Catwoman #1

Opening issue #1 of this 1989 four-part DC mini-series, the cover by Joe Brozowski and Michael Bair immediately signals that Catwoman's story is being told with serious dramatic weight. Catwoman looms large in her sleek black costume and cat-eared cowl, claws raised, while below her a young woman in red lies fallen amid scattered debris, with a prowling cat lurking nearby — all framed by the evocative tagline "In the Ruins of Innocence, the Batman's Enemy is Born…" Writer Mindy Newell, artist J.J. Birch, and inker Michael Bair kick off "Metamorphosis," a mature-readers tale promising to dig into how Selina Kyle became one of Gotham's most compelling figures.