Catwoman Origin Story: Catitude by Chris Dee

<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF" link="#CC99FF" vlink="#CC99FF" alink="#FFFFFF" topmargin="10" bottommargin="25"> <p> <img border="0" src="../ct/images/coverbanner.jpg" height="100"></p> <h1><b>A Catwoman's Origin Story that makes sense.</b></h1> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td width="500" valign="top"> <a href="../ct/33-cattitude-01.htm"> <img border="0" src="../ct/images/33-cattitude.jpg" longdesc="../ct/Selina Kyle's Origin Story, Batman and Catwoman's first encounter, Batman and Catwoman's first kiss, the definitive Catwoman Origin - Cat-Tales: Cattitude" alt="Catwoman's Origin: Cat-Tales Cattitude"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="center"> <p align="right"> <img border="0" src="../ct/images/ct33.jpg" width="30" height="30" longdesc="../ct/The Definitive Catwoman Origin is Cat-tales 33: Cattitude" alt="Cat-Tales 33: Cattitude"></p> <p><map name="FPMap0"> <area shape="rect" coords="1, 73, 129, 104" href="../ct/33-cattitude-01.htm"> <area shape="rect" coords="0, 149, 128, 174" href="../ct/33-cattitude.pdf"> <area href="../ct/ebooks/CT_33_epub.zip" shape="rect" coords="0, 121, 50, 148"> <area href="../ct/ebooks/CT_33_mobi.zip" shape="rect" coords="50, 123, 129, 148"> <area href="../files/help1.htm#ebooks" shape="circle" coords="113, 116, 10"> </map> <img border="0" src="../ct/images/sidebar-noaud.jpg" usemap="#FPMap0" width="130" height="200"></p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="right"> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Selina Kyle came from an affluent Gotham family. Her mother was a gifted ballet dancer, and her name meaning "daughter of the moon" is an allusion to Swan Lake, the ballet her mother was dancing in when her father saw her. Her father's profession is never stated in Catwoman's origin story, but it is mentioned in the Cat-Tales program that she grew up on the upper west side, near the opera house. <br> <br> While not as wealthy as the Waynes, the Kyles lived a life of luxury until her parents were tragically killed in a car accident. After the death of her parents, Selina was sent to live with a relative who was headmistress of an exclusive boarding school on long island. Selina never fit into the “dreary,” “gray” world and spent much of her time there exploring the surrounding countryside. She began to spy on the nearby Falcone compound and associated the wealth she glimpsed there - which came from crime - with the love and security she had lost.</p> <p>Reviews:</p> <p>The series always implied Selina had a privileged childhood, and I never understood how such a blatant thief could possibly from the upper class. And now I read this. It just all comes together in such a beautiful way, and I see that it's not only right, it's the explanation of why Cat-Tales succeeds where so many Batman efforts fail. It's truly the way Chris Dee understands the characters that makes your series so special.<br> <br> Finally a Catwoman origin that makes sense. Cattitude demonstrates the one aspect of Selina Kyle's past that all the comics and movies get wrong. Like Bruce, she comes from money. She lost her family, she lost the wealth. Her life since then has been leading either through choice or chance, toward reaquiring wealth. maybe it's because she thought, subconciously, in a way she didnt even realise till she started thinking back, that maybe if she got that one more trinket... The love and security she'd known would return.<br> <br> I am not exaggerating in any way when I tell you that this has been my favorite Cat Tale so far. The insight into Selina's mind and background was superb. I also enjoyed seeing how she got into crime. However, it was the encounters with Batman that really crowned this for me.<br> <br> Catwoman is the long term result of a thousand little buffers gently pulling her into proximity with this cat, and that mentor, and this city, and that rogue, subtly adding all the things she has needed, and has broguht her here.<br> <br> One of the things I love about this series is the excellent dialogue and word play. Good dialogue is almost an ends unto itself. It can make enjoyable reading out of a story where the most exciting thing that happens is a fall from a horse, and or having your allowance cut back to 100 pounds quarterly.</p> <p>"If I had to choose just one story I'd say Catitude because its the best written Catwoman origin story I've ever read."</p>  <p><img border="0" src="../ct/images/ctchapter.jpg" width="63" height="30"><a href="../ct/33-cattitude-01.htm"><img border="0" src="../ct/images/ct1.jpg" width="33" height="30"></a><a href="../ct/33-cattitude-02.htm"><img border="0" src="../ct/images/ct2.jpg" width="33" height="30"></a><a href="../ct/33-cattitude-03.htm"><img border="0" src="../ct/images/ct3.jpg" width="33" height="30"></a><a href="../ct/33-cattitude-04.htm"><img border="0" src="../ct/images/ct4.jpg" width="33" height="30"></a><a href="../ct/33-cattitude-05.htm"><img border="0" src="../ct/images/ct5.jpg" width="33" height="30"></a></p>  </body>