Secretly gathering military gear and weapons, and hiding them within a panic room in her apartment, Kate embarked each night in pursuit of robbers and muggers becoming addicted to the thrill it brought her.Įventually, Jake discovers his daughter's equipment, but instead of attempting to dissuade her, he comes to agree with her reasons to aid Gotham's victims and sends her on a two year training regime with a team of guns-for-hire with whom he had worked with previously. Having no life direction and no outlet to express herself Kate was on a road of self destruction until a chance mugging-attempt, which she thwarted herself, resulted in her encountering the Batman and she became inspired to likewise fight crime. Returning home and discovering that her father had moved on from his wife and daughter's deaths and married a new wife, Kate discovered that she couldn't let go of their memory and fell into depression and lost herself in the nightclub scene turning to alcohol to numb the pain of her lose and failures. Her newfound focus saw her grades reach the top of the class, in addition to performing in all-state gymnastics before gaining admittance at the United States Military Academy in West Point.Įarning excellent grades at the academy, Kate fell for a girl who was as unflappable and calm as her father and began a relationship only to be discovered and drummed out of the military after refusing to lie about her sexuality. With her mother and sister dead, Kate latched onto her father's stability and attempted to emulate him to keep the rage and sadness she had over her sister and mother's deaths in check. Now a military colonel, Jake launched a rescue attempt but the kidnappers had already executed his wife and Beth. On their twelfth birthday, Kate and Beth were treated to a dinner at a restaurant with their mother, however, the night ended badly when the trio were kidnapped and held for ransom. Working in the military, Jake eventually met and married a woman named Gabbi and fathered twin daughters Katherine "Kate" Kane and Elizabeth "Beth" Kane.Īs the sisters grew they became inseparable in spite of their differing personalities while Beth was more demure and controlled like their father, Kate was more brash and impulsive. ![]() And let's not be so quick to dismiss those "cool toys." Ingenuity and inventiveness are at the heart of Batman.Jacob "Jake" Kane was born into the Kane family one of Gotham's four founding families (alongside the Wayne Family, Cobblepot Family and the Elliot Family) and a family famed for owning everything in Gotham that the Wayne Family did not. This guy can fend off Brainiac's invasion and Future Lex Luthor's entire Council of alternate reality Luthors all while coordinating hundreds of time agents. And with the Nexus of Reality at his command, Future Batman is a master of the Multiverse and multitasking. Now he is taking on intergalactic invaders and interdimensional masterminds - all before breakfast. SJ: "Ra's al Ghul is no chump, but Future Batman has long since graduated from fighting earthly assassins and kooky criminals. Speaking of which, is there a cooler nemesis than Ra's al Ghul? I think not. He's got his fair share of gadgets too, but this is also Batman at the peak of his hand-to-hand capabilities. He's a detective, an urban vigilante who's too busy solving present day murders to go time-hopping around, creating paradoxes all willy-nilly. ![]() ![]() And what's a more iconic version of the Bat Symbol than the shield with that bright yellow background that's so instantly recognizable? He's the Batman that made Batman tough again, and foundation on which all the others since have been built.ĬB.com: Okay, so Future Batman has some cool toys, but the cool thing about Classic Batman is that he's the "back-to-basics" version. He's the Batman of the iconic Neal Adam and Denny O'Neal run that would later inspire Grant Morrison's incredible take on the character. This is the Batman who got into, and won, a swordfight in the desert with the immortal head of an international ring of assassins, but only after making love to that guy's daughter. This is the man's man's Batman the bare-chested, globetrotting adventurer. ![]() When not working on DC Universe Online, you can find SJ in front of her PlayStation, in her home garden, or hiking the Texas Hill Country.Ĭ: I'm going to go with Classic Batman. An avid comic book fan, SJ's favorite comic is Gotham Central and her favorite superhero is Batwoman. She graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Media Production and has been working in the video game industry for more than seven years.
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