Category: Catwoman
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You know what… it’s not a bad storyline. Sure, Winick’s dialogue has a number of weak lines and his Batman narration is far better than his Catwoman narration, but this issue almost has me convinced I’d be reading Catwoman just for the plotting. But only almost. The single best thing in the issue is Winick’s…
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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…
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You know what… I’m not sure I’ve seen a better inker on Newton than Alfredo Alcala. The art this issue is exceptional. It’s so wonderful, it makes up for Conway’s leap off the judgement bridge. The story itself isn’t bad. Batman is putting together all the clues about Rupert Thorne, as Thorne hires Dr. Thirteen…
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The Batman as a vampire story sort of limps it’s way to the finish line, with Conway filling the issue with just about everything else he can to pad it out. There’s Gordon investigating something–it has to do with Rupert Thorne, though Gordon doesn’t know it yet. There’s a Human Target cameo (Alfred hired Chance…
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Once again, the Bruce Jones Catwoman story is a lot more interesting than the Batman feature. But I’ll go in printing order and start with the Batman. The art this issue is Gene Colan and Tony DeZuniga; so far, DeZuniga is the best inker for Colan on Batman, especially given the vampires. The whole issue…
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It’s Robin versus his vampire girlfriend while Alfred hires the Human Target to trick Vicki Vale and Jim Gordon decides to stop being a mope. Batman barely makes an appearance–he shows up at the beginning to remind the reader he or she needs to pick up the month’s Detective Comics. It’s a weird few pages,…
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After a lame Man-Bat two-parter, Conway does the story right with this issue. He’s got Colan and Janson on it–there’s a heartbreaking panel of Man-Bat holding his daughter here–and everything is just in perfect sync. It’s so well-done, I can even excuse the part when Bruce changes to Batman to take Man-Bat’s daughter to look…
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The cover villain is Two-Face but apparently he’s got a girl sidekick who’s the one who’s really after Batman. Presumably we’ll find out her story next issue. The most interesting–I was just reading some comic creators on Twitter say critics use the word “interesting” to mean “bad,” which is ludicrous, but anyway–the most interesting thing…
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Where to start…. Colan’s pencils must have been really hurried here, because it’s all inks. Except it doesn’t even look like strong Janson inks. The weak art is quite a shock given the artists. The story is generally solid. Batman and Robin go after a new criminal mastermind, Dick and Bruce both have romances developing,…
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