James Harvey
11-27-2001, 10:55 AM
DC Comics has been sending out advance copies of Catwoman #1 to websites and stores everywhere, such as <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com">Comic Book Resources</a> and <a href="http://www.thefourthrail.com">The Fourth Rail</a>, and the reviews have been positive! Here's an excerpt from a review from Comic Book Resources:
<img src="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2001-11/batman/t-catwoman01.jpg" align="right" vspace=3 hspace=3> Ed Brubaker's story is a Back To Basics approach, but not in the traditional way. That's a phrase thatusually means the book looks and acts a lot like the way it did when the character was first introduced. Given the somewhat confused chronology of Catwoman in recent years, Brubaker has elected to start rebuilding Selina Kyle from scratch without forgetting everything she's been through. In this issue, she's portrayed as a somewhat confused person trying to figure out where the Catwoman aspect of her life fits in. It includes visits with Batman and a psychiatrist (whose not really a psychiatrist, but let's not get bogged down in details just yet) where Kyle tries to hash out what her life has become. Brubaker does this convincingly. Kyle isn't portrayed as a twit or as someone who's weak. She remains sympathetic and not at all annoying.
Darwyn Cooke threatens to steal the show with his art. If you read the backup stories that Brubaker and Cooke put together in DETECTIVE COMICS this summer, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. Here, though, Michael Allred, whose artistic style is not that dissimilar from Cooke's, provides inks. The styles complement one another, although I seem to recall the pencils alone having more zip to them.
The issue hits stands tomorrow!
<img src="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2001-11/batman/t-catwoman01.jpg" align="right" vspace=3 hspace=3> Ed Brubaker's story is a Back To Basics approach, but not in the traditional way. That's a phrase thatusually means the book looks and acts a lot like the way it did when the character was first introduced. Given the somewhat confused chronology of Catwoman in recent years, Brubaker has elected to start rebuilding Selina Kyle from scratch without forgetting everything she's been through. In this issue, she's portrayed as a somewhat confused person trying to figure out where the Catwoman aspect of her life fits in. It includes visits with Batman and a psychiatrist (whose not really a psychiatrist, but let's not get bogged down in details just yet) where Kyle tries to hash out what her life has become. Brubaker does this convincingly. Kyle isn't portrayed as a twit or as someone who's weak. She remains sympathetic and not at all annoying.
Darwyn Cooke threatens to steal the show with his art. If you read the backup stories that Brubaker and Cooke put together in DETECTIVE COMICS this summer, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. Here, though, Michael Allred, whose artistic style is not that dissimilar from Cooke's, provides inks. The styles complement one another, although I seem to recall the pencils alone having more zip to them.
The issue hits stands tomorrow!