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| Issue |
Catwoman 17 |
| Subtitle |
Thief of Paris -
Catfile part three |
| Date |
January 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Catwoman was sent
to Paris to steal a painting for her next job. Prince Willem
hired Henri DuCard (the detective who trained Bruce Wayne) to
get her. While stealing the painting, she was able to get rid of
the implant in her arm, but she was taken by a group of armed
men. She awakened to Willem and a wedding dress. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 18 |
| Subtitle |
Here Comes the
Bride - Catfile part four |
| Date |
January 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Catwoman shoved a
gun into Willem's side during the ceremony; the group she was
working for broke in and attacked - they were out to assassinate
both Prince Willem and Catwoman. With inadvertent help from her
once-to-be-husband, Catwoman escaped. |
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| Issue |
Catwoman 19 |
| Subtitle |
Jungle Cat |
| Date |
March 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Catwoman's plane
crashed in South America near her destination. She was able to
hitch a ride from a local. She found her target - a camp of
geriatric Nazi veterans - and staked it out. She kidnapped the
ringleader and videotaped him telling what he knew. She sent the
tape to the organization who'd been controlling her, which
promptly let her out of their service. She returned to Gotham
City with a clean record. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 20 |
| Subtitle |
More Edge More
Heart |
| Date |
April 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Catwoman was hired
by a low-budget filmmaker to steal a high-budget script. He told
her where and which one and she set off to oblige. At her
destination (and island in Latin America), a hurricane struck
during filming. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 21 |
| Subtitle |
Box Office Poison |
| Date |
June 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Selina and two of
the film's actors were attacked by one of the movie's special
effects. They escaped narrowly. Catwoman confronted the
writer/director only to learn there was no script - he was
winging the entire movie. After all that had gone wrong, the
producer fired the writer/director. He went nuts and attacked
everyone, and was killed in the process. Selina wrote her own
script (with only her knowing it did not exist), delivered it,
and watched the movie become a huge hit. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 22 |
| Subtitle |
Family Ties |
| Date |
July 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Deborah Pomerantz |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Six months without
a score, a dagger Catwoman stole became a murder weapon. The
murder led to a mob war between the Marquez and Hellman
families. Catwoman infiltrated the Marquez family as a maid, but
was quickly fingered (she'd stolen their dagger six months
before). For some reason, the "allowed" her to escape. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 23 |
| Subtitle |
Family Ties 2:
Loyalties Unbound |
| Date |
August 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Deborah Pomerantz |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Back in Gotham
City, Catwoman made her way to the heart of the Hellman family
and their new leader, Hilary (who took over for her murdered
father). Hellman shook off an assassination attempt by killing
her attacker. Catwoman was once again captured by the Marquez
family. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 24 |
| Subtitle |
Family Ties 3:
Vengeance and Vindication |
| Date |
September 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Deborah Pomerantz |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Marquez, Sr. let
Catwoman go. Hilary's affair with one of his sons had been
engineered by the old man in attempt to reunite the family - he
had once been a Hellman. After seeing three of his sons die, and
killing Hilary himself, Marquez blew up his home. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 25 |
| Subtitle |
The Crooked House
includes backup story Endangered Species |
| Date |
October 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon
Doug Moench |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith, Dick Giordano
Brian Stelfreeze, James A. Hodgkins |
| storyline |
Catwoman went
after a soon-to-be condemned building which used to be home to
an eccentric billionaire that still had $2billion unaccounted
for. Robin saw her from outside and went in after her. Two
others were making their entrance from below. The place was
heavily guarded by odd booby traps. By the time Robin got to the
thieves, they were all fed up and wanting to leave. He let them
all go. Catwoman saw on TV that during demolition it was
discovered that the house was built of solid gold bricks.
Selina Kyle (and as Catwoman) took down an
illegal fur trade which was making coats from tigers. |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 26 |
| Subtitle |
The Secret of the
Universe part 2: Rats |
| Date |
November 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
(continued
from SotB 43)
Catwoman closed in on Thomas Blake, who'd set up a man in
a catsuit to take the fall for him. She broke in and stole the
idol and shroud she'd been commissioned to steal back. Making
her escape, she crashed Blake's car into the Batmobile. Batman
chased her on foot into the sewers where they were surrounded by
Ratcatcher's legions.
(continued
in SotB 44) |
|
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| Issue |
Catwoman 27 |
| Subtitle |
Groddspell (part
of Underworld Unleashed) |
| Date |
December 1995 |
| Writer(s) |
Chuck Dixon |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Balent, Bob
Smith |
| storyline |
Catwoman was hired
to steal back an artifact by a species of intelligent, talking
apes. After being attacked by Grodd (their leader), she decided
to keep their sculpture and money. |
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