Summary
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Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham reimagines Batman as a villain, with Catwoman taking on the role of Gotham’s hero in a dark twist.
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The Elseworlds comic depicts a twisted relationship between Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne, where Batman becomes an evil adversary.
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While Joker’s schemes are destructive, Catwoman’s switch with Batman in the comic makes him a more sinister villain than the iconic Clown Prince of Crime.
Despite Joker being one of Gotham’s most iconic and long-lasting villains, Catwoman Swapping places with Batman free an evil infinitely worse. Elseworlds comics, Catwoman: Guardian of Gothammade the titular villain the primary heroine of Gotham. Instead of Bruce Wayne losing his family and donning the tile, she lost her family and took her moniker to match her twisted new beginning.
Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham was released in 1999. It spanned two issues and had the creative team of Doug Moench, Jim Balent, Kim Demulder, Wildstorm FX, and Rick Parker. It has the origin story of Selina Kyle Bruce Wayne, but DC’s Dark Knight has a much darker twist.
While a romance still buds between Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne, Bruce is not rich and in fact, is far from the hero fans are used to seeing. Instead, he becomes one of DC’s darkest villains, going further than the Joker ever did.
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Catwoman’s time as Gotham’s chief protector is darker than Batman’s
Selina Kyle’s exchange with Bruce Wayne gives her a twisted life
Selina Kyle has long been a villainous icon, shifting between a life of petty theft and being an anti-heroine. On occasion, Batman’s feline enemy has been one of his greatest allies. In recent years, she has been working to save Gotham in her own way, even getting her own cat family. Still, she was a hero for Gotham before, in Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham. She takes the mantle after the death of her parents, with the Kyles taking the place of the Vines. In this version of Gotham, Bruce is poor – and becomes her worst enemy.
… The Clown Prince of Crime doesn’t have a personal, fake relationship with Batman, and he doesn’t plant a significant other in the billionaire vigilante’s life.
Instead of being a hero, the Batman in this twisted universe is a villain, preying on people. He is an assassin who ends up with Selina, which ultimately leads to her revealing her secret identity to him. He seems to accept her and the two enter into a long-term relationship, get married, and even have a child together. This eventually makes the betrayal that much worse when Catwoman finally discovers who he truly is. While she accepts the information and defeats her twisted, evil enemy, she is still left to deal with the fact that she loved a facade and is now the mother of his child.
Batman’s evil alternate universe version is much worse than Joker
She takes the mantle after the death of her parents, with the Kyles taking the place of the Vines.
As crazy and destructive as the Joker’s schemes have been in his multi-decade history, the iconic villain does not interfere with Bruce’s personal life and does not tend to know his identity. In this way, the Clown Prince of Crime does not have a personal, fake relationship with Batman, nor does he plant a significant other in the billionaire vigilante’s life. Although Bruce Wayne’s beginning is still tragic, Catwoman’s switch with him in Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham Makes her heroic life much darker and gives Batman the role of a more sinister villain than Joker has ever been.