However, a change in the editorial team brought a swift end to that storyline and, apparently, all that transpired during that story arc. Canon Discontinuity: Word of God has confirmed that some of the titles were originally pitched as in-canon storylines but were folded into Black Label to allow more breathing room continuity-wise. During this time she stops wearing the Catwoman costume, prompting Eiko Hasigawa, heir to the rival Hasigawa family, to replace her in the role. It’s an unmissable artistic statement that will change the way you see Gotham’s heroes and villains forever! In the meantime, Bruce enters the recovery room and, believing her unconscious, launches into a soliloquy.

Following a battle with Black Mask and his henchmen, which ends with neither woman being able to claim the bounty, Selina agrees to take on Kitrina as her new sidekick, Catgirl. Devastated by her sister's statement, Selina fails to realize they have both been heading into a trap.The feelings and the ideas generated by the reading experience seem to bubble up from the depths, because the reading experience itself is so smooth. Most of the endings envisioned for the rogue’s gallery in other “alternate future” stories just kills them off, as that’s the right-wing solution to a presumably recidivist criminal population. Black Mask learns Selina's identity through his earlier alliance with Selina's childhood friend Sylvia, who still harbors a grudge against Selina.

In the Catwoman: Year One story, [23] Selina, who is now an adult, achieves some success as a thief.This is later revealed to be due to the manipulations of Holly under the instructions of Bane as to finally break Batman of both spirit and will. It is extremely rare for a contemporary superhero comic to be this eminently readable, but Chiang employs this high level of storytelling technique to go even further, making sure the story he’s telling actively does something.