"Katherine \"Kathy\" Webb-Kane"@en . "Katherine \"Kate\" Rebecca Kane"@en . . . . . . . "Batwoman is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. In all incarnations, the character is a wealthy heiress who becomes inspired by the notorious superhero Batman and chooses, like him, to put her wealth and resources towards a war on crime as a masked vigilante in her home of Gotham City."@en . .