This was so much fun to read! It was witty and unexpected and exciting. Yay BatCat! Makes me excited for next month. I like how well Chip incorporates prior continuity, and Hawthorne's art is growing on me compared to Gotham War. The back-up seems to highlight how dumb Waller's actions in Absolute Power are.

Ugh. The set-up for this arc - having Selina die at the end of every issue - is really hard to pull off well, since she can come easily come off as incompetent and rash. Howard did not pull it off. Then we get to this issue, where Selina doesn't die. Instead, she get foiled by the OBVIOUS bad guy whom she OBVIOUSLY should never have included in her plan in the 1st place. It's just so dumb, and erodes her character, and is really depressing to read.

It makes me think of the 90s run on Catwoman, where she succeeded, at the end of every arc, pulling off the heist with surprise and confidence, against impossible odds. What happened to the Catwoman who outwitted both Batman and Joker in the same book?

I am also really bothered that the continuity in this issue expressly refutes the existence of that 90s Catwoman, while enshrining her New 52 characterization which, among other things, is not compatible with the continuity we saw for Catwoman earlier in this run.
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This issue was chugging along, with its usual problems - pacing too fast, narration doesn't match scenes, Selina knows too much, people believe / care too much about Selina for no reason, everyone has the same voice, the villains aren't credible - but mostly I thought it was ok. And then I got to the last scene. And Selina's plan is to ally with a cannibal??? Who literally eats people as his thing??? Why, Tini, why! You're writing this! You could have written this in a way that Selina isn't so dumb! Ugh. more

oh my gosh I looooved this! So many good things - the flashbacks to Happy Harbor, the old and new conversations with Tim, Bruce coming to his senses. Huge shout-out who Jimenez who killed it once this issue. I particularly like the panels with Tim's flashbacks and how it could be any of the Robins, or even Bruce and his dad in the beginning. I'm also really excited to see what's going to happen next with Capio and Riddler, and all the robots. Great issue! more

This was a ROLLER-COASTER. I screamed in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end. And then again in the back-up! Great job everyone all around, and I'm literally on edge for the next issue. I can't emphasize enough how much the writing rocked. Every quote was like dialed to 11, and I LOVED the call-back to TDKR. Fingers crossed Ram lands this run (and Selina...) on their feet, inspired by the ending of Nolan's trilogy. more

Sigh. Why is any of this happening? On the good stuff - I like that there was at least some explanation for the 1st half of the heist, and how Selina was able to pull it off. And the colors in space are pretty. But on the bad stuff - there is both too much and too little at the same time. I still don't understand why any of these heists are happening, there isn't any real character work being done, and it just seems like things are happening or Selina knows stuff at random. I also don't appreciate how, on top of the indignity of dying every issue in this arc, she had to be rescued by others yet again here.

Howard seems to like to TELL us about Selina's competence but SHOW us her failing, so one ends up ringing more true than the other.

I also don't really appreciate the Morrison riffing. These villains haven't had the room or the build-up to be anything scary nor care about Selina that much. It's a start contrast to how Jones had Selina copy Bruce's epic Year One moment during her run - there was a lot of build-up prior to it, and it also made sense why Selina was there copying him. more

The art continues to be beautiful, but this is the first time in the run when this story gave me pause. I understand that this is Ivy's narration of her story, but man, does she white wash her past crimes and paint Batman as paranoid and delusional, which I really didn't love.

Honestly I am going to be in the minority, but I really enjoyed it. I understand there are many valid concerns and criticism but I liked this run so far. Good art from Jorge Jimenez (he's carrying this more than James Tynion IV), Batman can be resourceful, the story is engaging, Bruce Wayne realizing he's taking Batman too seriously and Bat family are slowly realizing the Zurr En Arrh robot isnt what it seems and Bruce Wayne is really resourceful.

I do hope after Zdarsky's run we go back to basics for a new Batman run. But I hope this run will eventually win back fans. more

I actually enjoyed the continuity built that happened in this issue! I think it's inventive and creative how Zdarsky is trying to tie it all together across the different eras. I'm really interesting where this is going next.

I think that this issue is trying to do too much, especially considering that it's a mini. I was really along for the ride when it was just a story about Alan coming to terms with his sexuality and the doomed love story, and I thought that Vlad's character was and continues to be fantastic. But in this issue, I found the lore hard to follow/understand (maybe it's just because I don't know Green Lantern things), and the cavalry showing up underwhelming because we've never seen these characters in this book before. It seems hard to imagine how this will all wrap-up in one more issue.

I really like the intense disconnect which continues between Vlad and Alan, with the latter imploring the former, who most likely is a firm atheist, to care about his immortal soul.

It is weird to me that the Soviet's superhero would be called the Countess, and I think that overall, what happens in the end doesn't make sense - or maybe I just didn't understand it. Also I don't think that they used the right word for die in russian. Also why would they not translate that one when they did the standard translated text thing right before?

I think that this would have been better had it just stuck to character dynamics and relationships, without the lore and without the cavalry / bad guys showing up. more

Oh my gosh I love this! I really loved the monologue about not winning, but trying, and the Superman comparison. The story in Gotham is kicking-ass, and I'm happy to see Gordon again. That ending was a wham shot. The back-up continues to be horrifying in all the right ways, and the art continues to be breathtaking. I am going to re-read it several times because the writing is just really beautiful and quotable: "the greatest weapon they wielded was to tell a lie everyone wanted to believe." more

Tom King excels at these slice of life stories. I enjoyed them in his Batman run and I'm glad he's doing them in his Wonder Woman run too.

This was a lovely and fun read! I really liked: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy references, Earth Bucks puns, dad jokes, BatCat, and a really true rendition of mall experiences. I also appreciate how well crafted this short story is, with a lot of different call-backs, connections, and multi-layer themes. And I think that King did a great job of letting each character here shine on their own! I always liked March, and he did a great job here, as usual. more

Sigh, sigh. From a writing perspective, it's interesting how this run is doing more damage to Selina's character than her other infamous runs - at least prior writers were trying to tell a story about a character. This feels like just random ideas happening, but it really erodes who Selina is as a person in process. Why does she need money? Didn't she just teach a bunch of people to rob half of Gotham? It just makes no sense and really portrays Selina as a shallow, impulsive, dumb, and near-sighted character. My only hope is that eventually, as with all things, this Howard reign of terror will end. more

Holy crap, I love this!!! I was pretty caught off guard by the reveal here, and I almost now want to go back to Fear State to see how this jives with Pam and Bella's relationship there. I really liked how the artist did a great job of making Woodrue look totally coked out, and I adore Pam's characterization. She's so messy and interesting and sympathetic. This book rocks, and I'm super happy to read it. more

I really liked this issue. I think that cool stuff is happening with two different themes - what it means to be a crime-fighter, with the Zur/Failsafe vs. Bruce conflict, and the order vs. chaos, the Batman v. Joker conflict. For the first one, I adore how Zur is pretending to be human to convert Bruce's family, and how human Bruce is drawn. For the second one, I loved Joker's speech about how he seems like a childish idea, but really is the complex one. more

Tini Howard's run can't end soon enough.

Awesome origin story start! I really love how nuanced the writing is, particularly given the difficult themes with which this story is grappling, and how beautiful the art is.

I had no idea who this team is prior to this comic, but whoever they are, I love this interpretation of them! Each character is really unique and interesting, I like the different recruiting approaches for each, and the writing continues to be on point. Really excited about this book!

Great issue! King does a superb job of introducing a new complicated and flawed character with a fascinating backstory and compelling motivation. I really like the use of the dramatic ironies and the contrast between the internal narration and the action in the panel. The art is beautiful, as always.

Ram V is killing it. I LOVE this Selina, Talia, Two-Face, Gordon, Montoya. It's like he turns to gold everything that he touches. And the words he uses! And I absolutely loved the teaser at the end. This arc is so intricate, it definitely deserves a re-read. I love how the back-up stories inform and built-out the main story and how all the pieces come together.

"Harleys All The Way Down" - great story from Redondo! Very tongue-in-cheek, and I appreciate all the meta call-outs. I think that it's a good story for this anthology type book.

"Sirens Rising" - OMG THIS IS HORRIBLE. I had really low expectations for it, but it's worse than I imagined. Literally everyone and everything in this story sucks. I can't believe that Howard gets to continue it.

"Dr. Quinzel's Couples Counseling" - Pretty terrifying as a concept, but pretty fun to read. more

I wont give a score but let you guess what it should be. When the main selling point for this book is the disastrous Tini Howard who has tanked Harley sales on the main book, do you think this will be any good? There are no all-star/good authors on this book to really sell it. The headliner is a dead anchor.

Ugh. Seeing Eiko and Daario again was a downer, hearing "mama cat" and all the other cheesy lines again was a downer, the surprise guest appearance at the end was a downer.

Just really bad. Why are Valmont's eyes closed? Is he high? Why is Selina saying Batman is her future, but sleeping with Valmont? Who knows. I don't think the writer knows either. Please stop the destruction of Selina Kyle.

Punchline isn’t even in this book. So disappointing.