Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the movie The Batman and mentions violence and suicide.

The highly anticipated blockbuster The Batman finally hit theaters on March 4, 2022 after fans waited through two delays since the initial release set for June 2021. While fans are continuing to show up for a successful second weekend, others are highly anticipating its HBO Max release coming up on April 19. Overall, the gritty Matt Reeves film is well received.

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As the first solo Batman movie since The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, it's exciting to see new takes on characters that comic and movie fanatics alike know and love. Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, stands out both for her excellent performance and for being the most accurate depiction of Selina onscreen thus far.

Catwoman's Signature Weapons

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Selina Kyle is known for using a whip and having some type of cat claws which have been depicted differently in several TV and film adaptations. She most likely uses a whip because of how highly trained you have to be to be able to properly control one. Of course having some type of claws only makes sense with her name.

In The Batman, Catwoman fans can see Selina Kyle wielding a whip once gain for the first time since Gotham and the first time in a film since Halle Berry's movie. The general response from movie goers seems to be that they would've liked to see even more of it. As for her claws, Zoë's Selena Kyle has a more realistic approach with press on nails sharpened at the end, but they do some damage.

Catwoman's Appearance

Catwoman with a bound officer Kenzie behind her in The Batman

Fans of some of the Batman comics that The Batman pulls from like "Year One," "The Long Halloween" and "Zero Year" will expect to see Catwoman in classic black with pointed ears, and Selina Kyle with short hair and sometimes wearing leather, long boots, and corsets.

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The film showcases the perfect Selina haircut and her wardrobe seems on point even down to the specifics on her belt. At once point, Batman even recognizes her because of her long boots. Her signature style stands out. While her mask may not be as fully pronounced as some may prefer, it certainly does have cat ears like the comics.

Selina Kyle's Work In A Nightclub

Selina Kyle in The Batman

Selina Kyle always seems closely tied to nightclubs in some form or fashion in the comics. Whether she is working there or has connections there, it's a place frequently connected to her character. In some stories she has run an escort service or been a high ranking escort.

While she is not an escort in The Batman, she is well connected at the nightclub Iceberg Lounge, which is directly from the comics and connected to operations for the Penguin. In the movie, it is clear that it is a hangout that leans towards the seedy and corrupt side, where people like crime bosses and city officials are going to get away with something.

Catwoman's Abilities

Catwoman crouching in The Batman

In the comics, Selina Kyle is known for being a cat burglar and having acrobatic abilities. She started out by pickpocketing and being a petty thief and then later was inspired by Batman to work in the night- and that is when she became a cat burglar, largely staging heists and robbing people like Gotham mob bosses.

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While The Batman doesn't delve too far into any cat burglary, it is very clear in the film that Selina Kyle has the same skillset. At one point she is seen safe cracking, and skill of hers that tracks and alludes to her comic origin. Additionally, her fight scenes showcase acrobatic skills in her fighting style.

Selina Kyle's Relationship With Bruce Wayne

Selina running her hands on Batman's face in The Batman

Bruce and Selina's relationship has been explored many times before and in several ways in both comics and film. In the comics they've been engaged, married, and even had a child. However, major through lines of their connection are starting off at odds, and finding out in a roundabout way after fighting on the same side that there are feelings there.

True to Selina Kyle depictions before this, The Batman shows a Selina who is against working with Batman at first. Their relationship in this film seemed to convey a strong connection when they are both in their suits which tends to be the case with the characters. They can figure out their connection better as masked personas than they can as Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle.

Selina Kyle's Crime Family

Carmine Falcone talking to Bruce Wayne in The Batman.

While there were some changes here, the movie finds Selina's family connected to crime just as they are in the comics. In her origin, she is a part of the Calabrese Crime Family. More recently in Batman: "The Long Halloween," there is a storyline similar to The Batman in which Selina believes Carmine Falcone is her father from an affair.

Her suspicion about Falcone is confirmed both in "The Long Halloween" and The Batman. Falcone ends up being the powerful crime boss behind the major conspiracy that the Riddler is uncovering, connecting him to the Wayne family. As more of the truth comes to the light, he admits to being Selina's father too.

The Death Of Selina Kyle's Mother

Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman drinking milk in The Batman

In both the comics and movies, Selina Kyle is dealing with the loss of her mother. It's part of her origin that her mother was mistreated by her father and eventually killed herself when Selena was young. While the details are changed, The Batman features a Selina Kyle who is still tortured over not having her mother anymore.

In both "The Long Halloween" and The Batman, Selina's mother was murdered. As tensions rise near the end and Selina and Falcone are fighting in the dark, he confesses to killing her mother. One of the most emotionally compelling scenes in the entire film is when Batman is with her and stops her from killing him in retaliation by encouraging her not to be like Falcone, a murderer.

Catwoman Scratching Falcone

Carmine Falcone playing billiards while talking to Bruce Wayne in The Batman

In "Batman: Year One, " Carmine Falcone is one of the first people that Selina Kyle begins to rob when she is operating as a cat burglar. As part of her plan to steal his valuables, she attacks Falcone and his bodyguards while in her full cat costume. She decides to leave a signature mark, which results in her scratching Falcone's face.

While the attack is under different circumstances, this interaction is depicted in The Batman. While fighting with Carman Falcone before Batman shows up, Selina gets in a scratch on his face with her "cat claw" nails, doing the same damage that comics fans likely remember reading about.

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