Batwoman
Batwoman burst onto the Modern Age DC scene in 2008, courtesy of Paul Dini, Keith Giffen, and Mike Norton, and has since carved out a genuinely substantial corner of the Batman family's world across 164 catalogued appearances and nearly two decades of storytelling. She's most at home in the pages of Detective Comics, Batman, and the fan-favorite DC Comics: Bombshells, sharing those adventures with luminaries like Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain, and Robin — elite company that speaks to her standing in Gotham's mythology. With two key collector issues already to her name and an publishing run that stretches from 2008 all the way to 2026, she's no footnote — she's a fixture. If you're building a serious modern DC collection, Batwoman is absolutely worth your attention.
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Trivia
- Debuting in the 2005–2006 weekly series 52, Batwoman made history as the first major new DC superhero to be openly lesbian from her very introduction — a genuine milestone for mainstream superhero comics that set her apart from the usual Gotham supporting-cast treatment.dc.fandom.com
- In 2013, DC editorial pulled the plug on Batwoman's planned wedding to Maggie Sawyer before it could happen, a decision that drew widespread criticism and was widely read as deliberate interference with what would have been a landmark same-sex marriage storyline.dc.fandom.com
- James Tynion IV has written more of Batwoman's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 43 issues.
Covers through the years — 2008–2025
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