If you have been following Catwoman in her Batman adventures lately, you know she is now at Bruce's side. This emotional farewell from Carlos and Selina's sister can either make this break easy or it can pull her away from Bruce. Not to mention that Raina Creel is a formidable foe now with the possession of Lazarus Water from a Lazarus Pit. Outstanding job on Catwoman #19, Ms. Jones! Read Full Review

The art is a little strange. There are three artists working on this title so it is a tad jumbled. It only brings the issue down a little bit though. The story is very good and it shines through. Read Full Review

Its a promising psychological turn for the title character. Some of the art in the book is very, very good. Some moments feel very poetic. Given a more choppy narrative, the multiple artist approach could have worked. A lack of consistency, though, doesnt really set well with the overall thrust of the story.  Read Full Review

Catwoman #19 teases the enigma of what's to come. Creel's motives are unclear, and hard to trust. A villain keeps us on edge and is easy to fear. Only time will tell what she still has in store. Read Full Review

Joelle Jones has had some highlights in this run, but overall it hasn't quite lived up to the promise of her past work with a lot of fill-ins and a plot that tends to drag. Read Full Review

One continuing question I will always have as I'm assigned this title is how much juice it has left in it. Most of the Bat-books are in sync with the greater Batman Universe and specifically life post-City of Bane. At some point, Selina Kyle needs to finish her business with Villa Hermosa and come home. Read Full Review

While there is a huge moment in this issue and even some good, smaller ones between Carlos and Selina, this book continues to be stuck in neutral.  I really hope that we get something past the Raina Creel story and it's not just being padded out until the book ends.   Read Full Review

This issue is clearly the middle chapter in Selina's latest exploits in Villa Hermosa " which doesn't necessarily manifest itself in the best way. Read Full Review

Catwoman #19 shows why having a consistent art team is paramount to a successful book. With three different styles fighting against, rather than enriching, each other, Jones' script needed to provide a solid base to weather the storm. Unfortunately, Jones' script loses its grip between balancing the nuanced character work she brings to Selina and the sudden shift in stakes and tone that accompanies a zombie invasion subplot. Read Full Review

We don't really care about these OCs, sorry. The part with Catwoman missing rooftops is a nice subtle nod to the Tom King run though.

Prelude:
It's now been 19 issues of the Creel story. Are we going to get any progression here?

The Good:
Nothing of note.

The Bad:
Wow, that was boring as hell.

Conclusion:
Well that was very boring. It's been 19 issues and nothing has really happened.

Why is this series so insistent on having such a dreadful pace?

Things I disliked about this issue.......

1. The art was terrible and inconsistent. One minute Maggie's in a wheelchair and a few panels later she is just standing around with no chair in sight. The room in the store kept change looks also.

2. There was no story progression at all. The issue was just more unneeded and useless filler. How is Creel making all these Zombies? Is she just grabbing people off the street and giving them a Laz-pit bath? Selina was bitten and didn't turn into one so that shouldn't be how more are being made. But Jones is not a good writer at all so it's a safe bet that could be how even if it doesn't make sense now.

3. We keep getting told Creel has these big plans for the city but never given anything about how, what or why. No clues or hints that this story that has been almost 2 years in the telling of, has an actual story in it. From the first issue it has felt like a place filler to keep Catwoman on the canvas till something happens in the Bat books. I've kept buying it because of being a huge Catwoman fan as well a Batman/Catwoman fan. But now that we no longer seem to be going to get the promised Bat/Cat series I'm feeling less inclined to continue reading this series.

4. What bothered me the most about this issue is the fact that it was more of a Carlos book then a Catwoman book. Carlos is a character that has not had much written about him to make you even care about him and yet we got panel after panel of Carlos fighting the Zombies. When Catwoman, the main character who's book it is, is actually shown she was mostly shown running across a roof and non-stop panting. Which I find to be insulting to the character because she does that every night. Her body would not be that out of shape that she would be non-stop panting.

What I liked about this issue..................

1. Uhhhh .....yeah...... I got nothing. Not a single thing. Umm..... I love the color purple so I liked that she was wearing a purple suit. So I liked that one thing. I didn't like how it was drawn with the lines down it. It looked better way back when it was smooth and sleek looking. Also when she had the longer hair. The short hair just didn't look right with it. Though that could be because it was slicked down instead of how she usually has her hair. So anyway I liked the purple color of the suit. more

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Quinn - Jan 8, 2020

All well said. Question - why is Selina staying in this city/country? Why not take Maggie out? Why was Maggie there? What is Selina's long-term goal? Does she want to take Creek out? Does she regret fighting Creel? We should have a sense of all this by issue 18. We don't. Or I could be wrong, but keep up the good work.

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