How would Catwoman beating any Batman villain lower the credibility of any Batman villain? Did Nightwing defeating Two-Face in Tomasi's run or Barbara smashing Joker's teeth in BoP lower her credibility?
Plus, there are so many Batman villains farming them out to the Bat Fam is logical.
Jason's most popular story is his death while Barbara's most popular story is where she got crippled. Thats how Joker got to become Batman's arch nemesis.
Batman's most popular enemy is the one that harm Batfam members the most.
If Batman's underlings can defeat Batman's villains more easily than Batman can and dont suffer any loss, why tell stories with them as Batman's villains anyway?
Nightwing is a special case because people see him as the most experienced Robin. I'd argue Nightwing's most popular stories are where he puts on the cowl. It is why some people say the only way for Nightwing to surpass Batman is to become Batman. But even Nightwing struggled with some Batman's villains like Bane.
Catwoman's most popular story is where she romances with Batman. Not many are interested in seeing her as a crime fighter.
Batman is ultimately the stable rock that moves the franchise. Not any of his underlings nor love interest.
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I think the upcoming Batman movie would still have Catwoman as a thief for Batman to catch so its not really just my opinion, its objective fact. Catwoman was not originally designed as Batman's supporting character, she works better as a foil as she was designed to be so. Nobody thinks of Catwoman being synonymous with a crime fighter but a cat burglar. Besides how would a married Catwoman have her own solo? Like is she gonna appear in Batman and then other writer ignore what happens in Batman to write Catwoman in her own solo?
Name stories with Joker as the villain that are more popular than the DITF and TKJ before 1988.
What im saying is that the impact from these stories have put Joker over other villains in Batman's rouges gallery. Joker is not like other ordinary villain only to be caught by Batman at the end of the day. Joker is the villain who has done the most damage to Batman.
In animation and 3 Jokers comics, they still adapt/tell stories showing the consequences of Jason's death and Barbara being crippled. Jason & Barbara dont have stories that are more popular than the stories where they end up as victims of Joker.
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I created a thread about Dick Grayson/Nightwing and Koriand'r/Starfire. It is to acknowledge and honor their iconic and popular relationship.
I created a fan page about Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson. This page is for all the Spider-Marriage fans.
I don't who the hell nobody is.............don't include me in there
I hate when people generalize with the use of the words, nobody or everybody when making a point that appears to include everybody even though there are other people that don't have that view like myself and many others
fictional characters in comics can and do change just like real people can
even characters in the Bible have changed like Saul of Tarsus who persecuted Christians and became Paul , the preacher of Christianity to the Gentiles
Catwoman has reformed and done crimefighter before at times
She was even a protector of East End neighborhood in Catwoman volume II series.
I was fond of some the 1980s stories of her as completely reformed and into crimefighting.
I found the late 60s comic issue of becoming a crimefighter to compete with Batgirl for Batman's love and get Batman to marry her to be quite hilarious.
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I created a thread about Dick Grayson/Nightwing and Koriand'r/Starfire. It is to acknowledge and honor their iconic and popular relationship.
I created a fan page about Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson. This page is for all the Spider-Marriage fans.
Again what is her motive for crime fighting? Just because she loves him, she is gonna risk her life to fight crime with him. So when she doesnt love him, she gives up on crime fighting.
You can write fictional characters however you want them to be but Batman doesnt become one of the most popular heroes just because he is written as a hero. He is a compelling hero. You understand what drives him to be a hero.
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You should just read the Brubaker/Cooke run and see for yourself how and why she becomes a hero and protector of East End. The fact that artists and animators keep defaulting back to Cooke's design of Selina is a testament to the impact and legacy of that run.
Catwoman has always alternated from being an antagonist to anti-villain to anti-hero to sometimes outright hero. She stole to survive. Which makes her a great foil for Batman who has a black and white view on the world.
There have been multiple stories where Dick, Babs or Tim took down the Joker. It didn't stop DC from portraying him as any less threatening when he came back in stories like Last Laugh, Morrison's run, Death of the Family, Joker War or anything else in between. In fact, the main issue is not the fact that Joker is watered down as a threat but more that his ever increasing body count and terrible atrocities makes Batman himself seem weak and ineffective. That's true no matter how many side kicks he has.
Black Mask was sinking into obscurity long before Catwoman became his primary heroic foe. He never really joined the upper echelons of the rogues once Moench was done with him the first time around, until arguably Catwoman brought him back. He was last seen as a weird cult leader from a part of No Man's Land people moved past before that resurgence. He was always sadistic and evil, but so were Penguin, a Two-Face and a dozen other baddies who periodically occupied his “niche” as an organized crime badguy.
Catwoman having her sister get fed part of her husband by Black Mask is what pushed him back into relevance.
Yeah, to be blunt, the belief Catwoman only works as a crook or thief has been dead for, what, 35 years or so? She was moonlighting as an anti-heroic vigilante before I was born, and in main continuity as well!
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The motive seems to be nolstagia for her past self & the past of her neighbourhood more than anything. It was just one of those times where she felt like being hero rather than just being a thief. Catwoman doesnt have a drive to be a hero.
The character is not a pure thief anymore but she is not a devoted crime fighter. She is just a mix. A vigilante would not resort to stealing as many times she does. If there is anything, a vigilante would want to catch thieves. Catwoman's gimmick has always been a thief. She cant help but likes stealing. Its just that she becomes more anti heroic (self serving but capable of doing good at times) overtime instead of an evil villain.
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