Best of Cat-Tales  by Chris Dee

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World's Finest:  Red Cape, Big City
Magic, Madness and Murder, three things Batman hates most. They arrive in a single night, and Clark Kent is coming into Gotham Tomorrow. This cannot end well.  

Comedy of Errors: Somehow the Rogues got the idea that Bruce Wayne is engaged to Selina Kyle. This cannot end well.

Something Old
Joker's back. But it's Alfred's arch-enemy, Anatole who may be the greater cause for concern…

Déjà Vu All Over Again:
Ever have that strange feeling this has all happened before?

Napoleon's Plan:
"Ubu!  Apprise the Pit-Stirrers that the Demon's Head shall present himself for the Mergulho al Ghul at the eve of the next moon."

Women Lacking Complexity:  The Women of Gotham… and the men they confuse.

An Iceberg Tale:  Making your way in Gotham today takes everything you got…

Polishing Silver 
The Journal of Alfred Pennyworth

Identity Element: 
A Hell-Month like never before as fallout from Identity Crisis reaches Gotham

Not My Kink:
Five weeks.  Catwoman is no crimefighter.  Never has been.  Never will be.  She just has to get through these next five weeks.

Armchair Detective:
Some nights, you get to swing across the city on a silken batline…  Other times, you have to sit and exercise the little gray cells.

Go Rin No Sho:  The Book of Five Rings: Samurai Manual of Combat Strategy. The problem? How can Bruce Wayne be a playboy with a live-in girlfriend?

The Gotham Rogues:  Falcone, Bane. You don't trash their dreams without consequences, even if you're The Gotham Rogues.

Bruce and Selina's relationship are the heart and soul of the series, and there are jewel-like little scenes tucked into stories that don't scream exactly "A BRUCE WAYNE/SELINA KYLE ROMANCE."  I am still accepting suggestions. 

Vault: 
The Iceberg burned down? An opportunity for Batman might not be very good news for Selina… or Swiss banking.

Go Rin No Sho:  The Book of Five Rings: Samurai Manual of Combat Strategy. The problem? How can Bruce Wayne be a playboy with a live-in girlfriend?

Cattitude:  "Selina had no 'origin' in the sense of one defining moment that made her Catwoman…. but she hadn't sprung out of the sidewalk at age 23 wearing a catsuit."

Perennials:
No Two-Face?  No Harley Quinn?  Poison Ivy is not happy, and when Gaia's Chosen isn't happy…

String Theory:
That's not an infinite crisis…  This is an Infinite Crisis.

Awkward Pauses
A Cat Tale and Twofaced Tale told in parallel.

Déjà Vu All Over Again:
Ever have that strange feeling this has all happened before?

Normal
After REPUTATION Bruce & Selina try to make sense out of their relationship.

Trick or Treat: Halloween at an Exhibit celebrating the Mystery Whodunit.

Wayne Rises: What's past is prologue.

Blueprints: 
After the Gotham After Dark Fundraiser, every rogue in Gotham is up the river. That must be good news for Batman, right? RIGHT?

Trophies:  from the Latin tropaeum, a prize, memento, or monument to an enemy's defeat.   Of course in the Batcave, it might mean something else.

String Theory:
That's not an infinite crisis…  This is an Infinite Crisis.

A Girl's Gotta Protect Her Reputation
The stories about Catwoman are getting out of hand.

The Gotham Post:
Once a tabloid went too far, Catwoman responded, and Gotham has never been the same.  Wait til you see what happens this time…

00000-001:
A double homicide in Gotham's Park Row, one witness, juvenile. Unsolved.

World's Finest:  Red Cape, Big City
Magic, Madness and Murder, three things Batman hates most. They arrive in a single night, and Clark Kent is coming into Gotham Tomorrow. 

War of the Poses:
All Sly wanted was to get through Vault's opening night without running out of bourbon. He never meant to crown Catwoman queen of the underworld. Nevertheless...

Secrets:  Houdini's Tome of Secrets is up for sale in Gotham.  Riddler wants it, curses be damned, and so does Zatanna.

Armchair Detective:
Some nights, you get to swing across the city on a silken batline…  Other times, you have to sit and exercise the little gray cells.

Vault: 
The Iceberg burned down? An opportunity for Batman might not be very good news for Selina… or Swiss banking.

Don't Fear the Joker:
Scarecrow is the fear rogue. Everybody knows that. What if he realizes he's not the one they're afraid of?

Best Ra's al Ghul Tale:

Demon's in the Details:
Ra's al Ghul.  Atlantis.  Batman... What could possibly go wrong?

Best Two-Face Tale:

I Believe in Harvey Dent: 
Sooner or later, everyone has to face the past

Best Poison Ivy Tale:

Perennials:
No Two-Face?  No Harley Quinn?  Poison Ivy is not happy, and when Gaia's Chosen isn't happy…

Best Riddler Tales:

Riddle Me-Tropolis:
Edward Nigma has had enough of Gotham City, and really, who can blame him?

The Gotham Rogues:  Falcone, Bane. You don't trash their dreams without consequences, even if you're The Gotham Rogues.