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 (born January 26, 1990) is the former acting CEO of Wayne Enterprises and the founder of Gotham Pride Real Estate and The Hold Up. In secret, she operated as the vigilante known as Batwoman who led the Bat Team and was a member of an unnamed team until she was kidnapped by Black Mask, who asked Enigma to brainwash Kate into his deceased daughter, Circe Sionis.

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 - Battle of Earth-Prime
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 severly injured and was kept as a prisoner under Gotham City Barber Shop.

Abilities

 * Business:
 * Deception:
 * Driving:
 * Genius-Level Intellect:
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat:
 * Boxing:
 * Judo:
 * Jujutsu:
 * Knife-Throwing:
 * Krav Maga:
 * Stick-Fighting:
 * Indomitable Will:
 * Interrogation:
 * Intimidation:
 * Investigation:
 * Marksmanship:
 * Peak Human Condition:
 * Acrobatics:
 * Free-Running:
 * Honed Senses:
 * Stealth:

Weaknesses

 * Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:

Former Equipment

 * Batbike:
 * Batsuit:
 * Bat-Belt:
 * Bat-Gadgets:
 * Batarangs:
 * Grappling Gun:
 * Voice Filter:
 * Expandable Bo-Staff:
 * Green Kryptonite:

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.