Kate Kane
Kate Kane is a female comic superhero that features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Katherine Rebecca 'Kate' Kane was the daughter of Colonel Jacob 'Jake' Kane and Captain Gabrielle 'Gabi' Kane with her having a twin sister named Elizabeth 'Beth' Kane. Her parents were both career military and had worked extensively for the military intelligence services whilst Kate was close to her sister. During her youth, her parents would get promoted leading to Kate and her sister moving to a variety of towns and bases with her father often being away. The Kane family later moved to Brussels in Belgium when her parents began serving in NATO. On her twelfth birthday, Gabi Kane took her daughters out for the day to an expensive restaurant for chocolate and waffles that were their favorite dish. On the way to the restaurant, a group of heavily armed terrorists from the Religion of Crime kidnapped them after killing their bodyguard. Military intelligence managed to uncover the location of the hostages with Jacob Kane placed in charge of the tactical unit to rescue his family. By the time they arrived, Gabi Kane and seemingly Elizabeth Kane were killed in the crossfire between the terrorists with the tactical unit. Jacob Kane had arrived just in time to save his only surviving daughter namely Kate Kane who was traumatized as the sight of her dead mother and twin sister. In the years afterwards, her father had married the wealthy weapons heiress Catherine Hamilton. Kate attempted to please her father and decided to enlist into the military where she joined the marines. In her time there, she received excellent grades and ranked at the top of her class. During that time, she was at United States Military Academy at West Point where she roomed with Cadet Captain Sophie 'Gimme' Moore. In that time, she had entered into a lesbian relationship with Moore. Her commander eventually learnt of the relationship and approached Kane to ask her to disavow the allegation. However, Kate refused to lie and thus violated the DADT code at the Academy. Thus, she confirmed her sexual orientation by admitting that she was a lesbian forcing her to leave the school. She later confronted her father about the news who supported her where he held that she had held herself with honor and integrity. Kate later moved back to Gotham City where she began to attend college and began to pursue a wild socialite lifestyle with her becoming notorious for partying and drinking.
Batwoman
The New 52
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- The Kate Kane Batwoman was created by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid and Ken Lashley where she made her first appearance in 52 v1 #7 (June, 2006).
- She was confirmed as being the cousin of Bruce Wayne in Detective Comics v1 #934 (2016) where it was established that her father Jacob Kane was the brother of Martha Wayne.
Alternate Versions
- In DC Comics: Bombshells v1 (2013), an alternate continuity setting set in the 1940s had Kate Kane operating as Batwoman.
In other media
Films
- In Batman vs. Robin, Kate Kane made a cameo non-voiced appearance where she was shown in Batman Bruce Wayne's nightmare of Damian Wayne growing up to be a ruthless Batman with Kate Kane being one of his victims.
- In Batman: Bad Blood, the Kate Kane Batwoman made her first major debut in the animated film where she was voiced by actor Yvonne Strahovski. She was the daughter of Jacob Kane with her mother and sister killed on her twelfth birthday. When she was an adult, she was ambushed by a street gang in Gotham City but was saved by Batman. Kate, however, rejected the Batman's help instead of showing gratitude as she believed she did not need any help. Despite that being the case, she was inspired by the Batman to become a vigilante herself two years later where she called herself Batwoman.
Video games
Appearances
- 52 v1:
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