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Does Batman know there are lesbians in Gotham city? He might not, but readers of two books from this DC universe do.

Catwoman, not to be confused with the horribly adapted film version, is one of the best "woman power" titles around. Drawn like a cross between Olga Sosnosvka and Catherine Zeta Jones, Catwoman goes out of her way to protect the residents of the East End of Gotham. Much like Batman has Alfred and Robin, Catwoman doesn't go it alone either. One of her major team members is Holly, who along with her girlfriend Karon, currently over see a youth gang in the East End who help supply Catwoman with the information she needs to protect the neighborhood from crime. A little bit Dark Angel, mixed with the tried and true Gotham City from Batman, this title speaks to people who want to see their gals kick a little ass to protect what matters to them. Start with the beginning of the Ed Brubaker run of Catwoman to get the whole picture and the most Holly backstory.

While Catwoman goes the vigilante route, it's the character of Gotham Central whose job it is to fight crime the old fashion way, with a badge. NYPD Blue within the Batman universe the series follows a group of detectives as they try and solve some of the most unusual crimes ever imagined. This group of officers doesn't just have one lesbian on the team but two. Both Maggie, the lieutenant, (drawn a little like Andrea Thompson from NYPD Blue) and detective Renee Montoya, (a character that has been featured in other 'Bat' books for years as a member of the Gotham police force) are both gay.

The book plays out much like television police dramas so typically there is very little in the way of the character's personal life explored however Maggie's homosexuality has been mentioned on more than one occasion and in the GLAAD nominated "Half a Life" arc, Renee's sexuality was prominently featured as she was blackmailed by an enemy with photos of her with her girlfriend. Not only did it feature the fear of coming out in the work place but also dealt with the anger and resentment of traditional parents not accepting their gay daughter. One of the final pages of this arc was one of the most heart wrench ones in comics last year.

The current "Keystone Kops" arc has also returned to images of Renee outside of the job including the continued rift with her family and the domestic life she and her girlfriend Dee share.

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