This is our intro you know there's a confusing history coming lol cause why have things be simple when you can pretend she was from Earth 2 via retcon until there are even more reboots after.

Love how the panel where Bruce and Kathy are dancing starts with "And soon, at the gay affair..."

Option 4: be his unknown child.

So… Batman’s lesbian cousin started out as his straight girlfriend to prevent people from thinking he was gay for Robin? 🤔 …Comics. 🤦🏽‍♂️

I love how Robin’s mood is essentially. “He’s my dad! Not yours!”

I agree that Dick should have been the one to bring up the circus slang, especially since he was once a "trap-artist".

Speaking as a qualified health and safety inspector [seriously], I am aghast that the club was allowed to open even though the idols could easily be tipped over. Evidently the health and safety office in Gotham is as corrupt as the police force. Kathy did reappear in three panels in 1998 mini series the Kingdom, in which dimensions and timelines collide, and Batman sees her for two panels, then says 'Kathy?', and has no idea why he said it. It's quite an affecting little moment.

Imagine a party full of millionaires, a villain comes to rob them, everyone runs out, and then it is all super heroes (who did not know everyone else was...)

Ironic, she could save others from being gay, but not herself 😂

Kathy kane In the trap Getting paid She's a bat Not afraid Of the traps Joker laid Off of her new single "Bat Trap" coming fall 2020 on sound cloud and spotify.

I was aware of her a decade ago, but what got me on her radar was the Batman: Brave and the Bold episode, which you can say about a bunch of golden and silver aged characters lol

Im gonna have an alter ego rap career with the name Kathy Kane

As a trap artist, her life sized portrait should be in Nike socks and sandals. It would increase her authenticity.

There's actually alot of genuine potential with Kathy Kane Classic. Hopefully they explore that in some kind of stand alone story. Or at least they release her album "Stuntin' like I'm Bats"

Given that this IS a comic book Channel, I wonder if Sasha ever finds that changing her wig means that even her closest friends and family no longer recognize her!

People wondering why catwoman wasn't used as a love intrest. The anti comics crusade hated her for being too sexy.

I remember an issue of Batman Family where Barbara Gordon met Kathy Kane while on a cruise ship.

I love how your going back to the history of Batwoman and I also saw that same Batwoman from the 1950s in a Episode of Batman The Brave and The Bold

It's okay. Morrison resurrected her in Batman Inc. as the badass leader of a superspy group who even gets to steal Batman's win. And gives her a somewhat more tragic backstory. So you win some and you lose some.

I love how you do the same voice for both Batman and Bruce Wayne. It implies the residents of Gotham City are as useless at figuring out secret identities as the folks in Metropolis.

Sucks that we didn't get to see more of her, she was quite unique compared to the rest of the Bat Family. Would love to see her come back in some capacity, maybe even team up with Kate Kane for a limited series or one shot and get fleshed out more

My messenger bag is no longer a satchel. It is now a shoulder utility bag.

When Ruby Rose left the show, I hoped they would bring Kathy on...but in the end it’s probably better that they write horrible stories for an original character rather than ruining Kathy too 🤣

Love the"bat voice". Keep up the great work. I'm glad I found your channel a week ago.

I find Batwomans history interesting. She was created to be Batmans partner because of gay accusations and when she was returned she was gay. Abd then became popular because the comic was well written.

dramatic Cleopatra wig is baaaack, it's so pretty

I'm here for the batvoice. Could you please say "where's Rachel?" Or "never leave the cave without it" please and thank you. Much awesome

OH GREAT! I caught myself using the "Casually Comics" Batman voice while I was reading a Batman comic (LOL)

When I started reading comics in the mid to late seventies, she only appeared occasionally, like when she guested in Freedom Fighters, but then around 1980 when she was murdered by the League of Assassins, it was a powerful story. That storyline with Batman stopping the League is still a favorite of mine. Even though her role was minor (as a catalyst victim early on), I say it's still the best story any version of the character has ever been in.

Love this. Kathy Kane - Star Trap Musical Artist lives in my head, rent free. Hardly anyone talks about Kathy nowadays and I adore her and Betty. I love how Kathy and Betty were introduced to stop people from thinking Bruce and Dick were gay, but both men almost always avoided the eager superheroines' advances, saying stuff like "I'm married to Lady Justice" and "I have no time, for my crime fighting comes first and you'd be in danger". Plus, Robin is constantly jealous of Kathy taking all Bruce's attention away from him and seems to see her as a threat to their dynamic. His nightmare/fever dream of them marrying and Kathy "ruining everything!" only confirms it. It all just makes them look gayer. Despite the constraints of her 50's girl gadgets and the sexism of the period, I'm a huge Kathy fan, as much as I love Kate. Glamorous circus stunt rider with fierce 50's hairstyle for the win. 🙂🦇

I love the Batman voice. LOVE IT!

This is rapidly becoming my favourite comic review/history channel! Too many of the others are filled with anger and hate, but this one is full of love and joy, and you are often sprocking hilarious with it too! Only one problem though, and it might be just me, due to my autism, but I frequently find the ticking in the background track a little too distracting.. does anyone else have this issue..?

Kathy Kane was satirizing the expectations that were placed on women in that era when she named her crime-fighting tools.

She was treated respectfully in the Grant Morrison Batman Incorporated run circa 2008 - 2011

I just read that issue where bronze age batman overhears golden age batwoman loving golden age batman last week.

Not being married was pretty edgy for the 50's. Also jealous Robin is the best Robin!

Kathy Kane Batwoman has an episode in Batman: The Brave and the Bold season 2, episode 20 titled The Criss Cross Conspiracy.

I think if she has more time to develop she could’ve been as popular as Kate Kane Batwoman as she seemed to have great potential

As far as the gadgets, remember there was Bat shark repellent and many more in the TV series 1966. These aren't that big a stretch. Never enough campy.

I'm a big fan of Bat Woman through the ages but I wonder if anyone else notices the strong and obviously totally coincidental resemblance between the real , I mean first Batgirl's costume and the one worn by the X-Men's Marvel Girl.

Stuff like this makes me wish comics did more period pieces, more heroes in the old days to give this idea as a second chance in their original context

When I was first introduced to this Batwoman, she had been killed by, I think, the League of Assassins.

Kathy seemed cool. Shame they felt only batgirl needed to exist alone. Couldve had Kathy be Babs mentor or something

I saw an animated Batman movie about Batwoman. The premise was that 3 different women were Batwoman who worked together in the same disguise. I loved that concept because it allowed for more interesting moments where Batman wonders who she really is if she doesn't recognize him from one night ago. I wish they would continue with that concept, allowing Bette to take that role with Kate and or Kathy Kane like a mashed up mutli-universe surprise reveal.

Wow and I thought Dennis O'Neil hate for Jason todd was unfair, he even hated Batwoman

She's fabulous! I'm gonna have to track more info down now. I loved her arsenal..."Totally Spies" vibes.

It's really odd that her character did not take off in the 50s. DC had Black Canary already, so there was a potential market. I think maybe she was just ahead of her time.

9:00 Carrying tape recorders Reel to Reel . Damn baby that's a big ass clutch purse!

Damn I didn't even know Kathy got killed that way. I figured Betty would just vanish but poor Kathy just got killed like that.

Batman : “hmmm… she’s been using Circus terms…wait! DICK ! YOU ARE BATWOMAN !”

"Batwoman can't just be" I wish this wasn't so true. 😅😢 I agree, Kathy was cool but had untapped potential.

I hope we get a sequel to this so some comparisons can be made between The two batwomen

Hindsight is 2020. Never woulda predicted that cliche would backfire!

It always cracked me up that Batman would warn Batwoman that crime fighting was too dangerous for a mere woman...in front of his 8 year old sidekick...

From what I've seen silver age Dick is scared of a girl coming to take Batman away from him. Looks like he's going down the Jimmy Olsen Super-girl route

Would love a one shot of her and Super Woman (Kristin Wells version) Think it could be fun...3 chapters, framing story of them meeting up in a bar telling how they "Could have been" stories, then some kind of wrap up where they team up...am I thinking to much about this....

Lmao, love your batman impression 😂

I find that when people write things like Seduction of the Innocent, or when they attack people on the Internet with accusations like that, they are more often than not speaking about themselves and projecting onto others (even my statement could be that... I don't know). But when accusations are used to stifle conversation and stop creativity, the one tossing those accusations needs to look in a mirror and think on if they really meant it was they who fit their conclusions.

I'd love to see you talk about Batman Brave and the Bold (it's truly amazing and I think you'd love it)

Damnit Sasha, this channel is absolutely amazing... please never stop you legend 🤘

Robin came from the circus, how did he miss the clues regarding circus terms? How is Batman telling him what circus terms are?

Thay did bring her back as the head of spiral

Your Batman and Robin voices are everything, and DC needs to hire you to read their stuff on Audible pronto.

I like her even though I don't think red was the best color choice for a Batwoman. If they gave her a more normal complement of Bat-gadgets, she might have stuck around longer.

Your Batman voice is cracking me up- don't stop. Also, another option to gain access to the Bat Family: be related to the police commissioner or a wealthy socialite.

Batwoman was hilarious back in the day.

Thank you once again for doing the deep dive into all things comics. I was sure this character was made up in the Batman: Bad Blood animated movie. It is very fascinating to see how subtle changes in a character can give it substantial marketing boost. There would be no Batgirl if there was not some appeal for the Batwoman. But because the suits didn't want to give equal footing to a Bat-Woman with their Bat-Man, they brought in the Bat-Girl so that she would be more of a sidekick (I'm guessing at these motivations, but that seems to be the case). This current iteration of Batwoman is not bad. I have an almost secret love for the CW format of DC comic book TV shows; they are all really bad soap operas that are hilarious when you binge watch them. But it seems like it would have been better to stick with the original back story. It would be less complicated and definitely different from any other DC universe hero.

This version of Bat Woman, aka Kathy Kane was resurrected by Grant Morrison on Batman Inc. I guess she is still somewhere waiting to return. So Dc has two active Batwomen.

She was always a welcome addition when she would pop up like in Batman family there's an issue or Batgirl Batwoman and the huntress go against madam zodiac and poison ivy I think or the thorn...I forget. Anyway whenever Batwoman would pop up as a child I thought it was cool because she was very different from Batman and Robin and she had a cool outfit, very loud and I never really got an origin for her yet she was just endlessly intriguing for me. You don't even talk about her and Earth 2 or how she showed up very briefly in planet Krypton or how the current Batwoman Kate Kane was a socialite just like Kathy and then she was abruptly changed to this military haircut butch woman instead of a dress wearing long haired gal.

I really only come here for the batman voice acting 😂😂😂

I like Kathy, she is interesting and has the potential to be significantly distinct from Kate. I would love her to be brought back to the modern comics and not just her history.

So glad I found your channel. I get to find out some comic book history

I remember in the days of my youth, the rise of Batwoman. I liked her and resented Barbra Gordan Batgirl. I argued with my friends there is already a batgirl." I resented Batman's double standard.

Love that hair!

Lmao ur calling out Robin thru this vid cracked me up. Also I'm living for this look, very chic 😘

So this was batwoman origin story....until 10 years ago a certain mad man called Grant Morrison recontextualized this very same story in Batman inc using the very same pages and style.

Your Batman is so awesome it reminds me of badman a lot and makes me laugh hysterically. “Where are the drugs?”

Yay! the video I was waiting for! Loved it.

I'm nearing 65 and I still enjoy comics. I love your Batman voice, always makes me laugh. Thank you for your thoughtful treatments of comics. Great channel!

Don't forget Batman declaring his love for her when they thought they were going to die on that alien planet. True story. Gotta just roll with silver age madness. You should check out "Lady Cop". I'd love to hear your thoughts on that slice of bronze age storytelling.

They actually killed her off about 5 issues before I started reading comics on a regular basis so It wasn't until they reprinted some of the stories she was in that I knew more about her than she was dead. I will say that I agree that there was some potential for growth there, although with the introduction of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl they would have had to figure out something to do with Betty. I dob;t remember what issue it was but there was an issue where they had the Earth-1 Batman work with the Earth-2 Batwoman the only thing I really remember about that story was how unsettling each of them found it to be working with the doppelganger of the one they knew that was dead. Over all, though, I can see why she had such a fan following. As an aside if you wanted to do series on short lived female characters modeled after male heroes there was a character called Arrowette, who appeared in a Green Arrow story and who, like Batwoman had her weapons designed out of female items (like a needle and thread arrow or a kerchief arrow, and I think she even had a hairpin arrow, but don't hold me to that it has been a few years since I read the story). Also like Batwoman, at the end of the story, Green Arrow convinced her that crime fighting was too dangerous and she gave it up, again a bit too easily for someone that had modeled herself on a hero and spend all the time training to develop the skills needed to emulate him...but those were stories of the Silver Age and...well...you know...Even the long standing female characters weren't taken as seriously as they could have been. I mean how many times in Justice Society or Justice League stories was Wonder Woman taken prisoner or in some way in need of saving? She was great in the own title but put her in a team book and all of a sudden she's the damsel in distress...

Why are Batman and Robin just driving around in daylight in the newspaper scene😂😂

The Batman Family(?) comic where she and Bruce are married and she exposes him. Dream sequence or something like that. I haven't had it since I traded it for a vid cam in the mid 80's, My fav appearance of her

This is a very nice look for you. Thanks for the video.

Sasha's voices 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

Please do a video about DC's The Kingdom from 1999. A Batowman statue impacts the plot.

Yay! I’ve been waiting for this one!

Just found your channel and your vids are AMZING!

7:40 I feel like Batwoman could probably do a kickass portrait blindfolded

We do what we want, we talk what we want, we wig what we want

I now want an offhand comment about Kate Kane's recent Trap Album and it getting mediocre but passable success in the Gotham streets

Another great Bat vídeo. I luv your Batman voice. 😁😁😁

Do you have a copy of "The Encyclopedia Of Comic Book Heroes vol. 1 - Batman" by Michael L Fleisher? It was first published in 1976, and it's an entire one-volume encyclopedia about Batman's adventures from 1939 to 1965. If you don't, you should score a copy from Ebay or Amazon. (Volumes on Wonder Woman and Superman came out the following two years. All three were re-issued a few years ago, so try there as well.) In case you don't -- In his article on Batman, Fleisher devotes entire sections on Batman's various relationships. He examines, briefly, the question of homosexuality in the Batman/Robin relationship and delves quite extensively into his relationship with Batwoman. He focuses primarily on Batwoman's struggle to be accepted by Batman as an ally and their romantic dalliance. And yes, you are correct in your suspicion that Robin is more than a little jealous of Kathy being in Bruce's life. If you'd prefer, I'd be happy to summarize it for you. It's really quite informative and fascinating. Just reply that you'd like me to do that. I just don't want to spoil anything for you in case you want to find out for yourself. Anyway, I enjoy your channel, and I look forward to more videos. Bye.

"Flashing" Batwoman...well, that's one but distract the criminal!

I hope to see James Gunn's DCU Batfamily include a perfect live action debut of Batwoman (Kate Kane ALONE or as Kathy Kane's replacement).

Honestly they way Dick kept reacting to Batwoman it basically confirms, in my mind, that at the very least Dick *wanted* Batman's.... Richard Wait a minute... Kathy was a single socialite, living on her own in the big city,, who'd go out at night wearing a skintight outfit in whatever time it was this comic came out.... I get very strong lesbian vibes from that 🤷‍♂️

Your videos are incredible!

This might be one of the best Casually Comics episodes. The cultural analysis, and the branding iconography were tight. And wig or real, Sasha was rocking the blue and black with her outfit. Allk together , I think it represents what makes Casually Comics different than any other comics KZfaq channel.

Batwoman: Gotham's resident trap artist

I think batman waisted his time with all his training. Everybody body else seems to be just as good as he is with a third of the training.