Q 01/05

What kind of criminal was Catwoman when she first appeared in a 1940 Batman comic?

A) A hired assassin

B) A jewel thief

C) A mob boss

D) A kidnapper

Answer · why

B) A jewel thief

A jewel thief known only as 'the Cat', she had no cat costume yet: she spent the story disguised as an old woman to steal a necklace aboard a yacht.

Q 02/05

Catwoman debuted as 'the Cat' in 1940's Batman #1, the same issue that introduced which villain?

A) The Penguin

B) The Joker

C) The Riddler

D) Two-Face

Answer · why

B) The Joker

The Joker shared her debut issue and seemed to die in it, stabbed in the chest, before a final panel revealed that he was still alive.

Q 03/05

Who created Catwoman?

A) Gardner Fox and Sheldon Moldoff

B) Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

C) Bill Finger and Bob Kane

D) Dick Sprang and Jack Burnley

Answer · why

C) Bill Finger and Bob Kane

Bill Finger and Bob Kane wrote her as a temptation as much as a foe: at the end of her first story Batman appears to let her escape, getting in Robin'...

Q 04/05

What is Catwoman's signature weapon in the modern comics?

A) Twin pistols

B) Throwing knives

C) A crossbow

D) A bullwhip

Answer · why

D) A bullwhip

A bullwhip is her trademark, and in her modern origin she learns to fight from Ted Grant, the heavyweight boxing champion who is also the hero Wildcat...

Q 05/05

What is usually blamed for Catwoman vanishing from print between 1954 and 1966?

A) The Comics Code Authority

B) Her creators' retirement

C) A rights dispute

D) Low sales of Batman

Answer · why

A) The Comics Code Authority

The Comics Code Authority began policing comics in 1954, just after psychiatrist Fredric Wertham's attack on the medium had singled her out as 'viciou...