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8. The Jungle Cat-Queen

Detective Comics # 211 (1954)

Catwoman is baller as hell. That is all I learned from this story.

In it, Catwoman starts by robbing a plane with a panther. As I said, baller as hell. She then flies off in a PLANE SHAPED LIKE A LARGE CAT. Batman and Robin arrive on the scene and find mud residue that allows them to track her back to a mysterious island. Once there, the dynamic duo tries to set up a trap for the panther but they are caught in their own trap and captured by Catwoman's gang. Catwoman arrives with a Panther, a Lion, and a Tiger and drags the dup back to her base. There, she strips them of their costumes (but lets them keep their masks for some reason) and gives them loincloths.

She them sends them into the jungle so she can hunt them down with her cat army. I. Love. Her. Batman and Robin wind up beating back the cats, realizing that they are actually circus animals she stole. Catwoman captures Batman, gives him his costume back after stripping all the gadgets out of it and throws him down a waterfall. Batman uses his secret compartment gadgets to escape and beats up Catwoman's gang, who it turns out were laundering Diamonds. Catwoman escapes RIDING A TIGER. And then flies away in her CAT PLANE. Baller. As. Hell.

One of the Greatest Batman Stories of All Time?: Hmmmm. It's good, but I don't know about greatest ever. It is maybe my favorite Catwoman story ever though.