The oldest of two sisters from a fractured family, Selina Kyle had one of the toughest childhoods one could imagine. After her mother's suicide, she and her sister Maggie were sent to the Youth Authority, where Selina began to see how hard the world could really be. After escaping from Juvenile Hall at age 13, she lived on the streets as a runaway and began to learn the art of being a thief, something at which she excelled. Inspired by seeing Batman in action in his early days, Selina adopted the persona of Catwoman as a way to exploit those she saw exploiting so many others. When her success as Catwoman made her wealthy, she entered Gotham's social elite, dining and dancing with the same people from whom she was stealing. It was during her time as a member of Gotham high society that Selina briefly dated Bruce Wayne.

Recently, Selina returned to the East End of Gotham to reevaluate what she wanted from her life as Catwoman, and decided she had strayed from her original path. While she still sees herself as someone who lives outside the law, now she also speaks for society's cast-offs. Someone has to care about the people who fall through the cracks.

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