Catwoman - Catwoman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Catwoman is a DC Comics character, associated with the Batman franchise and created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. The original and most widely known Catwoman, Selina Kyle, first appeared in Batman #1 (Spring 1940), where she was initially known as The Cat. She was an adversary of Batman, a whip-carrying burglar with a taste for high stake thefts. Modern writers have attributed her activities and costumed identity as a response to a history of abuse.