All in all, an interesting if not controversial start to a new and mysterious Catwoman run. Read Full Review

Overall, Catwoman #0 raises a lot of questions and makes us feel some things. It's not really a thrilling new direction for the series, though, but we're not exactly giving it the stink-eye, either. The jury is still out. Read Full Review

Nocenti's new take on Catwoman's origin is far too convoluted and confusingly presented for its own good. Let's hope this isn't an indication of how the rest of her run will play out. Read Full Review

What exactly happened in this issue? I feel like a good zero issue is one that gives the reader a better understanding of who the character is and what their motivations are. After reading this book, I don't have a better understanding of Catwoman, who she is, why she does what she does and where she came from. I understand that Nocenti is taking over a book from a different writer and thus she will have a different vision for the character and the series, but there needs to be some kind of consistent vision for the character when you relaunch an entire comic book universe. Read Full Review

This entire book is one giant mess which is no surprise when you consider the fact that Catwoman has consistently been one of the worst series that the New 52 has to offer. If you were hoping that Ann Nocenti would breathe some new life into this series then you had better think again. There are far better books out there to read than this and youd be better off spending your money on them. Read Full Review

As a first outing, Ann Nocenti doesn't inspire confidence. This is an unnecessary origin tale, attempting to give Selina a deeper beginning has only served to needlessly complicate it. Melo's art may work, but it isn't enough to recommend this mess. Read Full Review

I've been excited about a new creative team on this book, and since Melo is not going to be the ongoing artist, I suppose I will give issue #13 a chance to see if Nocenti can do something with present day Selina, but this is a really bad start. I shudder to think of someone that enjoyed Christopher Nolan and Anne Hathaway's great take on Selina in "The Dark Knight Rises" picking up this issue in the hopes of finding a good jumping on point. I can't imagine that person ever picking up a Catwoman comic ever again if this was their first taste. Read Full Review

Look, I realize that there were some complaints about Judd Winick's run on the book, and those who had issue with him got what they wanted. Lord knows it wasn't perfect, but it wasn't nearly as bad as this. Read Full Review

So I got to thinking about the arbitrary rating that comes at the end of these articles and what I should even give such a thing. And then I figured, I'm a Batman fan and as a Batman fan, I'm offended by this issue so I'm giving it a 1/10. We all spent so much time focusing on how bad the original cover was that we forgot to worry about how potentially bad the content could be. I didn't like the Batman: Year One prostitute origin either, but this is far worse in my opinion. Is a good Catwoman origin even possible? Even Christopher Nolan didn't touch it. Read Full Review