Warning! Spoilers for Batman #149 ahead!After going through hell, Batman is finally ready to bring an ex-member of the Bat-family back into the fold. Bruce Wayne has had a lot of ups and downs in his life recently and now he looks back on his life with a much-needed sense of clarity.
Amid the chaos of traversing the multiverse and dealing with his deranged backup personality, Batman faces off against his loved ones in “Gotham War.” The event drove a wedge into the crime-fighting team and nearly destroyed one of the Dark Knight’s closest relationships. But now that things have finally settled down, Batman is ready to make amends with someone he really cares about.
Batman and Catwoman finally make up after ‘Gotham War’
in Batman #149 By Chip Zdarsky, Steve Lieber, Michele Bandini, Nick Filardi and Clayton Cowles, Bruce Wayne tracks down Zur-En-Arrh’s Robin (a clone made from Bruce’s DNA) and brings him back to Batman’s brownstone. The Caped Crusader discovers that his clone is dying due to Zur-en-Arrah artificially aging the young man but not providing a way to stop it. Batman resolves to save Robin’s life and thankfully stumbles into a windfall of money left behind by Zur-En-Arrh. Batman spends weeks trying to save his clone’s life to no avail.
Batman tells Catwoman that his new manor could be a fresh start for both of them.
After Bruce’s clone passes, he gathers the members of the Bat-Family to meet him in Old Gotham. When Bruce is renovating a dilapidated mansion, he informs his team of a plan to revitalize the area with his new money. Not only is he buying a lot to create affordable housing and green spaces for the city, but Batman is also making a new home for the Bat-family to live in, Pennyworth Manor. Although it is not as big as Wayne Manor, Batman promises that there is a home for everyone in the team’s new base.
Batman lays his clone to rest on the new property just as Catwoman arrives. The two catch up and share a laugh about the strange events in their lives. Bruce apologizes for everything that happened between them in “Gotham War”, which Selina accepts. Batman tells Catwoman that his new manor could be a fresh start for both of them. Although Selina turns Bruce down, She takes him up on his offer to see what Batman has planned for the future of Gotham City.
“Gotham War” nearly drove the bat and the cat apart
Batman and Catwoman are no strangers to drama, but the entirety of Gotham felt the effects of their latest deeply. After the events of Night terrors (which followed immediately after his trek across the multiverse), Bruce fell into a deep sleep that lasted weeks. When he woke up, he discovered a radically different Gotham, one where Gotham’s biggest villains were floundering and street crime had pretty much plummeted. The driving force behind this change? A new design of Catwoman who retrained Gotham’s henchmen In professional cat burglars.
Read the whole drama between Bruce and Selina in Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War (2024)!
Rather than helping Gotham’s biggest bad guys, Catwoman’s network targeted the elite, which led to a major reduction in crime. All Selina asked was for the Bat-Family to look the other way. Most of Gotham’s heroes agreed that the effort should at least be studied, but Batman strongly opposed it and promised that he would bring Catwoman and her partners down by any means necessary. unknown to all, Batman’s emotions were manipulated by Zur-En-Arrh, who wanted to isolate Bruce of the bat family.
Bruce did everything he could to dismantle Selina’s operation and it drove a serious wedge between the two. However, Batman and Catwoman are forced to team up, along with the rest of the Bat-Family, when Vandal Savage seizes Selina’s network of thieves as part of a plan to regain his immortality. Wilde called down a meteor that would have destroyed Gotham if it hadn’t been stopped by Red Hood. unfortunately, Batman and Catwoman split ways at the end of the event, leaving much of their tension unresolved.
What does the future hold for Batman and Catwoman?
This is the first time that Batman and Catwoman have been together since the main conflict. Fortunately, since the two last met, Bruce has been cleansed of Tsur-en-Arrah’s influence and is thinking clearly for the first time in months. It’s sad that it had to take so long, but by this point, intense drama just comes with the territory of Bruce and Selina’s relationship. Of course, Catwoman seems to be drawing a line at rekindling any romance, But she and Batman are finally on solid ground again.
… At the end of the day, Bruce loves Selina with every fiber of his being.
It’s great that the two have finally resolved their differences because Batman will need Catwoman more than ever. Absolute power came to the DC Universe and Amanda Waller is power-mad. The first issue showed Waller launching her coordinated attack on the DC Universe’s superhumans and while Batman has yet to be formally arrested, he is on his own. However, solicitations for future Batman Issues have revealed that the Dark Knight is taking the fight to Waller And that Catwoman will be aiding Batman.
Unfortunately, there is nothing that gives a hint of what lies next Absolute power. That said, this issue makes it clear that despite everything that has happened between the two, Batman and Catwoman will always be close allies. They may hurt each other, they may find themselves on opposite lines sometimes. But at the end of the day, Bruce loves Selina with every fiber of his being. He already got a little thanks back and forth, but Batman and Catwoman finally take their first steps to building something again.
Nothing can keep Bruce and Selina apart
From dashing weddings to all-out war, Batman and Catwoman have seen the best and the worst of each other. While fans shouldn’t expect to hear wedding bells anytime soon, this is a big development for Selina and Bruce. It’s clear that Batman wants to do better for all the people who are important to him, including Catwoman. Hopefully, readers will now see a lot more of Catwoman with the Bat-Family Batman finally opened the door for her again.
Batman #149 is available now from DC Comics.
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