American Comics Gotham: The Sheriff of Arkham
Chapter 152

A Thief's Night

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Catwoman's relentless assault left Batman with no choice but to dodge, but once he found an opening—

Batman raised his arm to block. Sparks flew from the fierce friction against his armored bracers as they stopped all of Catwoman's attacks, and he counterattacked.

Throwing a punch at a lady's face went somewhat against Batman's upbringing, but he was quite adept at flexible counterattacks. The punch he threw turned into a knife-hand strike aimed at Catwoman's neck.

Ending this fight as quickly as possible. Maybe Catwoman would behave better in prison, Batman thought.

So he no longer held back. Catwoman could still withstand two moves at first, but only two.

Under Batman's fierce attacks, Catwoman hurriedly dodged. Realizing things were going badly, she turned and ran.

But Batman had no intention of letting her escape. He pulled out Batarangs and flung them out. One flew straight at her, while the other two curved like boomerangs, closing in from either side.

Catwoman bent over and barely avoided the Batarang flying straight at her. As the two intercepting Batarangs came at her from the front, she leaped into a somersault, landed, and vaulted over the rooftop's edge.

She jumped from the roof. Batman caught the returning Batarangs and hurried after her.

Catwoman dropped from the building and landed on the fire escape below. Rather than climbing straight down, she pried open a nearby door, went inside, and shut it behind her.

Batman landed shortly afterward. Looking at the empty alley and the fire escape where Catwoman had vanished without a trace—

Did she get away?

Batman frowned slightly. He raised his arm and looked at the scratch marks on it. After pondering for a moment, he spread his cape and jumped down from the building.

Catwoman pushed the door open with her foot

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