Karl Kyle (Earth-Two)

The King of the Cats
Mainstream Universe‎, 1930s-1950s
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Real Name	Karl Kyle
Main Alias	The King of the Cats
Relatives	Selina Kyle (Catwoman, sister, deceased) · Bruce Wayne (Batman. brother-in-law, deceased) · Helena Wayne (Huntress, niece, deceased)
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Thief
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin
Universe	Earth-Two
Creators	Bill Finger · Lew Sayre Schwartz
First Appearance	Batman #69 (February, 1952)
Last Appearance	Superman Family #211 (October, 1981)

Karl Kyle was the brother of Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman. He decided to adopt his own criminal identity as The King of the Cats after being inspired by his sister's amazing crimes.

History

However, Selina had already left her criminal life behind and she tried to talk Karl out of his life of crime, but he didn't listen. It wasn't until he was confronted by Batman and later saved by his sister, that he understood that crime doesn't pay and he reformed.

In 1955, Karl attended the wedding of Selina to Bruce Wayne.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Thievery
  

Paraphernalia

Transportation

• Catmobile: This vehicle was previously used by Catwoman and he took it for his criminal activities.

Notes

• This version of King of the Cats, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #4 establishes that Karl Kyle exists on Earth-One too (see Catwoman II entry), but it is unknown if he was also the King of the Cats in that dimension.

Related

• 2 Appearances of Karl Kyle (Earth-Two)
• 1 Images featuring Karl Kyle (Earth-Two)
• 1 Quotations by or about Karl Kyle (Earth-Two)
• Character Gallery: Karl Kyle (Earth-Two)

Footnotes

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