Comic Book Questions Answered - where I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com). Here is a link to an archive of all the past questions that have been answered so far.

Reader Carlos M. wrote in to ask:

I was wondering if you could help me find the correct answer to a question a friend, who’s not a comic fan, once asked me. He wanted to know when was the first time Batman and Catwoman kissed? The only instance that I remembered was in the 1989 Catwoman mini-series by Mindy Newell, but there must be one, or several, before that one, right?

Read on to find out!

As soon as Catwoman debuted in Batman #1 (by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson and George Rousos), Batman and Catwoman had a flirtation going on, although one that exhibited itself in peculiar ways, like Batman threatening to spank her...





Thanks to commenter heyevaxx, we see that their first kiss was two issues later. I was only looking for Catwoman issues, so I totally forgot that after debuting the Catwoman moniker in #2, she went back to being called the Cat for a few issues. But obviously, her appearances as the Cat SHOULD count, so in Batman #3 (by Finger, Kane, Robinson and Roussos) we see them have their first kiss..





Go to the next page to see their first fully romantic kiss!

In 1979's Batman #313 (by Len Wein, Irv Novick and Frank McLaughlin), almost forty years after Catwoman debuted, Batman and Catwoman finally pursued a romance...





You might say, "But what about Earth 2 Batman and Catwoman, who married each other?"

Their marriage was revealed in 1977's DC Super Stars #17...



But they weren't actually shown kissing until the classic 1983 Brave and the Bold #197 (by Alan Brennert, Joe Staton and George Freeman)...



For those of you who want the main Batman and Catwoman kissing IN COSTUME, that first appeared in 1985's Detective Comics #557 (by Doug Moench, Gene Colan and Bob Smith), but oddly enough, it occurred in a memory. They hadn't actually kissed in a comic yet and yet he's having MEMORIES of kissing? So weird...



Right after that, in Batman #395 (by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake), they kiss for reals...





So there you go, Carlos! And thanks to heyevaxx for the Batman #3 pick-up! If anyone else has a question they'd like answered, please drop me a line at bcronin@comicbookresources.com!