"Orphaned as a girl by a suicidal mother and an alcoholic father, Selina Kyle spent time in a state home for girls before escaping an abusive headmistress to live on the streets of Gotham City. Vowing never to go hungry or wanting again, Kyle used her natural acrobatic skills and keen wits to become the most accomplished thief Gotham has ever known, a cat who walks through walls and the hands of both Gotham's finest and the Dark Knight (see BATMAN).

Catwoman has no rap sheet and refuses to be caged by owner or government, settling into a comfortable life maintained by capers mostly of her own choosing. The Catwoman is no altruist, though she has fought the good fight on occasion and worked on the side of the angels. If she does the right thing, it is usually by her own design, and only if it suits her own whims or those of her purse strings. At least that's the story she's sticking to.

A recent beating at the claws of the Cyber Cat has forced the once carefree and aloof Catwoman to adopt an even harder edge. Temporarily donning a sleek metal costume, Catwoman has returned to her regular skin, already thickened by hard knocks and a mistrust of all save herself."