ALLEY-CAT

Real Name: Cassandra Cartland

Class: Human

Occupation: Cat-burglar

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: She-Cat

Base of Operations: Gotham City

First Appearance: Catwoman II #42 (February, 1997)

Powers: Alley-Cat was an agile combatant and a skilled thief.

History: (Catwoman II #46, 47) -She-Cat, now calling herself Alley-Cat, showed up at Zee's house, and Catwoman tied up her imitator, not trusting her. She-Cat had a first edition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde owned by Robert Louis Stevenson, and was looking for a buyer. Catwoman didn't like the idea of Zee doing business with her, but Alley-Cat pleaded, and Catwoman allowed Zee to look for a buyer as long as she took half the cut. Zee's man Starkey had a potential buyer, and Alley-Cat and Catwoman provided protection. The buyer turned out to be Two-Face, and when he failed to steal the book he set Starkey's bootleg whiskey ablaze before fleeing. Catwoman saved the book, escaped the blaze, and told Two-Face's goons she was willing to trade with Two-Face at midnight. Now interested in taking down the villain and not fencing, Catwoman told Zee the deal was off. Alley-Cat said the book belonged to her and attacked her. Zee protested as their scrap destroyed his precious objects d'art, and told Alley-Cat he wasn't doing business with her anymore. Catwoman got the drop on Two-Face and defeated him, but Alley-Cat had followed her, and demanded the book back. Catwoman was in no mood for another round, so after throwing a clusterbomb at Alley-Cat she knocked her out with a kick to the head.

Comments: Created by Doug Moench & Jim Balent.