Catman (DC Comics)

Catman
Catman featured in the artwork for the cover of the third printing of Villains United #1, art by Dale Eaglesham.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Detective Comics #311 (January 1963)
Created by	Bill Finger (writer) Jim Mooney (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Thomas Reese Blake
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Secret Six The Misfits
Abilities	Olympic-level athlete Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Proficiency with bladed weapons Superb hunter, observant and tracker with an extraordinary sense of smell Mastery of various weapons and equipment

Catman (Thomas Reese Blake) is a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He is part of Batman’s growing roster of enemies, debuting in the mid-1960s.^[1]

For decades, the character rarely appeared in comic books, as Batman stories returned to darker themes. A modern revival of the character in the pages of Green Arrow many years later depicted a Catman down on his luck, clinging to past glories, overweight, and pathetic.

In 2006, however, the character was rehabilitated by writer Gail Simone, depicting Blake as having picked himself up from the gutter, restoring his physical fitness and gaining a new sense of purpose and dignity while living with lions in Africa. Stories since then have depicted him as an attractive and capable antihero, and leader of the mercenary team Secret Six.