No matter where the action is, ‘Catwoman' continues to focus heavily on the characters and the world that it has created, advancing the story in both smaller and bigger ways at the same time. A new artistic vision adds to the beauty and power that this series has displayed month after month, keeping a similar energy running no matter which people are handling the various artistic elements. Read Full Review

From so many angles in so many ways over the course of the past few years, creative teams working with Catwoman have gotten her moving in the right direction, but its always been a bit of a problem wrapping things up in a way that feels fluid. It seems as though Howards got a solid handle on things, though. Howard continues to manage a well-modulated run with Selina as she saunters gracefully through this latest phase of her life. The international adventure should add another layer of intrigue to her. The challenge will be allowing Catwoman to land on her feet on the other end of it all in a way that allows for both a sense of greater stability AND further challenges in future issues of the series.  Read Full Review

It's a fun run overall, but I'm not quite sure who I'm supposed to be invested in long-term. Read Full Review

While parts of this issue just feel like fodder for the bigger story that's on the horizon, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Read Full Review

Tini Howard continues to write Selina driven by emotion over any thought, leaving others to be bothmore competent and suffer the consequences. Despite this emotion driving, the "romance between Valmont and Selina is beyond unconvincing (sold much more by the cover than anything inside the book), and the fill-in art is very unsatisfying. Read Full Review

Catwoman #47 has a lot of good pieces that don't quite add up for a compelling read. Tini Howard's characterization of Selina is increasingly frustrating due her tendencies of self righteousness that don't always fit the scenes they're in. I've been supportive of Howard's overarching theme of Selina's quest to redeem the mistreated women of Gotham's underworld, but the bluntness of the plotting has become a problem. Caitlin Yarsky is now on a list of artists to look out for with fantastic character designs and thoughtful world building, but a nice looking book cannot fully save a series with an identity crisis. Read Full Review

Tini Howard does slightly forgettable work in this issue, but Caitlin Yarsky is a revelation and carried this issue herself. Add a promising cliffhanger, and on balance this issue was good enough.

While the issue wasn't bad per se, the dialogue was clunky and the story was all over the place. I had to go back and reread panels and pages because the dialogue didn't flow. There was a jump cut in there too between pages. Howard brought back the Noah/Dario plot after a year and Catwoman jumps down Valmont's throat and yells at him without even knowing the circumstances. That's not really Catwoman. They rescue the financier and then leave him there alone. It would have been better if they had him take the helicopter and they waited for theirs to arrive. It would have made more sense. There's also a continuity issue with the financier. First, he has a robe on and no pants, then when he's running, he has pants, then when he's waiting for the helicopter, he has no pants again. This issue had some decent moments, but overall it was pretty disjointed. more

No. Just no.