DC Finest: Catwoman: Life Lines collects the early history of Catwoman solo stories, establishing Selina Kyle as a protagonist in her own right, separate from Batman’s rogues gallery. 

This collection including character-defining tales such as her 1989 solo debut by Mindy Newell and J.J. Birch exploring the feline fatale’s origins; Peter Milligan and Tom Grindberg’s Catwoman Defiant, which was released concurrent to the character’s big-screen debut in 1992’s Batman Return; and the first year of the Catwoman ongoing series from writer Jo Duffy and artist Jim Balent.

This volume collects stories from Action Comics #611-614; Catwoman Defiant #1; Showcase ’93 #1-4; Catwoman (1989) #1-4; Catwoman (1993) #1-12, and Catwoman Annual #1.