This article is about the DC Comics character. For the 1940s Holyoke Publishing character, see Cat-Man and Kitten. For the Marvel Comics characters, see Cat-Man (Marvel Comics). For other characters given this name, as well as other uses, see Catman (disambiguation).
Catman (Thomas Reese Blake) is a fictional character in comic books published by DC Comics who was initially one of the more colorful and camp supervillains to join Batman’s growing roster of enemies in the mid-1960s.[1] Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
Detective Comics #311 (Jan. 1963)
Created by
Bill Finger (writer)
Jim Mooney (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego
Thomas Reese Blake
Team affiliations
Secret Six
The Misfits
Abilities
Olympic-level athlete
Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
Proficiency with bladed weapons
Superb hunter, and tracker with an extraordinary sense of smell
Uses cat-themed weapons and equipment
For decades, the character rarely appeared in comic books, as Batman stories returned to darker themes. A modern revival of the character in the pages of Green Arrow many years later depicted a Catman down on his luck, clinging to past glories, overweight, and pathetic.
