Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Women Wednesday: Legion of the Feline Furies

The cover of Batman #210 (March 1969) has the Caped Crusader trapped in Catwoman's whip with three mysterious women in cat-like costumes looking on. The text at the bottom states that they are part of the Legion of Feline Furies. Could this mean that there would be more copycat villains?
Cover of Batman #210 from DC Comics
Page one of the issue reveals Batman fighting nine identical Catwomen:
Page one of Batman #210 from DC Comics
The mysterious copycats are actually convicts that receive an invitation to join Selina Kyle's weight-reducing salon:
Women convicts from Batman #210 from DC Comics
Here are Legion of the Feline Furies in full costume:
Catmobile from Batman #210 from DC Comics
This is actually the second catmobile that appears in this issue and sits nine women. The first one is even more cat-like with a large cat head on the front but was driven by Catwoman's goons since it was only a two-seater. Hot Wheels should make a series of catmobiles and use this one.
Legion of the Feline Furies from Batman #210 from DC Comics
The catmobile also comes topless and changes colors a few pages later:
While I enjoyed the Legion of the Feline Furies, I would have liked each of the women to have different cat-like costumes like the ones on the cover did.

You can find Batman #210 reprinted in Showcase Presents Batman Volume 4, which is available below:

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