Kate Kane (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

"We all wear a mask of some kind. A cowl, a husband, wife, denial, anger. We all need our shield to protect us from the world. But for people like us, it's not always about stopping a runaway train or disarming a bomb. Sometimes, the best way to save someone is to be yourself."

- Kate Kane

Katherine "Kate" Kane is the former acting CEO of Wayne Enterprises and the founder of Gotham Pride Real Estate and The Hold Up. Kate is also the daughter of Jacob and Gabi Kane, the step-daughter of Catherine Hamilton-Kane, the sister of Beth Kane and the step-sister of Mary Hamilton, as well as the cousin of Bruce Wayne.

In secret, she operated as the vigilante known as Batwoman, taking up her missing cousin's mantle until she was kidnapped by Black Mask after The Whisper sabotaged her plane flight. Kate was then brainwashed into thinking that she was Roman's deceased daughter, Circe Sionis and confronted the Bat Team. Eventually, her mind was restored despite her continue to wear the face of Circe. Kate officially passed on the mantle of Batwoman to Ryan Wilder before leaving Gotham in search of her cousin, Bruce Wayne.

Relationship with Sophie Moore
In 2015, Kate had a "fling" with Sophie Moore.

Becoming the Caped Crusader
After returning to Gotham, Kate found out her cousin has left the city 3 years ago and later found out his identity as Batman. As the city needs a vigilante, she used the Batsuit and fought for the city as Batwoman, stylized as the Scarlet Knight.

On October 31, 2018 (Halloween), Kate saved Ryan Wilder from an attempted robbery and left using the Grappling Gun.

Fighting Alice
In 2019, Kate fought Alice and found out her true identity as her sister. Later, they fought against each other and haunted each other.

Crisis on Infinite Earths
In January 2020, Kate's Earth-1 counterpart's consciousness was restored in her body after recreating the Multiverse at the Dawn of Time.

Later, Kate arrived in Star City when The Flash, Supergirl, The Atom and Heatwave fights the giant Beebo created by Sargon the Sorcerer. After the battle, Harrison Nash Wells arrived in the Bunker and alerted the heroes that the Anti-Monitor is still alive and is about to attack. Kate suited up along with other heroes and defeated the Shadow Demon Army. Kate later went to Kara's Loft for Oliver Queen's memorial.

Missing
In 2020, Kate was aboard the Wayne Enterprises Jet GC9K 23 to National City in visit to Kara Danvers in order to seek approval to destroy the Kryptonite shard from Earth-99. However, a faulty engine caused the jet to malfunction and destroyed midair causing Kate to crashed to ocean to her death. Her Batsuit was fallen on shore and picked up by Ryan Wilder, taking up her mantle as Batwoman. Later, it was revealed that Kate was indeed severely injured and was kept as a prisoner under Gotham City Barber Shop.

Abilities

 * High-level Intellect:
 * Detective:
 * Peak of Human Physical Condition:
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat:
 * Acrobatics:
 * Intimidation:
 * Marksmanship:
 * Stealth:

Weaknesses

 * Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:

Current Equipment

 * Batsuit:
 * Skull Mask:

Former Equipment

 * Guns: Kate wielded Jacob Kane's standard Walther P99 to threaten to kill Jonathan Cartwright.
 * Bat-Gadgets:
 * Batsuit:
 * Bat-Belt:
 * Batarangs:
 * Grappling Gun:
 * Voice Filter:
 * Batbike:
 * Expandable Bo-Staff:
 * Tranq Gun:
 * Crossbow:
 * Green Kryptonite:
 * Wooden Mask:

Trivia

 * After returning from Crisis, the cowl of the Batsuit was altered into without a chinstrap. Later, it was explained as one of the upgrades by Luke Fox along with the Batarang Launcher.