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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I'm not such a DC historian, but I would still count it as first costume since the cover with the brightly colored costume reads "The Batman versus The Cat-Woman!" I imagine that would have been a neat exclusive at some point for Catwoman fans (or maybe it's already been made, don't yell at me I said I'm new to these toys).

Do you mean this splash page from Batman #3?



She's still referred to as The Cat in that same call-out and throughout that story (the issue had several stories in it). The "Cat-Woman" part was meant as a figure of speech, not a code name. Notice the hyphen in the name as well. She didn't adopt Catwoman as the name for her costumed identity until much later.

Of course, if you still want to consider her costume as The Cat as Catwoman's first, that's your prerogative. For me, I still make the distinction.

...not to mention the fact that I think The Cat's costume is silly, even by 1940's standards. It's a bright yellow dress with a orange cape and a purple Halloween mask. Sounds like a great idea for someone who should have stealth as her highest priority being a cat burglar.