...framed for the murder of cosmetics magnate George Hedare (actually committed by his wife, Laurel), Patience Phillips aka Catwoman is arrested by her lover, Detective Tom Lone (who knows her secret identity)...
To say this flick was almost universally-panned would be charitable.
To be fair, Halle Berry did her best with what she was given.
And, to her credit, she took the criticism in stride, even accepting the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress in person...
Trivia:
Until 2017's Wonder Woman, Catwoman was the highest-grossing superheroine movie of all time!
The film was going to be released in IMAX...
...but the SFX couldn't be completed in time!
Written by Chuck Austen, penciled by Tom Derenick, and inked by Adam DeKraker, this adaptation of the 2004 movie utilizes an earlier version of the script than what was filmed, so there are differences between this and what appeared on-screen!
Why did we present this particular flick as our Black History Month month entry?
1) Catwoman was the first flick to feature a Black superheroine in the title role!
Note: both BlankMan and Meteor Man predated it as Black superhero flicks.
But BlankMan didn't have a comic book adaptation, and Meteor Man had both a movie adaptation and a six-issue sequel series which set it in the Marvel Universe!
We'll be doing Meteor Man next year as a RetroBlog crossover event between Hero Histories, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video and Atomic Kommie Comics!
2) Catwoman starred Halle Berry! 'Nuff said!
Speaking of Halle...tomorrow we'll post a text feature by cover artist Jim Lee about how he was able to get her to pose, in costume, for him!
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