Well, Damian’s going to be pissed. 35 issues after their engagement came to a tumultuous end, Batman and Catwoman are back together and are having a baby, according to art posted by writer Tom King on Twitter. The tweet shows Batman holding a pregnant Catwoman on the rooftops of Gotham, sharing a loving moment. You can see the picture above.
While King teased (with bat and cat emoticons) that this was art tied to his upcoming 12-issue maxi-series Batman/Catwoman, he didn’t directly confirm this to be the case in the tweet. Interestingly enough, it’s not Batman/Catwoman artist Clay Mann who’s tagged on the picture but the art team of Mikel Janin and Jordie Bellaire. This team was a major staple of King’s 85-issue run on Batman, but DC has not announced their return for Batman/Catwoman, which means that this could just be part of a cover for one of the issues or possibly a panel from a backup story or another series. That said, art teams change all of the time, so while Mann is scheduled to draw all 12 issues at the moment, Janin and Bellaire may be filling in on an issue or two. This is all speculation on our part, of course.
What we do know is that King actually set the stage for the birth of Batman and Catwoman’s child in Batman Annual #2, which covers the beginning and end of Bruce and Selina’s lives together. It’s revealed in the issue (although this was thought to just be a possible timeline and not exactly established continuity) that Bruce and Selina have a daughter named Helena Wayne in the future. If that name rings any bells, it’s because it’s a nod to the original Huntress from the 1960s, who was the Bat and Cat’s daughter in an alternate universe.
“If you think Vision changed Vision forever, Batman/Catwoman will change Batman and Catwoman forever,” King told us at NYCC 2019. ”This is my chance to do my Dark Knight Returns, to do something that defines and redefines this character for a generation.”
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Certainly, Helena Wayne, like Damian Wayne in the 2000s, would be a way to change Batman and Catwoman forever. But raising a child together likely won’t be so easy, especially when there’s a major villain from Bruce’s past making her comic book debut in the maxi-series. Teased as a major part of Batman/Catwoman, the Phantasm is set to haunt Gotham once again and will likely be a major foil for Bruce and Selina’s relationship throughout the series. Things are bound to get a bit messy for these two lovebirds.
No release date has been set for Batman/Catwoman but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear something from DC.
John Saavedra is an associate editor at Den of Geek. Read more of his work here. Follow him on Twitter @johnsjr9.