I enjoyed this much more than the last few issues of Batgirl, which were feeling a bit drawn out. As the first part of Lady Shiva's origin story, this is an entertaining and exciting read impressively presented by the creative team. Isaac Goodheart's art style makes a nice change from Takeshi Miyazawa's, although I'm a fan of both artists' work. Unless you are only here for Cassandra Cain, I'm sure that, like me, you will enjoy this deeper dive into Lady Shiva's past. Bring on part two next month!

"The Voice of the Tower" has been an ambitious story by Watters & co. Maybe too ambitious because it took me a couple of reads to follow everything. There are some really good ideas in here, but it feels like they rushed the ending and so didn't stick the landing in a satisfying way. It all looks very good though, so credit to the art team.

This issue was a chore to get through. I felt like I had been set a homework assignment to research and work on instead of a superhero comic book story to read and enjoy. The art is hit and miss throughout, unfortunately mostly miss. The figure work and backgrounds lack detail, but the colours look good. As a positive, it is inventive and original. But I don't see this heading anywhere exciting enough to continue with.