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Will the real Selina Kyle please stand up?


This week was a busy one for Selina Kyle. She was featured in no less than four high profile Bat books: Batman - The Return, Batman Inc, Batman, and Streets of Gotham.

Reading all four of them, I've come to the conclusion that this character has a multiple personality disorder, probably the result of one mindwipe too many.

Here are a few permutations of her:

1. Batman: Visually, Tony Daniel's Selina is a stunner in this one sided pale pink chiffon gown. I would never have thought pink was her color, but Tony makes it work.

At a DC artist panel, he said he learned to draw women by copying his mother's Vogue magazines. I'm sure that's why he takes every opportunity to put Gotham's finest females in formal wear. No complaints from me. I love this elegant Selina.

However, personality-wise, this is Selina at her haughtiest. In one panel, she tells a prospective contributor to her charity that his hands smell like wet socks and, in this one, she's equally nasty to Dick. I'm guessing she resents the new pecking order in Gotham, i.e. being told off by a kid she watched running around in pixie boots and shorts while growing up. And that remark about Bruce! Something tells me their reunion would be more like War of the Roses if Daniel were ever to write it. Not sure I'd want to see that.

2. Streets of Gotham: Dini/Nguyen's Selina has spent the past year or so keeping a low profile and making sure her room mates stay out of trouble. While Bruce was 'dead', she's done nothing really remarkable except chase missing dogs and the like.

This Selina, who's clearly still in love with Bruce, has her romantic reunion with him in her work-out wear and in the presence of a bed-bug bitten Harley.

3. Batman The Return/Batman Inc: Morrison/Paquette's Selina acts like she hasn't had her heart cut out in the past year or had to depend on two other villains as a crutch. She confidently maneuvers down a cable to Dr. Sivana's lair where she cracks a safe in no time and steals a shiny bauble that's apparently worth more than a diamond.

She's full of verve and sass while fighting along side Batman. During downtime, she lounges around in his suite swigging a bottle of the best Domaine Paquette-Lacombe in nothing but a sports bra, bikini and black lace-up knee high boots. Perfect attire for work-out and/or play.

By the way, she also doesn't blink an eyelash when he calls to tell her he's back from the dead. Nothing fazes this woman.

I hope this Selina is here to stay.

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