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This article is about the DC Comics character. For the 1940s Holyoke Publishing character, see Cat-Man and Kitten. For the Marvel Comics characters, see Cat-Man (Marvel Comics). For other characters given this name, as well as other uses, see Catman (disambiguation). Catman (Thomas Reese Blake) is a fictional character in comic books published by DC Comics who was initially one of the more colorful and camp supervillains to join Batman’s growing roster of enemies in the mid-1960s.[1] Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance Detective Comics #311 (Jan. 1963) Created by Bill Finger (writer) Jim Mooney (artist) In-story information Alter ego Thomas Reese Blake Team affiliations Secret Six The Misfits Abilities Olympic-level athlete Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Proficiency with bladed weapons Superb hunter, and tracker with an extraordinary sense of smell Uses cat-themed weapons and equipment For decades, the character rarely appeared in comic books, as Batman stories returned to darker themes. A modern revival of the character in the pages of Green Arrow many years later depicted a Catman down on his luck, clinging to past glories, overweight, and pathetic.