Balent's early work for DC Comics includes backup stories in Sgt.

[3] Balent and writer Jo Duffy launched an ongoing Catwoman series in August 1993.

[2] He and writer Chuck Dixon created Geist in Detective Comics Annual #6 (1993).

[5] As the artist of Catwoman, Balent worked on several Batman crossover stories including "Contagion",[6] "Cataclysm",[7] and "No Man's Land".

[2] In an interview with Project Fanboy, a comic book website, Balent spoke of his interest in both entertaining as well as educating his readers about the folklore and actual theology of Wicca and witchcraft with interviews with leading witch authors and spells from witches around the world.