There is a unique Batman title that often flies under the radar when it comes to Batman comics. This is Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. It was separate from the main comic canon and employed rotating creative teams. However, there were some great stories and one that stands out is Terror (issues 137 to 141) which was written by Doug Moensch with Paul Gulacy on art.

The premise of the story is Professor Hugo Strange and his obsession with Batman which leads him to break Jonathan Crane out of Arkham Asylum to assist with his plan:

A subplot to this is the current cat-burglar spree that is affecting Gotham City and is on the radar of both Batman and Captain Gordon:

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There are many stories that involve Batman and Catwoman. Some are phenomenal, others are disappointing. When we think of the best BatCat stories, one immediately thinks back to Hush, or maybe something from the Bronze Age like “A Night on the Town’ and I would include Injustice as well (especially Year 1).

However, there is one story that always makes me think, “Wow, that might be the best portrayal of the Batman and Catwoman relationship”. The story is from Batman: Incorporated, issues # 1 and 2 (November 2010). First off, this story does not have the greatest plot, it has some decent dialogue and the art work is pretty good in places. But I believe it captured the BatCat relationship perfectly.

The story begins with Batman enlisting Catwoman’s help to break into a high security vault in Japan which is something she is only too happy to do:

After successfully retrieving the special diamond from the vault, Bruce and Selina continue with the primary mission of recruiting Mr. Unknown to Batman Incorporated. At this stage in their relationship, there are no secret identities and the attraction is still burning:

Let’s be honest - we all know exactly what they did before going to work.

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In the first two issues of the New 52 reboot of Catwoman, we saw a major change in the relationship between Batman and Catwoman. Gone was the emotional bond that had developed since the Hush story line. It was replaced with an out of character bang-buddy relationship. Another key change was Catwoman no longer knew Batman’s secret identity.

This nearly changed in issue #3 as the original story line had Selina figuring out Batman’s identity. She made the connection after kissing Bruce at a party and concluded it was the same man under the cowl. She then proceeds to Wayne Manor and confronts Bruce in the only way ‘New 52 Selina’ can…by stripping on his front lawn.

It would be interesting to see how different the Bat/Cat relationship would have been in New 52 if this story line was used. Knowing each others’ identities would have changed the dynamic of their relationship. Ultimately, this story line was scrapped last minute and the rest is history.  

Artist Guillem March drew the panels for this unused story line and he released them on his website for others to see. March admits that he was not happy with his work, but it is great for fans to see the panels nonetheless.

Below is the set of panels March drew for the unused story in Catwoman #3 - they were coloured by Tomeu Morey. Also included is the set March drew for Catwoman #4 which continued the story. Unfortunately, they are not coloured.

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