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== Background == |
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+ | '''Thomas Blake''' was a world famous trapper, hunter and trainer of big cats. After squandering his fortune and growing bored of his hunting career, he was driven into a life of crime. Having a hatred for [[Catwoman]], he tried to take up her gimmick during a time when she was absent in the criminal underworld. |
| + | Using his skills, trained big-cats, claws, cat-themed weapons, and an ancient African cloth costume he believed gave him nine-lives, Thomas started committing cat-themed crimes. Of course he was defeated by [[Batman]] and Catwoman alike on numerous occasions. |
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| − | Catman would reappear once more, this time revealing that the orange African cloth in his uniform gave him nine lives. The character first showed his capability for good causes when he rescued [[Batwoman]] from nearly dying. He gave her some of his costume fabric, believing she too would have nine lives. He resumed his criminalistic ways, but Batwoman (temporarily infiltrating his trust to be his new partner, with a new costume as "Cat-Woman") reasoned the entire cloth had only nine lives, not individual pieces, and manipulated events until Catman only had one remaining, causing him to turn himself in. |
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| + | After many failures on his own, Catman became a member of [[Killer Moth]]'s super villain team "The Misfits" which included [[Calendar Man]] and the Chancer. Thomas was later recruited by [[Lex Luthor]] and [[Deathstroke]] to join the secret society of super-villains but refused their offer. Upset that such a nobody villain rebuked them, the Secret Society killed Thomas's pride of lions which resulted in Thomas joining the antihero team of the Secret Six alongside: Scandal Savage, Rag Doll, [[Deadshot]], [[Cheshire]] and a [[Parademon]]. Here Catman became close with Deadshot and the team eventually rebranded as a mercenary company. |
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| − | Eventually Catman resurfaced in Africa, where he attempted to resalvage his life and began living with a pride of lions. He used this time to lose weight and regain his sense of self-worth and fighting skills. This 'perfect existence' would be shattered by the arrival of the Secret Society of Super Villains, however. Seeking to unite all of Earth's super-villains under his control, [[Lex Luthor]](secretly Alexander Luthor, Jr. of the original Earth-Three in disguise) sought to recruit Catman into the fold as a minion, only to be rejected. It was initially believed that an angry Lex Luthor had [[Deathstroke]] kill the lions Catman was living with in retaliation for being rejected by a "nobody" but this was later revealed to have been misdirection. |
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| − | Catman vowed revenge against Luthor, and was subsequently recruited into a criminal syndicate known as the Secret Six. Together, the Secret Six waged war against the Secret Society of Super Villains under the direction of an individual known only as Mockingbird. During that time he found out that it was in fact fellow Secret Six member [[Deadshot]] who had killed his lions, so that he would join the organization. Deadshot would later apologize, and Catman forgave him. Although the two were reluctant allies at first, the two soon bonded and became what one could loosely call friends. |
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== Appearances == |
== Appearances == |
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Revision as of 17:50, 25 January 2020
Catman is a DC Comics minifigure who appeared in The LEGO Batman Movie in 2017. He was physically released in 71017 The LEGO Batman Movie Series.
Background
Thomas Blake was a world famous trapper, hunter and trainer of big cats. After squandering his fortune and growing bored of his hunting career, he was driven into a life of crime. Having a hatred for Catwoman, he tried to take up her gimmick during a time when she was absent in the criminal underworld.
Using his skills, trained big-cats, claws, cat-themed weapons, and an ancient African cloth costume he believed gave him nine-lives, Thomas started committing cat-themed crimes. Of course he was defeated by Batman and Catwoman alike on numerous occasions.
After many failures on his own, Catman became a member of Killer Moth's super villain team "The Misfits" which included Calendar Man and the Chancer. Thomas was later recruited by Lex Luthor and Deathstroke to join the secret society of super-villains but refused their offer. Upset that such a nobody villain rebuked them, the Secret Society killed Thomas's pride of lions which resulted in Thomas joining the antihero team of the Secret Six alongside: Scandal Savage, Rag Doll, Deadshot, Cheshire and a Parademon. Here Catman became close with Deadshot and the team eventually rebranded as a mercenary company.
