Contents 1 HistoryEdit 1.1 Origin & Early Adventures 1.2 Titans West 1.3 Crisis on Infinite Earths 1.4 Imaginary Tales 2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit 2.1 Abilities 3 NotesEdit 4 Related 5 LinksEdit 5.1 Discover and Discuss 5.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Origin & Early Adventures

Betty Kane was the niece of Kathy Kane who secretly operated as the Batwoman of Gotham City, sometime ally of Batman and Robin. One day while visiting her aunt she would convince her aunt to let her fight crime as her side kick. Making her own costume, Betty would become Bat-Girl and undergo training under Batwoman. Kathy hoped that her niece would soon lose interest; however, Betty would prove herself and, despite being captured by the Cobra Gang, she would help Batman, Batwoman and Robin defeat the gang and earn the right to continue acting as Bat-Girl someday^[1]. During her adventures with Batwoman, Bat-Girl would develop a romantic interest in Batman's sidekick Robin.

In her next adventure, Bat-Girl would aid Batman, Robin and Batwoman in combating the Moth, earning the villains' ire when she would be the one to capture him and gain the media's attention. The Moth would break out of prison to get revenge. Batman and Batwoman would send Robin and Bat-Girl out of town only to get captured and be rescued by their young sidekicks^[2]. Bat-Girl would try to show her affections for Robin and be rejected because Robin was committed to another woman. The jealous Bat-Girl would then attempt to win Robin's favor with the aid of Bat-Mite, however she would be captured by a gang forcing Bat-Mite to reveal his involvement and aid Robin in rescuing her. Bat-Girl would be partially relieved to hear that the woman Robin was committed to was Lady Justice^[3].

When an alien from another dimension would come to Earth and threaten Gotham City, Batman, Batwoman, Robin and Bat-Girl would attempt to stop the creatures. Robin and Bat-Girl would find themselves banished to the aliens' dimension. There, Bat-Girl would once more press Robin to share feelings with her, Robin would begin to warm up with her before they would return to Earth and help Batman and Batwoman turn away the invaders^[4]. When a feud between Clayface and the Joker would cause a series of crimes in Gotham City, Bat-Girl would aid Batman, Robin, and Batwoman in capturing the Joker so that Batman could pose as him and capture Clayface^[5]. When extraordinary circumstances finds Batman turned into a genie and forced to do the bidding of two crooks, Robin and Bat-Girl would team-up to stop the crooks and free Batman^[6].

This would be Bat-Girl's last adventure with Batman and Robin for a number of years, as she and her Aunt Kathy would retire from costumed adventuring for a time. She would be succeeded by Barbara Gordon who would take on the mantle of Batgirl.

Titans West

Over the years, Betty would become a renowned tennis champ but would would come out of retirement sometime later and be recruited in the west coast incarnation of the Teen Titans, the newly formed group would work together with their east-coast counterparts (reuniting her with Robin) in battling Mr. Esper^[7][8][9]. Also during this period, Betty would meet her successor Barbara Gordon^[10], and be present at the wedding of Wonder Girl and Terry Long^[11]. Her activity as a super-hero would often take a back seat to her tennis career.

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Although Bat-Girl was not be directly involved in the Crisis on Infinite Earths^[12], she like many of those who had interactions with the Earth-One Batman were erased from existence when the multiverse was collapsed into a single universe. She is survived by her New Earth counterpart Flamebird.

With the creation of a new multiverse, the universe designated New Earth (or Earth-0) resembles Earth-One in many respects, however it is unrevealed at this time if this universe will have its own incarnation of Bat-Girl.

Imaginary Tales

In an imaginary tale written by Alfred Pennyworth, Batman would ultimately marry Batwoman and Robin would take Batman's place as Batman II, taking Bruce Wayne's son Bruce Wayne Jr. as Robin II. Also in this tale, Betty Kane would return to Gotham City and take up the mantle of Batwoman II. When Batman II and Robin II would be kidnapped, Bruce Wayne would come out of retirement to try and rescue them from Milo and Hippo Barnes and be captured himself. He would be rescued by Batwoman II who would learn his secret identity. The two would then work together to save Batman II and Robin II and capture several underworld bosses^[13].

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
• Gadgetry
  

NotesEdit

• This version of Elizabeth Kane (Earth-One), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the Multiverse in the 1985-86 Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series and is now considered apocryphal.
• There was apparently a Betty Kane on both Earth-One and Earth-Two. Their histories appear to have been virtually identical.
• After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Betty was re-imagined as Mary Elizabeth Kane, better known as Flamebird. Most of her early crime-fighting history as Bat-Girl was removed from continuity and she is no longer the niece of the modern Batwoman, Kate Kane; she is instead her cousin.

Related

• 17 Appearances of Elizabeth Kane (Earth-One)
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• Character Gallery: Elizabeth Kane (Earth-One)

LinksEdit

 

• Elizabeth Kane (Earth-One) at Wikipedia.org 
• Bat-Girl profile at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Batman #139
2. ↑ Batman #141
3. ↑ Batman #144
4. ↑ Batman #153
5. ↑ Batman #159
6. ↑ Detective Comics #322
7. ↑ Teen Titans #50
8. ↑ Teen Titans #51
9. ↑ Teen Titans #52
10. ↑ Batman Family #16
11. ↑ Tales of the Teen Titans #50
12. ↑ Crisis on Infinite Earths #11
13. ↑ Batman #163

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