I think J.H. Williams III is trying to be very female empowerment with Batwoman, but he still sort of cheesecakes her. It’s disconcerting. I also don’t like the implication she’s got an uncontrollable thing for cops, regardless of in how bad taste it might be (Kate Kane’s after Maggie Sawyer, even though she was with Renee Montoya before she died… or something).
To some degree, the art’s so good, who cares what the story’s about. Batwoman reminds me of a really dumbed down Promethea. Why? Because Williams gets creative. He doesn’t have the same purpose, but he does create some amazing double page spreads.
DC probably should have spent a couple bucks to get a lesbian writer to proofread Williams and Blackman’s script, just to ensure accuracy. It’s not a “statement” comic, but… really, come on, it’s a statement comic.
Still, art alone is easily enough reason to come back.
CREDITS
Hydrology, Part One: Leaching; writers, J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman; artist, Williams; colorist, Dave Stewart; letterer, Todd Klein; editors, Janelle Asselin and Mike Marts; publisher, DC Comics.
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