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Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham #1 by Jim Balent, Doug Moench, Kim DeMulder

viera's review

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1.0

It’s certainly imaginative, but I don’t think it gets the original characters enough to even bother with a spoof. I hate to say it but with a different artist it would be much less grating. He seems to really aggressively hate Batman. Why is Bats always drooling and grinning like a demented idiot? Why do we see more of his teeth than his scary costume? And while we’re asking questions, why does Selina have her hired help wearing a Spencer’s Gifts French maid costume? Does she hate her? Why do Selina’s boobs look so weird? Shouldn’t she wear a bra or at least some kind of padding if she’s going into combat? Those things are way too big for her to just have them flopping around. Though when we look at her old costumes on display, those have bubble boobs too, so maybe the weird shape is built into the costume. The one that had the only brown fur on the bubble boobs was the most confusing. Why would anyone wear that much less make it? Also the posing is super objectifying to the point where it interferes with what we’re being told is happening in the story. Though I guess all the women are objectified to the point of distraction in this world...French maid Brooke and underwear-only femme two-face are no exception. The point is, the art doesn’t treat Catwoman like a title character and it doesn’t treat Batman as a suitable anti-hero or even villain. The side characters are not well developed and ridiculous. Its all just weird and garish.

earlapvaldez's review

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2.0

For one, I do get the Selina Kyle: Rich Lady plot. But then, why make Bruce Wayne that way?
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