Character » Catman appears in 271 issues.
Tom Blake was a big game hunter who specialized in stalking and trapping leopards, tigers, and other members of the cat family. He made his money by selling certain cats to zoos and circuses around the world, but because Blake was an inveterate gambler, he threw away his fortune several times over. Blake eventually grew tired of the profit and loss cycle into which his life had fallen and, returning home to Gotham City, decided to turn his back on jungle expeditions in favor of urban adventure. Toying briefly with the notion of becoming a crimefighter, he instead decided to indulge in a life of crime instead. He did this for two reasons: first, it would make it far easier to regain his lost fortune; and second, it would allow him to pit his vast hunting skills and sharp wits against Gotham's Dark Knight Defender - the Batman. Also, it allowed him to maintain the life of danger and excitement he had come to love. To that end, taking his cue from his life- long obsession with cats, Blake became the Cat-Man, a criminal who, like Catwoman, became known for his cat-oriented crimes. Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman Confidential #21.
Members of Dark Arcana from Trinity series.
A renowned hunter turned bumbling villain, Tom Blake lived with a lion pride in the wild to rediscover himself. Now more deadly and resourceful, Catman has become one of the world's premier trackers
Catman was recruited into the Secret Six to fill the spot vacated by the Fiddler. He was manipulated into joining by Mockingbird, then secretly Lex Luthor, by Deadshot framing Deathstroke for the murder of his pride of lions. By the time he realized the truth, he was already in too deep with the Secret Six and remained as one of the team's constant members.
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