Catman/Batwoman, Page 8 (of 12)

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Panel 1

This page we’re revisiting Batman: The Killing Joke, so this panel matches up with Barbara opening her door to the Joker, exactly as originally depicted, except her shirt is brown rather than yellow.

Panel 2

We’re still syncing up, so this panel is the same as the second panel on that page, the close-up of the Joker’s gun.

Panel 3

Continuing the mirroring, this panel is Barbara’s expression, though perhaps a little more shocked and bewildered than Brian Bolland depicted her.

Panel 4

Here’s the last panel we duplicate, the Joker shooting Barbara through the abdomen.

Panel 5

A fist is hitting the gun out of the Joker’s hand, gloved, Catman’s.

Panel 6

The Joker is running away as we see Catman from the waist up looking down toward Barbara. Catman is in full costume except he isn’t wearing his cape.

Panel 7

Barbara is grimacing as she looks toward Catman’s torso, which we see clearly for the first time. He’s been shot, too. It was the same bullet, passed through both of them.

Panel 8

Catman collapses next to Barbara.

Panel 9

They lie next to each other, clutching hands. (No coffee table in this sequence, unlike the original.)

CAPTION: Her shirt, made from Catman’s cape. Saved her life.

CAPTION: Catman, down to four lives.