Review: CATWOMAN #13
[Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers]
Writer: Joëlle Jones
Artists: Hugo Petrus, Joëlle Jones and Fernando Blanco
Colors: John Kalisz and Laura Allred
Letters: Saida Temofonte
Reviewed by: Carl Bryan
Summary
Positives
Joëlle Jones simply draws the best Catwoman! As I have stated before, her art is poster worthy and her renditions are perfect of Catwoman. And Jones’ writing is taking on great form as we are now seeing a whole new side of Catwoman in that she has allegiances to ‘family” but is spread cellophane thin. She is taking on characteristics of Batman as she is trying to juggle all of the balls in the air of caring for her sister, finding a missing Aunt Linda, fight the Creels and eliminate any potential suitors.
I was glad to see that James is now off the list of any love interests. She belongs to the Bat!
Lex is assembling a team and I am super glad that Selina received an offer. DC’s version of The Bachelorette is starting in that the offers are piling up among the heroes and villains. Batgirl and Red Hood from the Batman family have theirs on the table and it only makes sense that Catwoman has one as well.
DC is doing a great job of tangling and intertwining it all!
Negatives
Jones has turned a corner. By intertwining Catwoman with the Year of the Villain, and providing her a nemesis in the Creel matriarch, I think she has stumbled onto something! However, I am not a big fan of less dialogue and more panels of inferred story. I need more dialogue for Selina Kyle. She is too great a character to waste on empty panels!
Verdict
Cover art – superb! Story line – it’s amping up with Lex in the picture! Mrs. Creel has her relic and that can spell a lot of trouble for Selina! This is a great time to jump into all DC titles as the Year of the Villain is taking shape! Get in while the getting is good!
