CATWOMAN: The First 80 Years (1940 - 2020) and Beyond

Set Description
CATWOMAN: The First 80 Years (1940 - 2020) and Beyond!

Wonder Woman may be the world’s most widely recognized female comic book character, but another character who debuted a year earlier would win the 2nd place award in that category. Since her first appearance in Batman #1 (1940), CATWOMAN (Selina Kyle) has clawed her way into 80 years worth of comic books as well as into Batman’s affections, leading up to their 2017 engagement and 2018 planned wedding. In television and movies, she has appeared in both in live-action and animated form, with many actresses lending their likeness and/ or their voice to the character.

Just like a cat has 9 lives, this Feline Femme Fatale has donned at least 9 costumes in her different incarnations. Whether it be her classic Golden Age purple dress with green cape, Silver Age look that inspired the 70’s Mego action figure, Cat-like appearance seen in her first solo series in the 80’s, purple outfit as seen in her first ongoing title in the 90’s, grey jumpsuit from Batman: The Animated Series, or black jumpsuit from the ‘00’s. Whether the villainous cat-burglar, or whether the heroine, Catwoman has PURRRRR-fectly grabbed our attention for 8 decades.

This set was 10 years in the making, and showcases 270 of Catwoman’s Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Copper Age, and Modern Age key issues, and more in the first 80 years after her debut (1940 - 2020).

Includes the following issues - some keys and highest graded copies (as per recent CGC census information):

Millennium Edition:Batman #1 and Millennium Edition: Batman #1 Chromium Edition CGC 9.8 White Pages
- Reprints of Batman #1 (1st appearance of Catwoman/ The Cat), both Highest Graded.

Batman #35 CGC 7.5 Off-White to White Pages
(Catwoman dons new costume; the first version of her classic Golden Age purple costume with green cape, that would continue on and off into the Copper Age as well).

Detective Comics #122 CGC 7.0 Off-White to White Pages
(1st Catwoman Cover)
- Rare in high grade.

Batman #42 CGC 8.5 Off-White to White Pages
(1st Catwoman cover in Batman title)
- 5 copies graded higher.

Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #70 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(1st Silver Age Catwoman)
- Second Highest Graded (1 copy graded higher).

Detective Comics #369 CGC 9.6 White Pages
- 1 of 2 Highest Graded.

Batman #197 CGC 9.6 White Pages (Twin Cities Pedigree)
(Catwoman dons new costume)
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

Batman #210 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(Catwoman dons new costume)
- Second Highest Graded (2 copies graded higher)

Wonder Woman #201 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(Catwoman vs. Wonder Woman)
- 1 of 10 Highest Graded.

Batman #256 CGC 9.6 White Pages
- 1 of 19 Highest Graded

Batman #266 CGC 9.6 White Pages
(Return of Catwoman’s Golden-Age costume).
- Second Highest Graded (6 copies graded higher)

Batman Family #2 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 4 Highest Graded.

The Joker #9 CGC 9.8 White Pages
(Catwoman vs. The Joker)
- 1 of 13 Highest Graded.

Batman Family #8 CGC 9.8 White Pages
- 1 of 8 Highest Graded.

Catwoman (1989) #1- #4
- Complete set of Catwoman’s first solo series.

Catwoman (1993) #1 CGC 9.9 White Pages
- Second Highest Graded (1 copy graded higher).
- Catwoman’s first ongoing title.

Catwoman (2002 series)
- Includes #1 (Catwoman dons new costume) and all 41 Adam Hughes covers.

Batman #608- #619 plus variants
- Complete set of the ‘Hush’ storyline includes:
- 10 CGC 9.9's (some Single Highest Graded).
- #608 Retailer Incentive Edition CGC 9.8 (rare, approximately 300 copies produced).
- 8 Signature Series signed by Jim Lee.
- Batman develops a romantic relationship with Catwoman (Selina Kyle), and reveals his identity to her. Included in the Gallery are bonus photos of limited edition original hand-drawn sketches by Jim Lee in my copies of 'Absolute Batman: Hush' hardcover books: Catwoman and Batman in photo slots for Batman #608 and #608 Second Printing.

Batman Confidential #17- #21
- Complete ‘Bat and the Cat’ storyline, including 4 Signature Series signed by artist Kevin Maguire, 3 are the single highest graded).

Gotham City Sirens #1- #26
- Complete set with variants, features Catwoman’s team-up with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn.

Detective Comics (2011) #27 Miller Variant Cover CGC 10 GEM MINT
(Catwoman wraparound cover by Frank Miller)
- Single Highest Graded Universal copy.
(As the original owner, this is the only comic book I submitted myself that ever received the highest CGC grade attainable!)

Catwoman (2018) #49 Balent Variant Cover CGC 9.9 White Pages.

Catwoman in TV and Movies:
- Batman ‘66 issues (featuring the likeness of Julie Newmar as Catwoman from the classic 1960’s ‘Batman’ TV show);
- ‘Batman Returns’ movie adaptation (featuring the likeness of Michelle Pfieffer as Catwoman).
- Batman Adventures; Batman and Robin Adventures issues (based on ‘Batman: The Animated Series’).
- Gotham Girls #1 - #5 (complete set, based on the ‘Gotham Girls’ animated series).
- ‘Catwoman’ movie adaptation (featuring the likeness of Halle Berry as Catwoman).

Other issues in this 80-year run include Bronze Age, Copper Age, and Modern Age appearances (all CGC 9.8 or higher) in issues of Batman; Batman Family; Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Dark Knight: The Last Crusade; Catwoman (1993 series); Batman: The Long Halloween; Batman: Dark Victory; Solo; All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder (including a CGC 9.9 recalled last issue); Catwoman (2011 series); Convergence; All Star Batman; Catwoman (2018 series, including an original art sketch cover by famed Catwoman artist Jim Balent); Detective Comics (including 3 CGC 9.9 Catwoman covers of the landmark issue #1000); Catwoman one-shots; and more!

Set Goals
This set showcases the evolution of Catwoman in the first 80 years after her debut in the Golden Age.