DESPOP TUESDAYS…
Last week we reported here at 13th Dimension that Catwoman’s classic dress-and-cape ensemble would be returning in Batman & Robin: Year One — Dynamic Duos, the latest maxiseries by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee.
The response was really strong, and it’s no wonder. It’s an outfit that’s near and dear to many hearts, including my own. But despite its sentimental appeal, I can’t say it’s Selina Kyle’s best costume. Instead, that honor belongs to the one that was designed by Darwyn Cooke for the Catwoman series that launched in 2001, 25 years ago this fall:
Cooke’s outfit is as exciting and sexy as any she’s ever worn, but it’s also practical: indelibly a comics construct while at the same time something you could actually imagine a master cat thief wearing to work.
Purely by coincidence, Des Taylor is working on an illustration that homages November 2001’s Catwoman #1 cover by Cooke.
Dig this:
And here’s the original:
Purr-fect!
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DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and Leia-May.
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May 26, 2026
The Darwyn Cooke costume is the best of all the Catwoman costumes, followed by the Tim Burton costume, which is followed by the David Mazzucchelli costume. Then I’d follow those with the second Bruce Timm costume (the all black one), the Christopher Nolan costume, and then the Batman ’66 costume.
The purple-and-green-dress costume is probably the second worst of all of the Catwoman costumes (the only one that was worse was the green costume with scales (!) on it from the Silver Age).
May 26, 2026
El usado por Pfeiffer fue muy práctico
May 26, 2026
Not knocking the art at all, but I disagree. Much prefer the classic.