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Batman/Catwoman

Batman/Catwoman

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Summary

The Bat and the Cat’s past， present， and future collide in a thrilling and romantic epic from the superstar team of writer Tom King and artist Clay Mann！

Tom King returns to the rocky， romantic saga of Batman and Catwoman with his frequent collaborator， superstar artist Clay Mann！

Echoing plot points from King’s epic Batman run， this sweeping tale is told across three timelines: the past， when the Bat and the Cat first fell in love; the present， where their union is threatened by one of Batman’s lost loves; and the future， where the couple have a happy life and legacy—including their daughter Helena， the Batwoman。

As the story begins， after a long marriage， Bruce Wayne passes away—which frees Selina Kyle to settle an old score。 At every stage of their relationship， Bruce and Selina have an unwelcome chaperone: The Joker！ Oh， and that lost love of Bruce’s？ It’s Andrea Beaumont， a。k。a。 Phantasm。 Just thought you’d want to know。

This volume collects the entire series， including Batman/Catwoman #1-12 and the Batman/Catwoman Special。

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Reviews

Tyler Talley ，

A nice little coda to King’s definitive run and fun callback for fans of The Animated Series。

Ross ，

So， this is supposed to be the coda to the Bat/Cat run of Tom King。。。As an end to all things Tom King writes about Batman， it's not bad。 It's self referential at certain points。 Calling back key story points in King's run gives it a place， but I don't know if that place is even IN main continuity。 I'd put money on King wanting to write Catwoman at some point and being told， 'NO。' This has the feeling of a LOT of work being put into getting Selina's history right。It's not a bad 'ending' to a run So， this is supposed to be the coda to the Bat/Cat run of Tom King。。。As an end to all things Tom King writes about Batman， it's not bad。 It's self referential at certain points。 Calling back key story points in King's run gives it a place， but I don't know if that place is even IN main continuity。 I'd put money on King wanting to write Catwoman at some point and being told， 'NO。' This has the feeling of a LOT of work being put into getting Selina's history right。It's not a bad 'ending' to a run with a character， but I think the Black Label branding was unnecessary。 It's not quite an Elseworlds， IMO， and if it is then it's one of the weakest parallel universe stories they've put to paperBonus: Andra Beaumont appears for the first time（？） in the DCU as herself。 Wow！Bonus Bonus: Since when does a Black Label title obscure swearing？？ 。。。more

Lucas Hubert ，

Ce comic est la suite non-canon aux Batman canon de Tom King que j'avais adoré。 Le titre aurait pu être "Catwoman" simplement， Batman n'y est que figurant （et c'est bien comme ça ）。Si le Batman de King posait la question "Peut-on imaginer Batman heureux？"， ici il se demande "le bonheur peut-il domestiquer le chat？"L'histoire suit l'étrange "amitié" entre Catwoman et le Joker à travers trois époques différentes。Dans le passé， lors des débuts de Batman， alors qu'elle fricote avec les bas fonds de Ce comic est la suite non-canon aux Batman canon de Tom King que j'avais adoré。 Le titre aurait pu être "Catwoman" simplement， Batman n'y est que figurant （et c'est bien comme ça ）。Si le Batman de King posait la question "Peut-on imaginer Batman heureux？"， ici il se demande "le bonheur peut-il domestiquer le chat？"L'histoire suit l'étrange "amitié" entre Catwoman et le Joker à travers trois époques différentes。Dans le passé， lors des débuts de Batman， alors qu'elle fricote avec les bas fonds de Gotham et que les flirts avec le milliardaire ne sont qu'un jeu utile （il la laisse toujours filer）。 Elle fréquente le Joker parce qu'il est paumé， comme elle。Dans le présent （après la série de King）， alors qu'elle et Batman cherchent toujours comment se traduiront leur amour， leurs "fiançailles"， dans leurs vies publiques et privées。 Le milliardaire offre à l'orpheline qui vit dans la rue une vie sans privations。 Il sait qu'elle a besoin de voler les riches de Gotham pour se sentir vivante。 Il fait donc des trucs comme racheter d'avance des bijoux qu'elle convoite pour qu'elle puisse les voler légalement， démontrant qu'il n'a rien compris et qu'elle est de moins en moins autonome dans leur relation。 Elle doit accepter le cadre moral de Bruce et les privilèges de son argent pour vivre avec lui。 Et c'est une frustration。Leur couple est mis à rude épreuve quand le Joker dit à Selina où il cache des bombes dans Gotham， et qu'elle refuse de dire où à Batman， au nom de cette autonomie qu'elle sent se défiler。Dans le futur， Batman vient de mourir de mort naturelle。 Leur fille le remplace et enquête sur la mort du Joker qui vient d'être assassiné par。。。 Catwoman。Tout cela est plutôt bon。 C'est intéressant de suivre les enjeux du couple Batman/Catwoman du point de vue de cette dernière。 Honnêtement， je ne mets pas 5 étoiles parce que dans Batman， King mettait bien en place le pourquoi cette relation peut bien fonctionner。 Ici， on nous dit presque que leur relation était une réussite。 Selina a tout perdu de ce qui faisait d'elle quelqu'un d'intéressant。 Elle devient presque une ménagère。 Une mère archétype。 La mort de Bruce est presque une délivrance， puisqu'elle conserve l'argent， mais peut enfin se débarrasser du carcan moral de ce dernier。Mais， je ne sais pas， la soumission pendant des années， le fait de devenir une mère idéale， puis le meurtre du Joker comme symbole de sa liberté retrouvée à la mort de Bruce。。。 Ce n'est pas la Catwoman que j'aime et que je connais。 C'est comme si King avait dû inventer des problèmes qui ne fonctionnent pas avec sa psychologie pour garder l'histoire intéressante。 。。。more

Mia ，

Tom King is guy that made BatCat anti， that wedding arc was just absolutely awful。

Andrew Shaffer ，

If it’s Black Label why are the swears bleeped out。 😾

Isaac Roberts ，

I think its fine as an elseworlds story but not as a conclusion to kings run on Batman。 I personally think the run as it ended in #85 was amazing enough on its own。 This felt inconsistent with the way king writes these characters and I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as his run on Batman but as I say its fine as a self contained story。 I think its fine as an elseworlds story but not as a conclusion to kings run on Batman。 I personally think the run as it ended in #85 was amazing enough on its own。 This felt inconsistent with the way king writes these characters and I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as his run on Batman but as I say its fine as a self contained story。 。。。more

Chad ，

I do have to say I expected more if this is what was supposed to have ended Tom King's 100 issue Batman run。 This is really a Catwoman story that Batman appears in。 Well， three of them actually。 The story flicks back and forth between three stories， one in the past where Batman and Catwoman are falling in love and Selina is buddies with the Joker， one in the present where Phantasm from the animated series shows up and serves little purpose， the last in the future where Batman has died and Catwom I do have to say I expected more if this is what was supposed to have ended Tom King's 100 issue Batman run。 This is really a Catwoman story that Batman appears in。 Well， three of them actually。 The story flicks back and forth between three stories， one in the past where Batman and Catwoman are falling in love and Selina is buddies with the Joker， one in the present where Phantasm from the animated series shows up and serves little purpose， the last in the future where Batman has died and Catwoman feels free to finally seek her revenge on someone。 All three stories go through the Joker and are set at Christmas。 For all of King's detractors， each issue begins and ends with a different Christmas carol。 This is really bloated at 13 issues and could have easily been broken down to 6 （probably by just eliminating the Christmas carol lyric pages）。 Clay Mann's art is excellent。 I love his crisp clean lines。 Unfortunately， Liam Sharpe draws three issues in the middle。 He adopted a Bill Sienkiewicz look， especially for the Joker and it doesn't mesh with the Mann issues at all。 。。。more

Caleb Bollenbacher ，

Wish Mann had been able to do the art all the way through and there were things I wanted more of （though the Special sort of fixed that for me）， but overall I was so thrilled to be back in Tom King's Gotham。 Wish they'd let him do another 100 issues of Batman。。。 Wish Mann had been able to do the art all the way through and there were things I wanted more of （though the Special sort of fixed that for me）， but overall I was so thrilled to be back in Tom King's Gotham。 Wish they'd let him do another 100 issues of Batman。。。 。。。more

Michael Sanchez ，

Honestly pretty bad。 I loved most of King's run on Batman， and I'm not sure how the ball got dropped this poorly。 Between DC shoving him off theain book， to making this a Black Label Elseworlds approach， to the ghastly switch in art halfway （thankfully remedied for the end of the series）， it just came across so much weaker than it should have。 There were incredible highlights， like Dick being the Comissioner， and Selina giving Helena a kitten and Bruce giving her a sword， but they were pretty fe Honestly pretty bad。 I loved most of King's run on Batman， and I'm not sure how the ball got dropped this poorly。 Between DC shoving him off theain book， to making this a Black Label Elseworlds approach， to the ghastly switch in art halfway （thankfully remedied for the end of the series）， it just came across so much weaker than it should have。 There were incredible highlights， like Dick being the Comissioner， and Selina giving Helena a kitten and Bruce giving her a sword， but they were pretty few and far between。 To waste a great charter like the Phantasm and the death of the Joker on a story that， ultimately， lacked most of the weight that it felt like it was aiming for， was a disappointment at best。 I'm glad to have read it， I'm glad that King got to write AN ending， but I can't shake the feeling that it's not QUITE the ending he wanted。 。。。more

Rory Wilding ，

If you love Batman with a passion， you always wish for the best。 With the countless new comics that DC publishes， not to mention a perpetually upcoming cinematic incarnation， the anticipation is always there。 Sometimes the title/property just might live up to your expectations。 But in other cases， the results can break the hearts of certain Bat-fans。 The latter is why we are here today。Please click here for my full review。 If you love Batman with a passion， you always wish for the best。 With the countless new comics that DC publishes， not to mention a perpetually upcoming cinematic incarnation， the anticipation is always there。 Sometimes the title/property just might live up to your expectations。 But in other cases， the results can break the hearts of certain Bat-fans。 The latter is why we are here today。Please click here for my full review。 。。。more

lea ，

I didnt like all the back and forth between the three different timelines， I even thought there were only two at the beginning… also I’m not much of a joker fan so him being at the center of this story was meh and I kinda speedran this BUTTTTT I’m all here for batcat content ESPECIALLY the last issue which just made me the happiest

Sam Quixote ，

Batman/Catwoman is the coda to Tom King’s Batman run - or， perhaps more accurately， a lengthy and increasingly dull victory lap that amounts to 12 issues （13， if we count the bumper special） of back-patting！ There are two overlapping storylines: in the present， Phantasm is hunting Joker and Bat and Cat are involved; in the future， Bruce is recently deceased so Selina decides to do what always needed to be done and kill Joker， much to the dismay of her daughter， Helena， aka the new Batman of Goth Batman/Catwoman is the coda to Tom King’s Batman run - or， perhaps more accurately， a lengthy and increasingly dull victory lap that amounts to 12 issues （13， if we count the bumper special） of back-patting！ There are two overlapping storylines: in the present， Phantasm is hunting Joker and Bat and Cat are involved; in the future， Bruce is recently deceased so Selina decides to do what always needed to be done and kill Joker， much to the dismay of her daughter， Helena， aka the new Batman of Gotham， who takes it upon herself to bring Joker’s killer to justice。 I really enjoyed King’s Batman run so I wanted to like Batman/Catwoman but there’s so little to it。 Honestly， I’d so often put down an issue and wonder， so what happened in that issue again？ Oh right - NOTHING。 I’ll say SPOILERS at this point as I do mention some things that some readers might prefer to be left as surprises when/if they read this one， though there isn’t really a story to spoil。 And if you’re going ahead with this one， while I’m not recommending it， I’d say to keep those expectations really， really low going in - it’s not great， unfortunately。 King brings Phantasm/Andrea Beaumont into the DC main comics universe - she was the other villain in the 1993 Batman: The Animated Series movie， Mask of the Phantasm。 It’s an unusual and unexpected choice but not an inspired one either。 She kills a bunch of Joker henchmen - nothing too exciting to really warrant her significance in the story。 One of the bugbears of King’s critics is his overuse of songs/poems in his comics and that cliche is in full effect here with each issue opening， and often closing， with the lyrics to various Christmas carols。 It never really bothered me before but I’m beginning to see why it’s annoying after this book。 It’s too much。 I’m struggling to remember what actually happened。 Bat and Cat talk a bunch， Cat and Joker talk a bunch， Cat and Helena talk a bunch。 It’s definitely more of a Catwoman book than a Batman one， though I’m not sure what we’re meant to be taking away from it all。 Selina had a tough life and she’s a tough， complicated lady。 Or something？ 13 issues， guys。 I really don’t get this “Black Label” label。 I thought it meant “grown-up” so the comics would print swears and show violence and bewbs and such， like in the Vertigo days。 But despite being “Black Label” all the swears are blanked out， so that’s a pointless label to have！ Of course there’s some decent stuff to be had here。 Clay Mann’s art is superb as always and the scenes early on between Selina and Joker， particularly the pages leading up to Joker’s murder， are genuinely chilling。 It’s a shame Mann doesn’t draw all 12 issues - Liam Sharp takes over 3 issues in the middle and the comparison is not flattering。 Sharp’s art becomes quite Sienkiewicz-ian at times， particularly when he draws Joker， and I’m not a fan of that style。 It was interesting to see future Gotham with Helena and Dick succeeding Bruce and Gordon。 Joker’s death is a good scene， and there’s the famous wedding that was teased in King’s run but got faked-out - we finally get that for realsies， for whatever that’s worth， assuming anyone cares at this point。 I think that’s it - painfully little that’s worth noting。 If you’re a fan of King’s Batman run like me then you’ll read this one anyway， but don’t expect the same highs achieved in that series with this book。 Batman/Catwoman is a disappointingly unimpressive way to close out an otherwise remarkable run on Batman。 。。。more

Alan ，

I don't know if we'll ever know if it was King's decision or DC editorial to essentially end the romance and wedding （despite how well King was writing it）。 AT least they gave King 12 issues to tell his version of things。Here we have a tale that goes back and forth。 To say much more goes into huge spoiler territory， but there is an Easter Egg for longtime DC Comics readers。 I don't know if we'll ever know if it was King's decision or DC editorial to essentially end the romance and wedding （despite how well King was writing it）。 AT least they gave King 12 issues to tell his version of things。Here we have a tale that goes back and forth。 To say much more goes into huge spoiler territory， but there is an Easter Egg for longtime DC Comics readers。 。。。more

finney ，

truly awful。 glad they finally got married tho ！

Billy Jepma ，

A lot of King's recent comics have been a balancing act of his best and worst tendencies as a storyteller， and this one skews toward the latter， sadly。 There's a lot of material here， and a decent bit of it is pretty good， too， but it's stretched so thin across these 12+ issues that it results in a primarily hollow， fragmented experience。 The three timelines aren't implemented well enough to warrant the density of the three-pronged structure， so while each has its merits， they end up competing w A lot of King's recent comics have been a balancing act of his best and worst tendencies as a storyteller， and this one skews toward the latter， sadly。 There's a lot of material here， and a decent bit of it is pretty good， too， but it's stretched so thin across these 12+ issues that it results in a primarily hollow， fragmented experience。 The three timelines aren't implemented well enough to warrant the density of the three-pronged structure， so while each has its merits， they end up competing with one another and dulling their ability to deliver the promised payoffs。 I will say that the series starts and ends on a very high note。 The initial mystery around the reappearance of Phantasm and Catwoman's ties to Joker is a compelling hook， but neither leads to much。 Phantasm is the worst offender， and her inclusion here， while initially exciting， is so tertiary that you wonder why she's involved at all。 The final issue ends things on a positive note， thankfully， and finally rediscovers the spark that made the Bat/Cat dynamic in the mainline series so rewarding。 Unfortunately， the journey getting there was so often frustrating and aimless。 I think I'll struggle to remember the conclusion as positively as I'd like， considering how much of a fan I am of King's run on Batman。The artwork is mostly a steady highlight， as Mann's cinematic visuals bring a sharpness to the story that works well。 Even Liam Sharp's moody style in the middle section worked for me， despite being a little jarring， and I liked the spookier elements he brought out in an already unsettling storyline。 I still don't love how sexualized Mann's figure work is， though， and I don't think it's ever been as distracting as it was here。 I'm a huge supporter of superhero comics being sexy and horny， but Mann's art tends to fall too far into the "creepy male gaze" category to sit entirely well with me。 His pages are dynamic and his lines impressive， and there's no arguing how talented he is and how stunning many of his visuals are。 But yeah， those less-than-ideal elements undermined the material more than it should've。Still， there are enough high-highs here that I'm not bitter about the story we got。 Disappointed， yes， and maybe a little salty because there's so much potential here that goes mostly underutilized。 But not bitter。 I can't say I'd recommend this series very highly， nor do I expect to think about it much moving forward， but the bits I like worked well enough for me that I'm still glad we got it。 That said， maybe stop giving Tom King 12 issues to tell stories better suited to 8-10。 Just sayin'。 。。。more

Jake ，

I did not enjoy this。 I was not a fan of Bruce and Selina's characterizations， mostly their strange dialogue。 Cussing all the time， meowing， Bruce calling his parents "stupid" I'm not a fan。 The art was pretty good （though a bit too horny even for batcat）。 I just want better for one of my favorite fictional couples。 I did not enjoy this。 I was not a fan of Bruce and Selina's characterizations， mostly their strange dialogue。 Cussing all the time， meowing， Bruce calling his parents "stupid" I'm not a fan。 The art was pretty good （though a bit too horny even for batcat）。 I just want better for one of my favorite fictional couples。 。。。more

Jamil ，

That's It ？ That's It ？ 。。。more

A。J。 ，

”I fight my whole life since my stupid parents and that stupid gun and those stupid pearls flew everywhere。 I try to do good。 And what happens？ Is there any good in any of it？”“All right。 Come with me。”“I don't need cheering up。 I'm Batman。 Vengeance is the night。 I'm fine。”I actually cannot believe that is a real exchange Batman has with Catwoman in this book。 Holy shit。 And no， I did not change any of it， the dialogue is actually THAT bad throughout this whole book。。。Batman/Catwoman finishes o ”I fight my whole life since my stupid parents and that stupid gun and those stupid pearls flew everywhere。 I try to do good。 And what happens？ Is there any good in any of it？”“All right。 Come with me。”“I don't need cheering up。 I'm Batman。 Vengeance is the night。 I'm fine。”I actually cannot believe that is a real exchange Batman has with Catwoman in this book。 Holy shit。 And no， I did not change any of it， the dialogue is actually THAT bad throughout this whole book。。。Batman/Catwoman finishes off Tom King’s ~epic~ Batman run， as he teams with Clay Mann & Liam Sharp for a crime story following three separate timelines。 There's the past， when the Bat and Cat first fell in love。 There's the distant future， where after a long and happy marriage together， Bruce Wayne has passed and Selina Kyle decides to settle an old score without having to worry about Batman objecting to Catwoman getting some much-needed revenge。 And there’s the present， where Bruce and Selina's union is threatened by the arrival of one of Batman's past flings， Andrea Beaumont， the Phantasm。 So how does Tom King close out his subpar Batman run？ Well， with a pretty nonsensical story filled with horrendous dialogue。 Oh fuck yeah baby！！！Tom King clearly sees him and his wife as Bat & Cat in some weird way， and all I gotta say is maybe try going to some couples therapy bro。 Jesus Christ。 If I’m being completely honest， I thought one of the twists of this book was going to be that Catwoman was fucking the Joker behind Batman’s back like some shitty porno， but thankfully it’s not that bad。 Actually， on second thought， Joker cucking Batman is rife with story potential， but this story sadly doesn’t use that gem of an idea， with Tom King instead just choosing to go off the fucking rails for 13 over-indulgent issues。Oh yeah， and there’s also actually a wedding this time around！ I was debating on marking this review with spoilers because of that， but it’s literally in the summary of the book and mentioned multiple times before it happens， so whatever。 Even though I have my problems with this series， I will admit it was fucking amazing and easily the best part of this series to finally see Bruce and Selina tie the knot。 Loved everything with that， and I was even one of those people who was pretty cynical about it when I saw this issue solicited。 It was so fucking nice to finally see Bruce get that happy ending after all this time even if the wedding itself was a bit too short and could be a little goofy at times。 It didn’t bother me too much， but it is a YMWV type of thing。 But was this wedding worth plowing through 12 fucking issues of meandering shit to get to that one good part of an otherwise dreadful issue？ No， not really， especially when it should have just happened back in Batman #50， and not in the final issue of some out-of-continuity Black Label book that probably will never be referenced again by any other writer。 I know， I’m as thrilled as the rest of you。 I was never mad about the wedding stunt King pulled like some were， but after reading this， why not just do it then？ I guess editorial， but I have no clue。 I did like PARTS of the final issue， but there’s still a lot of weird shit in there that I don’t like at all。I also did enjoy the Christmas special/tribute issue to John Paul Leon a great deal， especially since he’s one of my favorite artists （dude drew some of the best-looking issues of Static， haters be damned）， but at the same time， Mitch Gerads should never be allowed to draw a child’s face again。 Like， what the fuck was that bro？ I also loved the three Liam Sharp fill-in issues， but I also unironically think Batman: Reptilian is the best Batman comic of the last decade， so maybe don’t take like any of my opinions too seriously。 Clay Mann’s art is fine at best （see， I told you not to take them seriously！）， and I know people love it， but once my friend pointed out to me that all his characters have the EXACT same face， I haven’t been able to enjoy it in the same way I used to。 And even though I loved the last issue， there was some weird shit from Mann in there。 There was a certain splash page in that final issue that really puzzled me with just everything about it。 Such a weird page， but the rest of the issue is drawn fine， especially the last splash page。I have liked some of King’s one-shots & Black Label titles in the past， and all of his Batman Annuals were fantastic， so I decided to give this a chance based on my enjoyment of those， and I just really wish I hadn’t。 It’s pretty funny that the first two King minis I decide to not trade wait are one of his best runs ever in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow， and one of his worst runs ever in this abysmal shit。I would recommend this book to those who liked King’s run or really want to see Bruce get that happy ending， but everyone else should probably just avoid this one。 It’s just not all that great saying it’s 12 issues of buildup for a wedding with maybe 6 pages dedicated to it at the end， most of which are pretty goofy。 As I said before， it doesn't bother me， but I doubt everyone will feel the same way， especially after waiting so long for it。 That final issue does have a few great moments， but it wasn’t worth sitting through this entire series for。 I also technically read this thing twice， since I read the singles as they came out and reread them all together just now， which is a bit tragic。 If you are gonna read this， just read the wedding parts of the final issue， as I think they are great but I can’t say I’d recommend anything else regarding this book。 Maybe flip through the art？ I enjoyed some of Mann's work， and Sharp's guest issues are fun。 I’m debating giving this two stars， but I think I’ll keep it at 1 just because most of this book is such a fucking mess， even if there are some individual parts I liked here and there。 I loved the art， for the most part， some future sequences had their moments， and the wedding itself was incredible and made me happy， but everything else about this book was such a fucking drag。 I’m glad Tom King & his fans finally got a non-rushed conclusion for his Batman run， but I would never recommend this to any casual Batman fan， let alone someone who didn’t even enjoy King’s time on the main Bat book in the first place。 This is probably my least favorite Batman title from Black Label so far， even more so than Three Jokers and Damned （which are both horrendous so that’s saying alot！！）， but it just wasn’t ever for me。 But hey， maybe you’ll like it more than I did！ 。。。more

Farah ，

It's probably 2。5 stars， but I'm rounding up because Clay Mann's artwork is so good。 This thing was like 10 issues of meandering garbage with a combined two issues of good stuff。 Tom King's terrible writing is maybe worth it for Clay Mann's beautiful artwork， I guess？ I wish they'd pair Mann up with a writer who can write and then it would be perfection。 I love Bat/Cat， but I think we can all agree that Tom King is a mediocre fanfic writer at best and that， as nice as it is that he is clearly a It's probably 2。5 stars， but I'm rounding up because Clay Mann's artwork is so good。 This thing was like 10 issues of meandering garbage with a combined two issues of good stuff。 Tom King's terrible writing is maybe worth it for Clay Mann's beautiful artwork， I guess？ I wish they'd pair Mann up with a writer who can write and then it would be perfection。 I love Bat/Cat， but I think we can all agree that Tom King is a mediocre fanfic writer at best and that， as nice as it is that he is clearly a shipper， a lot of his writing for them feels out of character and is also。。。not great。 I thought the Batrimony thing was extremely cute （the best part of the whole thing was the callback to the double date with Lois and Clark in the only good issue of Tom King's Batman run） and I did like the moments in this run where they were allowed to be in love， but overall this thing was A MESS。 The Joker stuff made no sense at all and I spent all twelve issues worried that King was setting up Helena to be the Joker's kid because that is how bizarre and nonsensical the Joker/Catwoman stuff was。 Bringing back Phantasm for no reason was EXTREMELY DUMB and the throwaway line at the end didn't clarify matters any。 Helena was terrible， they did Dick extremely dirty， and I'm still not clear as to what the point was for a lot of the stuff。But the art sure was gorgeous。 。。。more

JCRD ，

Y aquí termina。 Así es como en principio debería haber acabado la etapa de Tom King al frente del murciélago， pero por mierdas de la editorial eso no pudo ser y King tuvo que chapar todo antes de tiempo。 Si esto es canon o no me da igual， porque 1） para mí lo es， y 2） a quién le importa。 Esto es una historia de amor， La historia de amor™， y doce números dedicados casi en exclusiva a explorar la complejidad de un personaje de la talla de Selina Kyle （el título engaña， esto debería haberse llamado Y aquí termina。 Así es como en principio debería haber acabado la etapa de Tom King al frente del murciélago， pero por mierdas de la editorial eso no pudo ser y King tuvo que chapar todo antes de tiempo。 Si esto es canon o no me da igual， porque 1） para mí lo es， y 2） a quién le importa。 Esto es una historia de amor， La historia de amor™， y doce números dedicados casi en exclusiva a explorar la complejidad de un personaje de la talla de Selina Kyle （el título engaña， esto debería haberse llamado 'Catwoman'， a secas）。El mayor problema que ha tenido esta maxiserie han sido los retrasos。 De un número a otro se olvidan todos los detalles o qué había pasado la última vez， pero leído del tirón toda la trama y los giros quedan claros。 Como digo al principio， aquí Bruce Wayne tiene un papel bastante testimonial， ya que hasta el propio Joker tiene bastante más peso y apariciones que el murciélago。 Este trío lleva unido desde el primer número de Batman y no se ha separado desde entonces， y aquí King cuenta por qué。 ¿Qué mueve a Selina Kyle， por qué es como es？ ¿Qué le lleva a juntarse con criminales y al mismo tiempo ser el gran amor del mayor héroe de Gotham？ Todo está aquí， explorado en tres periodos temporales diferentes que se retroalimentan y dan más profundidad a la obra pese a que haya algún momento en que cueste saber cuándo estás。 En estos doce números （más un especial） la vemos crecer y madurar y caminar en la finísima línea que ha moldeado al personaje durante años。 Es una historia de traiciones， de crimen， heroísmo， amistad， engaños， maternidad。。。 pero por encima de todo es una historia de amor。 Una de las historias definitivas de esta extraña pareja， del murciélago y la gata， de dos seres tan rotos que llegan a vestirse de animales por intentar sobrellevar su dolor y que solo encuentran un hogar cuando están juntos。 Chocarán， pelearán， no estarán de acuerdo en todo， pero se aman y no hay nada que pueda interponerse en su camino。 Selina Kyle es uno de mis personajes favoritos del mundo del cómic ahora mismo， y eso es gracias a Tom King。A nivel gráfico ha tenido un nivel altísimo， pero con dos peros: el primero son los tics de Clay Mann （sexualización de más en escenas en las que no pega y su incapacidad para dibujar ojos de mujeres que no parezcan muertos） y el segundo el baile de dibujantes。 Liam Sharp es otro artista soberbio y que deja unas cuantas viñetas que se pegan en la retina， pero hubiese preferido que o bien toda la serie fuese dibujada por una sola persona o bien que cada número hubiese tenido un dibujante diferente。 También he de decir que aunque Mann me gusta por lo general hubiese preferido por muchísimo tener aquí a Mikel Janín， Mitch Gerads o Jorge Fornés， pero ya digo que Mann ha hecho un buen trabajo。Y poco más puedo decir。 Es el colofón a mi etapa favorita de Batman （y de paso de Catwoman）， una historia preciosa y con mucha profundidad y el broche de oro a un romance que por h o por b nunca pudo culminarse como debía。 Pero aquí está。 Años después， por fin King nos ha dado lo que prometió。 Me quito el sombrero。Pd: tras terminar también su Supergirl y haber leído la gran mayoría de sus obras lo confirmo: Tom King es mi guionista de cómics favorito。 No hay nadie como él y muy pocos me llegan tanto con sus palabras。 。。。more

John Funderburg ，

4。5 stars。 I need to read it once it's fully compiled to truly make an accurate assessment。 It's taken like a year and half for all 12 issues to hit the stands。 4。5 stars。 I need to read it once it's fully compiled to truly make an accurate assessment。 It's taken like a year and half for all 12 issues to hit the stands。 。。。more

The invisible life of Aya ，

people hate it not me tho weirdos

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Batman/Catwoman

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Batman/Catwoman&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Batman/Catwoman&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0