| Batwoman | |
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 Batwoman (Kathy Kane). Art by Dick Giordano. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #233 (July 1956) |
| Created by | Edmond Hamilton Sheldon Moldoff |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Katherine "Kathy" Webb-Kane |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Batman Family |
| Notable aliases | Kathy Kane: Headmistress Katrina "Luka" Netz |
| Abilities |
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Batwoman (Kathy Kane) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics and is the first to use the alias of Batwoman. She was created by writer Edmond Hamilton and artist Sheldon Moldoff under the direction of editor Jack Schiff, as part of an ongoing effort to expand Batman's cast of supporting characters. Batwoman began appearing in DC Comics stories beginning with Detective Comics #233 (1956), in which she was introduced as a love interest for Batman in order to combat the allegations of Batman's homosexuality arising from the controversial book Seduction of the Innocent (1954). When Julius Schwartz became editor of the Batman-related comic books in 1964, he removed non-essential characters including Katy Kane, Bat-Girl, Bat-Mite, and Ace the Bat-Hound. Later, the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths retroactively established that Batwoman had never existed.
Publication history[]
Detective Comics #233 (July 1956) Batwoman's first appearance.
Kathy Kane is primarily associated with the Silver Age of Comic Books. In the aftermath of the attacks on comics in the early 1950s, the Batwoman was the first of several characters that would make up the 'Batman Family'. Since the family formula had proven very successful for the Superman franchise, editor Jack Schiff suggested to Batman creator, Bob Kane, that he create one for the Batman. A female was chosen first, to offset the charges made by Fredric Wertham that Batman and the original Robin, Dick Grayson, were homosexual.[1] Kathy Kane and alter ego Batwoman first appeared in Detective Comics #233 (July 1956).[2] In the character's debut issue, Batwoman is introduced as a female rival to the crime-fighting prowess of Batman:
"There's only one Batman! That's been said many times and has always been true, for no other man has ever rivaled Batman as a champion of the law, nor matched his superb acrobatic skill, his scientific keenness, his mastery of disguise and detective skill! But now, in one suspenseful surprise after another, Batman finds he has a great rival in the mysterious and glamorous girl...The Batwoman!"[2]
She was a costumed crime-fighter like Batman, yet in many ways not an exact counterpart. For example, the contents of her utility purse were actually weapons disguised as stereotypical feminine accoutrements such as lipstick, cosmetic compacts, charm bracelets, and hair nets.[1] Batwoman appeared regularly in the pages of Batman and Detective Comics through the early 1960s. Although letters from fans indicated Batwoman had become popular with readers,[3] editor Julius Schwartz considered the heroine, as well as other Batman-related characters, to be inappropriate for the new direction he planned to take the Batman universe. Following the revamp to Detective Comics in 1964, Batwoman was removed from the series. The 'new' Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, not only replaced Batwoman as Batman's female counterpart, she surpassed the original heroine in popularity. Batgirl also proved to be more appropriate for her time period and the realistic approach DC Comics began taking with its characters. Unlike Batwoman, Gordon's Batgirl used a utility belt and various gadgets similar to Batman's, in addition to being a skilled martial artist and possessing a doctorate in her civilian identity.[4] Despite requests from readers to revive Batwoman, DC's editorial staff initially declined to bring the character out of retirement, considering the fact that she was specifically created to be a love interest for Batman.
...Batwoman and Bat-Girl were there because romance seemed to be needed in Batman [and Robin]'s life. But thanks to the big change and a foresighted editor, these hapless females are gone for good. In their place stands a girl who is a capable crime-fighter, a far cry from Batwoman who constantly had to be rescued by[sic] Batman.[3]
However, with the launch of the Batman Family comic book series in 1975, readers continued to request for Batwoman to appear in new stories. One reader states:
it is totally beyond me why you ignored Batwoman in your first two issues... I can understand your reluctance to go back to the days where everybody in Gotham had a Bat-identity, but you can't wipe out Batwoman that easily... I was counting on her making the scene in a new story, perhaps coming out of retirement to offer assistance to your Dynamite Duo [Batgirl and Robin].[3]
Batwoman was brought back in Batman Family #10 (1979) as "Batgirl's guest heroine" when she comes out of retirement to assist Batgirl in defeating Killer Moth and Cavalier.[5] However, in Detective Comics #485 (August–September 1979), Batwoman is killed by the League of Assassins (assisted by the Bronze Tiger).[3] Editor Dennis O'Neil later stated in an interview, "we already had Batgirl, we didn't need Batwoman."[3] The issue marked the final appearance of the Earth-1 Kathy Kane. An Earth-2 version appeared in The Brave and The Bold #182 (January 1982). This Kathy Kane retired from crime-fighting when that world's Batman married Catwoman. She comes out of retirement to help a grown-up Robin and the Earth-1 Batman battle the Earth-2 Hugo Strange.[6]
The Kathy Kane version of Batwoman was restored to modern continuity by writer Grant Morrison in flashback sequences in various issues of his run on the Batman-related titles, most explicitly in Batman Incorporated #4 (August 2011). This issue reveals the origin of the original Batwoman in current DC Universe continuity; she is Bruce's aunt by marriage. After she was widowed, she and Bruce fought side by side and were lovers for a time until it appeared she was killed. In that time, she worked reluctantly as a member of the spy organisation Spyral, which had employed her to uncover Batman's identity. Her biological father was also revealed to be the Nazi scientist Otto Netz (Doctor Dedalus). In 2013, in Morrison's final Batman Incorporated issue, Morrison then reveals that Kathy is alive working as an assassin for Spyral.[7] Kathy then makes a few fleeting appearances in Grayson (2014–2016), referred to primarily as Agent Zero. In Grayson #8, during a fraught encounter between Dick Grayson and acting Spyral head Mr Minos, Kathy shows up to assassinate him.
Fictional character biography[]
In the original Pre-Crisis continuity, Kathy Kane, a wealthy Gotham City heiress and former circus performer, decides to use her skills and resources to become a costumed crime-fighter. This is partly out of altruism and partly to attract the romantic attentions of Batman. During the Silver Age of Comics, Batwoman guest-starred occasionally in Batman stories published from 1956 to 1964. While Batman wished for Kane to retire from crime-fighting due to the danger, she remained his ally, even when she temporarily became a new version of Catwoman. In 1961, Batwoman was joined by her niece Betty Kane, the Bat-Girl.[8] Kathy and Betty were romantically interested in Batman and Robin, respectively. Robin seemed to return Bat-Girl's affection, while Batman remained aloof. In 1964 however, DC dropped Batwoman, as well as Bat-Girl, Ace the Bat-Hound, and Bat-Mite from the Batman titles, which were undergoing a revamp under editor Julius Schwartz that eliminated many of the sci-fi elements that were introduced in the 1950s. However, Batwoman continues to make appearances in stories published during the next few years in the Batman-Superman team-up book World's Finest. The character would later reappear in the late 1970s,[6] made guest appearances in the Batman Family and Freedom Fighters comic book series, often fighting crime alongside Barbara Gordon, who had become the new Batgirl.[5] In a story depicting Batwoman as a retired crimefighter, she becomes the owner of a circus, which she keeps until killed by the League of Assassins and the brainwashed Bronze Tiger.[9]
During this period, DC began heavily using the Multiverse storytelling device which posited that the publisher's earliest stories (from the Golden Age of Comic Books) took place on the parallel world of Earth-Two. DC visited the concept of an older Batwoman in The Brave and the Bold #182 (1982), in a story titled "Interlude on Earth-2". In this story, which features the Pre-Crisis Earth-One Batman accidentally arriving on Earth-Two to battle the Earth-Two Hugo Strange alongside the adult Earth-Two Dick Grayson (Robin), Batwoman is portrayed as middle-aged and still in love with the now-deceased Commissioner Bruce Wayne of Earth-Two.[6] Later, the conclusion of the publisher's 1985 maxiseries Crisis on Infinite Earths[10] altered DC Universe continuity, subsequently changing the character histories of Batwoman and Bat-Girl. In the new continuity, Kathy Kane did exist, though her persona as Batwoman had been erased. Bat-Girl never existed either, but a superheroine named Flamebird was introduced who had a somewhat similar costume and similar name, "Bette Kane".
Despite the erasure of both Kathy Kane as Batwoman and Betty Kane as Bat-Girl, there were references to both heroines in post-Crisis publications. In Alan Moore's Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman stares at a photograph that portrays Bat-Girl, Batwoman, Ace the Bat-Hound, and Bat-Mite—characters that did not exist in continuity at the time.[11] In Planet Krypton #1, which was part of The Kingdom storyline, a Hypertime ghost of Batwoman haunts the Planet Krypton restaurant. Batman briefly recognizes her as "Kathy", but then quickly denies knowing her. Kathy, sans her Batwoman identity, was also referenced in a few post-Crisis publications. According to The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to The Characters of the DC Universe (2004), Kathy was described as a wealthy former circus stuntwoman that had inherited her father's fortune and later became acquainted with Bruce Wayne as a Gotham socialite. She eventually became a crime fighting ally to Batman, although she never used the Batwoman name. The encyclopedia entry explains that she eventually purchased a circus and was murdered by a member of the League of Assassins; however, Bronze Tiger was not her killer. Her murder was again recalled in Suicide Squad #38. During the Beast Boy miniseries, Flamebird tried to post bail for Beast Boy with money "borrowed from Aunt Kathy." Flamebird further mentioned that "Aunty Kathy's in Gotham" in Teen Titans #39.
The introduction of Kate Kane as the new Batwoman following the continuity-altering events of Infinite Crisis in 2005 allowed the company to revisit elements of the Kathy Kane character it did away with following Crisis on Infinite Earths; Batman writer Grant Morrison explicitly set out to treat Batman's entire publication history as his backstory.[12] In Detective Comics #824 (2006), the Penguin refers to Kate Kane as the new Batwoman, implying for the first time since 1985 that there was an earlier Batwoman. Later Kathy appears in a flashback story in Batman #682 (2009), in a panel showing Batman and the original Batwoman kissing, with Robin showing his distrust of her and Bat-Girl. In this story, Kathy is referred to as "Katy" Kane. In Batman #686, Batman's butler Alfred mentions that Bruce Wayne was once romantically involved with Kathy.
Grant Morrison later chose to heavily reimagine Kathy Kane in 2011 for his Batman Incorporated series. It is established that Kathy Kane was born Katherine Webb, and that she had been an aspiring independent film director prior to marrying a millionaire named Nathan Kane, the son of Roderick and Elizabeth Kane and brother of Martha (Kane) Wayne, Bruce Wayne's mother. Nathan and Kathy were madly in love with one another, and it was Nathan who ended up buying Kathy her circus as a birthday present. After Nathan's untimely death, Kathy was approached by a young man known only as Agent-33, who recruited her into a covert spy organization called Spyral. As part of her first assignment, Kathy was tasked with tracking down Batman and discovering his true identity. Donning a female variation of Batman's costume in order to gain his attention, she embarked on a career as a costumed crime-fighter while attempting to get close to Batman. Her plan succeeded but the two fell in love with one another, despite Kathy legally being Wayne's aunt. As a result, she refused to reveal his identity to her superiors at Spyral. Later, Kathy was confronted by the head of Spyral, a Nazi supervillain named Dr. Dedalus (Otto Netz) who claimed to be her real father and threatened to expose her to Batman unless she continued her mission. Heartbroken, she broke off her relationship with Bruce in order to save him from Dedalus' plan. In the present, Batman and the South American vigilante El Gaucho are told by the villainess Scorpiana that El Gaucho was responsible for Kathy's murder, as he had originally been Agent-33 prior to becoming a superhero. Batman tells Gaucho that Scorpiana must be lying since Kathy had been killed by the League of Assassins, but Gaucho claims that there is some truth in her accusations, and that Batman wouldn't understand.[13] In the follow-up one-shot Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes, students of an assassin training facility masquerading as St. Hadrian's Finishing School For Girls in England are shown wearing variations of Kathy's Batwoman costume, with the original masks replaced by skulls. Later, these women are shown to be agents of Spyral, dedicated to hunting down Talia al Ghul, whose organisation Leviathan is waging war with Batman.[14] Kathy reappears alive in the concluding issue of Batman Incorporated, in which she shoots Talia al Ghul dead in the Batcave. Identifying herself as St Hadrian's headmistress and requesting Batman not to go looking for her, she thanks Batman for leading Talia into her trap and reports to Spyral headquarters that one more international criminal has been killed.[7]
Later, when Dick Grayson fakes his death and goes to work for Spyral, he works under the direction of the scheming Mr Mynos, who during a tense confrontation with Dick is assassinated by Kane, who is identified only as the current Agent Zero; she is the real head of Spyral. When Dick tries to leave the organisation behind, he knows he cannot because of the "Hypnos" implanted in his brain which allow him to hypnotise others and disguise his appearance, but also permit Spyral to monitor him always. Kathy, face disguised by hypnos, pursues Dick to Gotham and tells him to take the day to say goodbye to his friends but that he cannot leave Spyral. He travels to Gotham City and reveals he is alive to Robin, Red Robin, Red Hood and Batgirl, and communicates with them by secret code. Acting on Dick's orders, they hack the Spyral hypnos so that on their next encounter, Dick can see Agent Zero's true face. Dick's hypnos reveal Agent Zero's identity, but not the name Kathy; it surrenders up the alternative name Luka Netz, Kathy's birth name.[15] It is later revealed that her full name is Katrina "Luka" Netz and that she has an antagonistic relationship with her sister, Frau Netz (Elisabeth Netz).[16]
Other versions[]
- The Kingdom: Planet Krypton (February 1999) references the Silver Age Batwoman. The Kingdom introduced the concept of Hypertime, in which characters who had been removed from continuity still exist in alternate timelines. A Planet Krypton theme restaurant (modeled after Planet Hollywood) finds itself "haunted" by silent "Hypertime ghosts" of characters who are no longer part of DC continuity. Batman comes face to face with Batwoman and says, "Kathy?" Later, Batman says there is no possible way he could know her.
- JLA: The Nail (1998) by Alan Davis features Selina Kyle adopting a Batwoman costume based on the costume worn by Kathy Kane. The 2004 sequel, JLA: Another Nail, features her fashioning her own Batwoman persona.
- In Batman '66 #2, Kathy Kane is Bruce's Wayne's date to a concert by Chandell. She later rescues Batman from an attack by the Siren that causes him to experience a series of bizarre hallucinations. During the hallucinations Batman briefly sees Kathy as a woman wearing the Silver Age Batwoman costume.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daniels, Les (2004). Batman: The Complete History. Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-4232-0. https://books.google.com/?id=73wknu2cVIkC.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hamilton, Edmond (1956), "The Batwoman", Detective Comics #233 (DC Comics), http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=21571
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Grandinetti, Fred. "Remembering Kathy Kane: The First Batwoman". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Arant, Wendi; Benefiel, Candace (2002). The Image and Role of the Librarian. Haworth Press. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0-7890-2099-8. https://books.google.com/?id=RXsa43PYarQC.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Batman Family (1975) #10 – Comic Book DB". Comicbookdb.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Brave and the Bold #182 (January 1982)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Batman Incorporated #13 (September 2013)
- ↑ "Batman (1940) #139 – Comic Book DB". Comicbookdb.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Detective Comics (1937) #485 – Comic Book DB". Comicbookdb.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Wolfman, Marv (1985). Crisis on Infinite Earths. DC Comics. ISBN 1-56389-750-4.
- ↑ Moore, Alan (1988). Batman: The Killing Joke. DC Comics. ISBN 978-0-930289-45-4.
- ↑ Morrison Interview with IGN http://au.comics.ign.com/articles/876/876418p1.html
- ↑ Batman Inc. #4 (March 2011)
- ↑ Batman Incorporated vol. 2 #12 (2013)
- ↑ Grayson #12 (2015)
- ↑ Grayson #14 (2016)
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| Nedor Comics | American Crusader • American Eagle • Black Terror • Captain Future • Cavalier • Doc Strange • Fighting Yank • The Ghost • Grim Reaper • Judy of the Jungle • Lance Lewis, Space Detective • Liberator • The Magnet • Miss Masque • Princess Pantha • Pyroman • The Scarab • The Woman in Red | |
| Quality Comics | #711 • The Black Condor • Blackhawk • Blue Tracer • Bozo the Iron Man • Captain Triumph • The Clock • Doll Girl • Doll Man • Firebrand • The Human Bomb • The Invisible Hood • The Jester • Kid Eternity • Lady Luck • Madame Fatal • Magno • The Manhunter • Merlin the Magician • Midnight • Miss America • Mouthpiece • Neon the Unknown • Phantom Lady • Plastic Man • Quicksilver • The Ray • Red Bee • Red Torpedo • The Spider • Spider Widow • Uncle Sam • Wildfire • Wonder Boy | |
| Timely Comics | The Angel • Black Marvel • The Black Widow • The Blazing Skull • The Blonde Phantom • The Blue Diamond • Breeze Barton • Bucky (Bucky Barnes) • Captain America • Citizen V • The Destroyer • Dynamic Man • Father Time • Ferret • Fin • Golden Girl • The Human Torch • Jack Frost • Laughing Mask • Marvel Boy • Miss America • Mercury • Namor • Namora • The Patriot • Red Raven • Sun Girl • Toro • Thin Man • Thunderer • Venus • The Vision • The Whizzer | |
| Misc. | Anglo-American Publishing (Commander Steel) • Bell Features (Johnny Canuck • Nelvana of the Northern Lights •The Brain) • Cardal Publishing (Streamline) • Columbia Comics (The Face • Skyman) • Crestwood Publications ([[Atomic-Man] • Black Owl • Green Lama) • David McKay Publications (Vulcan) • Dell Comics (Owl) • Dynamic Publications (Dynamic Man • Yankee Girl) • EC Comics (Moon Girl) • Elliot Publishing Company (Kismet, Man of Fate) • Eastern Color Printing (Hydroman) • Frew Publications (The Phantom • Mandrake the Magician) • Harvey Comics (Black Cat • Captain Freedom • Shock Gibson • Spirit of '76) • Holyoke Publishing (Cat-Man and Kitten • Miss Victory) • Lev Gleason Publications (Captain Battle • Crimebuster • Daredevil • Silver Streak) • Maple Leaf Publishing (Iron Man • Brok Windsor) • Novelty Press (Target Comics (Target and the Targeteers) • Blue Bolt • Dick Cole, The Wonder Boy • Twister) • Rural Home Publications (The Green Turtle) | |
| The New 52 (List of publications) | ||
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| List of imprint publications | Ongoing series |
Action Comics • All-Star Western • Animal Man • Aquaman • Batgirl • Batman • Batman and Robin • Batman/Superman • Batman Incorporated • Batman: The Dark Knight • Batwing • Batwoman • Birds of Prey • Blackhawks • Blue Beetle • Captain Atom • Catwoman • Constantine • DC Universe Presents • Deathstroke (vol. 2 • vol. 3) • Demon Knights • Detective Comics • Dial H • Earth 2 • The Flash • Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. • G.I. Combat • Grayson • Green Arrow • Green Lantern • Green Lantern Corps • Green Lantern: New Guardians • Grifter • Harley Quinn • Hawk and Dove • I…Vampire • Infinity Man and the Forever People • Justice League • Justice League 3000 • Justice League Dark • Justice League International • Justice League of America • Justice League of America's Vibe • Justice League United • Katana • Klarion • Larfleeze • Legion Lost • Legion of Super-Heroes • Lobo • Men of War • Mister Terrific • New Suicide Squad • Nightwing • O.M.A.C. • Red Hood and the Outlaws • Red Lanterns • Resurrection Man • The Savage Hawkman • Secret Origins • Secret Six • Sinestro • Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie • Static Shock • Stormwatch • Suicide Squad • Superboy • Supergirl • Superman • Superman/Wonder Woman • Superman Unchained • Swamp Thing • Sword of Sorcery • Talon • Team 7 • Teen Titans (vol. 4 • vol. 5) • The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men • Green Team: Teen Trillionnaires • The Movement • The Ravagers • Threshold • Trinity of Sin: Pandora • Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger • Voodoo • Wonder Woman • Worlds' Finest |
| Miniseries | Damian: Son of Batman • Convergence • Forever Evil (A.R.G.U.S. • Arkham War • Rogues Rebellion) • Human Bomb • The Huntress • Legion: Secret Origin • My Greatest Adventure • National Comics • Night Force • Penguin: Pain and Prejudice • Phantom Lady and Doll Man • The Multiversity • The Ray • The Shade | |
| Maxiseries | Batman Eternal • The New 52: Futures End | |
| Story arcs | "Night of the Owls" • "The Culling" • "Death of the Family" • "H'El on Earth" • "Throne of Atlantis" • "Zero Year" • "Trinity War" • "Forever Evil" ("Blight") • "Superman: Doomed" | |
| Post-imprint (June 2015 – August 2017) | Upcoming | Earth 2 |
| Former | Action Comics • Aquaman • Batgirl • Batman • Batman Beyond • Batman/Superman • Black Canary • Catwoman • Constantine: The Hellblazer • Cyborg • Deathstroke (vol. 3) • Detective Comics • Doctor Fate • Earth 2: Society • The Flash • Gotham Academy • Gotham Academy: Second Semester • Gotham by Midnight • Grayson • Green Arrow • Green Lantern • Harley Quinn • Justice League • Justice League 3001 • Justice League of America • Justice League United • Lobo • Martian Manhunter • Midnighter • New Suicide Squad • The Omega Men • Red Hood/Arsenal • Robin: Son of Batman • Secret Six • Sinestro • Starfire • Superman • Superman/Wonder Woman • Teen Titans (vol. 5) • Telos • We Are... Robin • Wonder Woman | |
| Cancelled | Dark Universe | |
| Miniseries | All-Star Section Eight • Bat-Mite • Bizarro • Doomed • Green Lantern: Lost Army • Harley Quinn and Power Girl • Legends of Tomorrow (Firestorm • Metal Men • Metamorpho • Sugar and Spike) • Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death • Prez • Raven • Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot/Katana • Swamp Thing | |
| Maxiseries | Batman and Robin Eternal | |
| In other media | Animated films | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox • Justice League: War • Justice League: Throne of Atlantis • Batman vs. Robin • Justice League Dark • Teen Titans: The Judas Contract • Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay • The Death of Superman • Reign of the Supermen |
| Animated web series | Constantine: City of Demons | |
| See also | Flashpoint (characters) • Dan DiDio • Jim Lee • Geoff Johns • Scott Snyder • DC Rebirth | |
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| Gotham | ||
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| Episodes | Season 1 | "Pilot" • "Selina Kyle" • "The Balloonman" • "Arkham" • "Viper" • "Spirit of the Goat" • "Penguin's Umbrella" • "The Mask" • "Harvey Dent" • "Lovecraft" • "Rogues' Gallery" • "What the Little Bird Told Him" • "Welcome Back, Jim Gordon" • "The Fearsome Dr. Crane" • "The Scarecrow" • "The Blind Fortune Teller" • "Red Hood" • "Everyone Has a Cobblepot" • "Beasts of Prey" • "Under the Knife" • "The Anvil or the Hammer" • "All Happy Families Are Alike" |
| Season 2 | "Rise of the Villains" ("Damned If You Do..." • "Knock, Knock" • "The Last Laugh" • "Strike Force" • "Scarification" • "By Fire" • "Mommy's Little Monster" • "Tonight's the Night" • "A Bitter Pill to Swallow" • "The Son of Gotham" • "Worse Than a Crime") • "Wrath of the Villains" ("Mr. Freeze" • "A Dead Man Feels No Cold" • "This Ball of Mud and Meanness" • "Mad Grey Dawn" • "Prisoners" • "Into the Woods" • "Pinewood" • "Azrael" • "Unleashed" • "A Legion of Horribles" • "Transference" | |
| Season 3 | "Mad City" ("Better to Reign in Hell..." • "Burn the Witch" • "Look into My Eyes" • "New Day Rising" • "Anything for You" • "Follow the White Rabbit" • "Red Queen" • "Blood Rush" • "The Executioner" • "Time Bomb" • "Beware the Green-Eyed Monster" • "Ghosts" • "Smile Like You Mean It" • "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies") • "Heroes Rise" ("How the Riddler Got His Name" • "These Delicate and Dark Obsessions" • "The Primal Riddle" • "Light the Wick" • "All Will Be Judged" • "Pretty Hate Machine" • "Destiny Calling" • "Heavydirtysoul") | |
| Season 4 | "A Dark Knight" ("Pax Penguina" • "The Fear Reaper" • "They Who Hide Behind Masks" • "The Demon's Head" • "The Blade's Path" • "Hog Day Afternoon" • "A Day in the Narrows" • "Stop Hitting Yourself" • "Let Them Eat Pie" • "Things That Go Boom" • "Queen Takes Knight") | |
| Characters | James Gordon • Bruce Wayne • Fish Mooney • Oswald Cobblepot | |