Cat's Paw

Gotham Girls #1
October 2002

Opening with a classic Catwoman theft, "Cat's Paw" soon dissolves into the majority of scenes where a determined Batgirl chases Catwoman through Gotham. The differences of Mr. Storrie's attitude can be found in Batgirl's efficacy. She is even more a threat to Catwoman's plans than Batman. The dialogue hints at the reason.Batman and Catwoman share a mutual attraction, and because of this attraction, the Dark Knight subconsciously allows her to slip through his fingers. Likewise, Catwoman will ignore the perfect score if it saves Batman. Readers recently saw this occur in Batman: Gotham Adventures.Batgirl has no such psychological impediments. Even Catwoman becomes surprised and in order to escape, though with her tail tucked firmly between her legs, she must cheat and resort to underhanded villainy. Her karmic payback thus especially satisfies as does Batgirl's tight-fisted promise of "Round two."