Who Is Catman? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Catman is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Thomas Reese Blake, with over 296 comic issue appearances. A renowned hunter turned bumbling villain, Thomas Blake lived with a lion pride in the wild to rediscover himself. Now more deadly and resourceful, Catman has become one of the world's premier hunters and trackers. The first appearance of Catman is Detective Comics 311.

Who is Catman?

Origin Thomas Blake was the product of a rich, sadistic father and an actress-turned-trophy wife mother. His father was obsessed with grooming Thomas to be a man and constantly derided him for being too close to his mother. His father wanted a man and not a mama's boy. The real target of his father's abuse, however, was his mother. When Thomas was nine years old, she had enough and intended to leave, but Thomas' father would not allow it. Thomas grabbed a hunting rifle to come to her aid, but his father caused the gun to go off and shoot his mother in the chest. As his father phoned the police to turn him in for the murder, Thomas stabbed him with a hunting knife and let his father bleed out. Despite everything, Tom Blake grew up to become very much like his father.

Key facts

Catman is of human origin and first appeared in "The Challenge of the Cat-Man". The character is published by DC Comics. With 296 recorded issue appearances, Catman ranks among the most featured characters in comics.