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Line 8: Depending on whom you ask, Batwoman is either a [[Distaff Counterpart]] [[Batman]] introduced to his series to counteract the apparent subtext in his [[Ho Yay\|relationship with Robin]], or an [[Affirmative Action Legacy]] introduced to [[The DCU]] to help bring some diversity to the cast. Both are accurate, just separated by a few decades (and ''countless'' [[Retcon\|Ret Cons]]). The original Batwoman, Kathy Kane, was a character introduced to the DCU in 1956 to serve as a love interest for Bruce Wayne, [[Gay Panic\|who really was being accused by some people of being gay]]. The character first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #233 (July, 1956). She was created by writer Edmond Hamilton, and artist Sheldon Moldoff. She lasted for about a decade, but was dropped (along with the first [[~~Characters/~~Batgirl\|Bat-Girl]], her niece Betty Kane) in 1964 in an attempt to prune down the Bat-Family, which was overly crowded with characters and had acquired a bit too much camp during [[The Interregnum]]. There was a halfhearted attempt to revive the character during the [[Bronze Age]], but this came to an abrupt end when Kathy Kane was [[Killed Off for Real]] by Ra's Al Ghul's League of Assassins in ''Detective Comics'' #485 (August, 1979). At the time DC was publishing stories set in two main [[Alternate Universe]]s: Earth-One (with Silver Age characters) or Earth-Two (Golden Age characters and their heirs). Figuring that the familiar Batwoman was an Earth-One character, DC creators were still able to introduce an Earth-Two version. They did. This version of Batwoman/Kathy Kane first appeared in ''Brave and the Bold'' #182 (January, 1982). Besides a cameo appearance in #197 (April, 1983), this version was never reused. The [[Crisis on Infinite Earths]] was the finale of Earth-Two and most characters associated with it. Line 101: * [[Heroic Albino]]: Kate at least ''looks'' like an example, though it's more of an artistic choice than an actual character trait. Her skin is colored an extremely pale white (bordering on vampiric) that looks particularly striking and unusual on the page, but isn't treated as especially unusual or strange-looking [[In-Universe]]. * [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: When Kate is forced to resign from the United States Military Academy at West Point, she is first given the option of denying the affair and having the event swept under the rug. [[Will Not Tell a Lie\|She will not deny that she is gay]], so she admits to the charge and is discharged. However, she has a [[Take a Third Option\|third option]], which is to say nothing (neither confirm or deny the accusation) which would result in an official investigation that could potentially rule that the "charges" were incorrect, allowing her to stay in the military without actually lying to a superior officer. Before Kate makes any definitive statement, she first asks if there is anybody ''else'' under investigation, and when she hears that nobody else has been accused she confesses. If she remained silent and there was an investigation, her girlfriend, Sophie Moore, could have been discovered as well. Kate accepted discharge, from the ''only'' dream she had in life, in order to keep her lover from being discovered. * [[Hollywood Hype Machine]]: When her reintroduction in ''52'' was announced press response to the character was instantaneous and largely focused on her sexuality, commented upon and discussed even in media not normally connected or related to comic books or superheroes. DC Editor [[Dan ~~Di Dio~~DiDio]] claims to have been completely surprised and overwhelmed by the massive response to the character, saying he never expected even the announcement of her sexuality to be quite so momentous, and she began to be touted as the DCU's highest profile gay superhero. However, the press coverage was greatly out of proportion to her importance to the series and she ultimately went two years without a starring role in any series and only the occasional cameo in titles belonging to other characters and teams. It was not until she became the lead character in ''Detective Comics'' in 2009 that she became a regularly-appearing character, and in September 2011 got her own self-titled series. * [[Honor Before Reason]]: When confronted by her commanding officer over accusations that she is gay, Kate is given the option of denying the charge and having the entire affair swept under the rug. However, she admits to the charge and resigns from the United States Military Academy at West Point, quoting the Cadet Honor Code as she does: "A cadet shall not lie, cheat or steal, nor suffer others to do so... I'm Gay." Her father, when she tells him what happened and why, says he [[So Proud of You\|is proud that she "kept [her] honor and [her] integrity."]] * [[Hot Chick in a Badass Suit]]: Wears a tuxedo to a charity ball, and Maggie Sawyer later shows up wearing the same thing. 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