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For DC comics fans out there… comicdom have another one coming out of the closet! Btw, I am still wondering how these girls fight crimes in those high heels?

Batwoman Comes Out!
By Michael C. Sherrin
June 1, 2006

An exclusive first look at Gotham City’s wealthiest lesbian socialite—who is also its newest crimefighter.

Gotham City’s sexiest socialite knows more than how to throw a party. Kathy Kane also knows a bit about throwing punches—and she introduces herself to comic book readers by striking her ex-girlfriend right across the jaw.

In various incarnations, Batwomen have had a long history in Batman comics, starting in 1956 when Kathy Kane first appeared. But this new version of Kane shares only a name with her predecessors. The campy heroine who once carried a utility purse while clad in a full-body yellow one-piece now sports a new, dark costume, and she’s got an attitude to match. Batwoman will be the highest profile gay superhero to ever grace the pages of DC Comics.

Batwoman reemerges from obscurity in the pages of 52, the real-time weekly limited series chronicling a year in which the big three—Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman—have all mysteriously vanished from Gotham City. In Batman’s absence, a major crime organization called Intergang moves into town only to find a new Bat already roosting.

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