Guillem March’s understanding of human anatomy isn’t much better than, say, Rob Liefeld’s… only March is a lot slicker. He also seems to understand he’s making short cuts and compensates. There are maybe five really good panels in this Catwoman relaunch.
One is of her and Batman pre-coital.
I assume Judd Winick got permission to write Batman like a stuck-up prude who gets busy with an “at large” criminal, but who knows… I just hope someone at DC recommends this book to kids.
It’s a fairly lame comic book. Catwoman gets a Microchip. There are Russian mobsters. She apparently did live on the streets for a while (it’s unclear if she was a hooker though). She and Batman have a leather fetish. It’s nearly fanfic, but Winick’s nowhere near as creative with the plotting as he is with the foreplay.
It’s bad, but nothing special in its badness.
CREDITS
“…and Most of the Costumes Stay On…”; writer, Judd Winick; artist, Guillem March; colorist, Tomeu Morey; letterer, Sal Cipriano; editors, Rickey Purdin and Rachel Gluckstern; publisher, DC Comics.
After reading Catwoman, Supergirl, Birds of Prey, and Wonder Woman this week, I am convinced that DC has pretty much worked hard to alienate women from it’s workings and sales. Catwoman left such a bad taste afterwards I don’t think DC even wants female characters that have depth, let alone any depiction of real humans. Fanboys reign supreme in the new DCU. The rest of us should probably be moving on…