and former member of the Point Rock Academy, Kate is in the best physical condition, strong enough to throw her enemies into the air and quickly master opponents much larger than her with relative ease. In fact, her physical strength seems to be even a bit inhuman, as she succeeded to lift and throw around full grown men with ease. She was strong enough to punch through ice from underwater, and kick open the boarded-up doors to Bruce Wayne's office. Kate has a high level of stamina, as she was capable of holding her breath for a long period of time underwater. Her father allowed her to join the Crows, putting her on par with former Navy SEALs and Green Berets.
- Acrobatics/Free-running: Since becoming Batwoman, Kate has developed free-running skills and can fall from a height of several feet without hurting herself. Her abilities allow her to dodge and attack with fluidity from different directions without losing balance. She has also shown to be capable of reaching the tops of skyscrapers throughout Gotham. When Kate returned home, she was able to easily climb up to a window of the Wayne Enterprises building.
- Honed senses: Kate's senses and reaction time are superb. She was able to avoid a sword strike from one of Alice's henchmen without looking.
- Stealth/Infiltration: Kate is extremely secretive, being able to approach other people without being sensed. She was able to escape from a pair of handcuffs using a paperclip. Kate also quickly evaded her father's line of sight before she went to find Alice.
Equipment
- Batarang: Kate uses a roughly bat-shaped throwing weapon.
- Recording device: Kate has a special batarang with an audio-recording device built inside in order to listen in on both Roger Hayden and John Deegan inside Arkham.
- Batwoman suit: Kate wears a protective suit as Batwoman, to protect herself and hide her identity from her enemies when she goes out fighting crime.
- Red wig: Kate wears a fake red wig to protect her identity from her enemies while fighting crime.
- Grappling gun: Kate uses a length of monofilament wire attached to a spool, and primarily is used for scaling buildings and ensnaring targets.
- Laser saw: The device can cut through anything. Kate used the laser saw to save Beth Kane.
- Motorcycle: Kate has a motorcycle to help her travel around Gotham.
- Rebreather: Kate used a rebreather to save Beth from Bruce Wayne's collection of gadgets.
Appearances
The Flash
Season 5
- "Nora" (name seen in the newspaper)
- "Elseworlds, Part 1"
- "Legacy" (name seen in the newspaper)
Arrow
Season 7
- "Elseworlds, Part 2"
- "My Name is Emiko Queen" (mentioned)
Supergirl
Season 4
Batwoman
Season 1
- "Pilot"
- "The Rabbit Hole"
- "Down Down Down"
Gallery
Promotional images
Elseworlds
Batwoman
Season 1
Trivia
- Kate has many tattoos, it is also implied by Kara Danvers that she has some that can't be seen.[4]
- Kate is vegan.[9]
- It should be noted that Kate, whose full first name is Katherine, shares her first name with her stepmother, Catherine Hamilton-Kane, but is spelt with a 'K' rather than a 'C'.
Behind the scenes
- Kate is one of many major protagonists in the Arrowverse to have a villainous family member. Other examples would include Oliver Queen, Kara Danvers, Winn Schott, Mon-El, Tommy Merlyn, Eddie Thawne, Lena Luthor, and Nora Dhark.
- In the main DC Comics continuity, Kate Kane is a superhero known as Batwoman affiliated with the Bat-Family. The character originated as Kathy Kane in 1956 and was a recurring love interest of Batman's until she was retired from the comics in the mid-1960s; she later returned in the 1970s but was killed off. In 2006 a new version of the character, now named Kate Kane and reimagined as being openly gay, was introduced in the post-Infinite Crisis continuity. The original version of Kane, however, was also reintroduced in 2011's Batman Incorporated series. The Arrowverse version of Batwoman is based upon the 2006 re imagining of the character.
- In the comics, Batwoman had a relationship with Maggie Sawyer. The characters became engaged, but DC Comics vetoed their wedding, causing the then writers to leave the comic in protest.[10]
- Unlike her comic book counterpart, who is a natural redhead, Kate's red hair is only part of her suit.
- In the comics, before the New 52, Kate had no familial ties to Bruce Wayne.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Pilot"
- ↑ In "The Rabbit Hole", Kate mentions her birthstone is a garnet (January) and states she spent "half" her life searching for Beth. She and Beth were celebrating their Bat Mitzvah the day of the accident, making them either 12 or 13 at the time, which places either 1990 or 1991 as their birth year and makes them 27 or 28 in 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "The Rabbit Hole"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Elseworlds, Part 2"
- ↑ "Elseworlds, Part 1"
- ↑ "Elseworlds, Part 3"
- ↑ "Legacy"
- ↑ "Nora"
- ↑ "Pilot"
- ↑ 'Batwoman' Co-Authors Exit, Claim DC 'Prohibited' Lesbian Marriage