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Catwoman 4 cover by Darwyn Cooke ( April 2002 )

Location: Catwoman - Batman Original Comic Art Pages
Artist: Darwyn Cooke (All)

Location: Catwoman - Batman Original Comic Art Pages
Title: Catwoman 4 cover by Darwyn Cooke ( April 2002 )
Artist: Darwyn Cooke (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 5646
Likes on CAF: 35
Favorited on CAF: 4
Comments: 50
Added to Site: 2/1/2015

As a Catwoman fan, I wanted a nice example of Darwyn Cooke's limited work on the series. Darwyn reinvigorated Catwoman in 2001-2002 through his work on Selina Kyle (Detective Comics 759-762, Catwoman 1-4, Selina's Big Score).

During his interview for Comic Book Artist #3, March 2004, Darwyn explains that Ed Brubaker was already on board as the next Catwoman writer, when editor Mike Carlin offered the book to Darwyn. He only agreed, after DC committed to giving him control over the covers and allow him to redesign Catwoman.

Darwyn then drew all four covers at once, with the redesigned costume, and sent them in. DC was so excited after seeing his designs, they decided to let the current title (Vol 2) die, and relaunch with a #1 (Vol 3), with several months gap. (Remember - back then, a series relaunch was much more of an event, than it is now). Catwoman Vol 2 ended with issue 94 [Jul 01]

Darwyn described the design as an attempt to re-dignify Catwoman, and apply practicality. Ed's wife had the idea that she should have something like a helmet and goggles. The idea was to take Enemy Ace's helmet and add cat ears to it, to distinguish itself from the past cat suits.

At then end of Catwoman Vol 2, she is presumed dead. Slam Brady is hired by the mayor of Gotham find out if she really is dead. Slam follows the mystery, which leads into the relaunch of the title. The Slam Brady back-ups appear in Detective Comics [759-762, Aug-Nov 01] published just prior Catwoman 1 [Jan 02], but were drawn well after Catwoman 1-4 [which, according to Darwyn, were finished 18 months before the launch]. Following those Catwoman issues, Darwyn revisits Selina's world again through a series prequel, the 70's noir thriller SELINA'S BIG SCORE [Aug 02].

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bob fish Member Since 2011

Posted On 2/1/2015

Great cover ! From a great artist !!

Brian Jones Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/1/2015

Fantastic addition!

Eric Seffinga Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/1/2015

Wonderful

Alex Johnson Member Since 2006
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Posted On 2/1/2015

That's a wonderful example of Darwin's work. Thanks for sharing it.

Malvin V Member Since 2004

Posted On 2/1/2015

Congrats! This is an iconic modern day classic!

Alex B Member Since 2008

Posted On 2/1/2015

I absolutely LOVE it ! Huge congrats for this beautiful cover !!!

Mike Rice Member Since 2003

Posted On 2/1/2015

Probably the best cover D did for this run. What a great score.

Damon Wright Member Since 2008

Posted On 2/1/2015

Awesome!

Mike W Member Since 2007

Posted On 2/2/2015

Love it!!!!! Love it!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ron S Member Since 2007

Posted On 2/2/2015

Nice pick up. Congrats!!

Jon Hess Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/2/2015

Love Darwyn's Catwoman...Fantastic cover!

Julian Ross Member Since 2008

Posted On 2/2/2015

yep, an iconic cover (love the glasses)

Dean Abraham Member Since 2008

Posted On 2/2/2015

that is a special piece.

Timothy Finney Member Since 2006

Posted On 2/2/2015

You've acquired one of the best images of the modern-day Catwoman, a fantastic pose and layout by an artist who was well on his way to stardom. I'd say this is definitely a big score.

Patrick Brooks Member Since 2008

Posted On 2/2/2015

This cover has always held a special place for me. I've loved it for a long time. I'm glad to see it has a good home. Congrats, buddy!!

Wesley Dupont Member Since 2010

Posted On 2/2/2015

Beautiful cover!

Jonathan H Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/2/2015

That's a beauty! Congrats!!

Dimitrios Z Member Since 2011

Posted On 2/2/2015

So awesome and I'm really glad you got this. It couldn't have gone to a better owner and fan of the character.

Jovi Neri Member Since 2011

Posted On 2/3/2015

Nice "old" page from Cooke. It's rare to see him use as much blacks and shadows nowadays so I'll take this!

J M T Member Since 2011

Posted On 2/3/2015

Such an amazing cover! congrats!

Felix Lu Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/3/2015

Very cool, atypical Cooke cover. Congrats!

Joshua McCoy Member Since 2013

Posted On 2/3/2015

Just stunning! This found a home in the perfect gallery.

Ben Bressel Member Since 2003

Posted On 2/3/2015

i've wanted this one since the day i saw it on the comic rack. incredible piece.

Shannon El Guapo Slayton Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/4/2015

Magnificent! Congrats, Anthony!

artless artmore Member Since 2013

Posted On 2/5/2015

Super drawing! I like it in B&W even more than the color finish

Timothy Guerrero Member Since 2009

Posted On 2/10/2015

I love this piece! But I love even more how to have taken time to research information on the piece and its history. Great work!

aric shapiro Member Since 2006

Posted On 2/18/2015

This is incredible. Classic Cooke

Borna B Member Since 2007

Posted On 3/5/2015

I would kill to get this, but do not worry, you are safe! :) Congratulations!

Fred's CAF Gallery Member Since 2003

Posted On 5/5/2015

!!! AMAZING !!! :-)

Jean-Michel Anneau Member Since 2008

Posted On 5/18/2015

Amazing Masterpiece !!!

Thomas V Member Since 2008

Posted On 6/24/2015

This cover is a joy to behold. Darwyn Cooke is a genius.

Kyle K Member Since 2012

Posted On 8/18/2015

Fantastic piece by an amazing artist.

Matthias . Member Since 2014

Posted On 12/28/2015

This cover is a dream! Great!

Andy Robbins Member Since 2003

Posted On 4/18/2016

One of the four Darwyn covers - nothing else needs to be said. Thanks for the recap of the relaunch - I did not know much of that.

Théo D. Member Since 2016

Posted On 5/15/2016

Awesome! His death is such a terrible loss :(

Joe Lara Member Since 2014

Posted On 7/31/2016

Fantastic piece of Catwoman history here. There will never be another artist like Darwyn again.

Marc W Member Since 2014

Posted On 9/23/2017

Wonderful Cover!

S Riz Member Since 2014

Posted On 3/30/2018

Awesome!!

Jianxin Zheng Member Since 2015

Posted On 5/24/2018

Suuuuch a cool piece. One of my grails here.

Vik V Member Since 2016

Posted On 6/5/2018

Perfect Catwoman cover!

Bill J Member Since 2009

Posted On 1/18/2019

Fabulous!

R. Meza Member Since 2007

Posted On 8/6/2019

Wow! Wow! Wowzers! "Meow!"

kent mansley Member Since 2015

Posted On 11/17/2019

This just gets better every time I look at it! Darwyn was a true master and his run on Catwoman was groundbreaking. What a fantastic piece to have in your impressive collection!

Hunter Venable Member Since 2008

Posted On 6/20/2020

I love the story here. Cooke's design. might be my all time favorite version of the character. Your gallery though is a good place for me to research that theory ;-)

j sly Member Since 2011

Posted On 6/9/2021

Such an awesome example of Cooke on my favorite character he drew! Hope to find an example like this for my collection someday!

Lee P Member Since 2011

Posted On 11/14/2022

Awesome cover. Congrats!

O P Member Since 2006

Posted On 5/25/2023

Excellent Catwoman cover!

Michael Hosey Member Since 2004

Posted On 5/9/2024

I love this, fantastic cover.

Robert Layne Member Since 2018

Posted On 3/17/2025

So good.... Lucky owner

Borna B Member Since 2007

Posted On 4/23/2026

A masterpiece. Keep it well.

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Catwoman 4 cover by Darwyn Cooke ( April 2002 )

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