Contrived.

I for one am so ready for this story to be over and for Jones's run on the series to end already!!! It has been torture to read since the first issue. NONE of the side characters are interesting. The writer managed to make Catwoman boring!. Which is just mind boggling. Catwoman is an amazing, fun, vibrant exciting character. She's funny, strong, smart and so much more. Yet from the first issue Jones has made Catwoman/Selina boring, whiny at times with all her self doubting, unlikable, unreliable and even unfeeling. It was only when another writer stepped in did Selina even show how much she was still grieving having left Batman/Bruce. Plus she's basically tossed Maggie to the side and has forgotten about her most of the time. Where is Selina's heart in all this????

Jones has had just under 2 years to give us Selina's story after Bruce and she hasn't bothered at all. There are so many things wrong with this run. So many questions unanswered.

1. Why did Selina go to that city?
2. Was it her plan from the beginning to only stay for awhile then head back to Gotham ?
3. What was her plan when it came to Bruce when she got back?
4. Is she still wanted for murder?
5. Zombies!!! Really??? Jones has reduced an iconic amazing character down to a Zombie fighter in what would be considered a B movie horror book.
6. What was the point of Cat stealing that thing for Penguin and what did it mean for both Selina and Creel? That was never fleshed out that I can remember. Course this story has been so incredible boring it might have been shown in the book and I just forgot it.
7. What about those 2 cops that were watching/ helping???/whatever Catwoman?
8. Why did Creel look like she does? And why does everyone around her not seem to care that the horror show she is walks among them?
9. What is Creels over all goal?
10. Why did she start all this with Catwoman to begin with?
11. Why kill her kids?
12. What about the rest of the mob in that city? Is Selina done with that now or a part of it still? I think she gave it over to Gentleman Ghost but not sure what that means.
13. What was Selina thinking in terms of Gotham and going back? Was she going to take back up with being a Villain? Is that what she thought Bat needs her to be? She always has had trouble letting go of her past mistakes and just embracing being a hero.
14. I know now Cat is back with her Bat over in Batman but it would be nice to know what she was thinking and planning before she got back with him.
15. Also did she know what is going on in Gotham before going back?
16. How does she find Bat on that mountain? Did she go looking for him because of that phone call she didn't answer from Barbara in an issue of Batman?

So many questions. With next month’s issue suppose to be the conclusion to Selina and Creel’s battle, hopefully Jones finds a way to wrap up some of these questions. I also hope that Jones gives us some answers to her struggles with Bruce.

Good things about this issue.......
1. The art was good at times. Coloring sucked though.
2. There was some explaining done about how Creel was doing what she was doing.
3. We got to see some emotions out of Catwoman to bad it centered around self doubt. But it was still good to see she had some.
4. Selina ditched that awful purple costume. Good. I love the orginal purple costume like it that didn't have the lines. It was sleek and sexy. But this new take with the lines just made her look frumpy and chubby. It looked like one of those puffy winter coats people wear that are warm but totally unattractive looking.

Bad things beyond the over all story......
1. All the zombie images. Most of the book was zombies and little story. To much wasted pages that could have been used to further the story.
2. The story is still boring!!!
3. The story is awful !!! So are we to assume that Creels big plan is to turn everyone that has money or power in that city into zombies? Ummm.... Why??? What is the point? Sure she would have power over all of them but they are zombies. What good are having control of an army of zombies do for a person. It's not like they can do more then go out and eat/kill people. This story is just so stupid. The only perk I can see Creel getting out of this would be that at least she wouldn't be the ugliest person in the room any more. lol Seriously what was DC thinking when they gave the okay to this story arc? If the goal was to write the worst Catwoman story ever, I'm pretty sure Jones won that award.
4. Selina just leaves her sister with some cats to protect her??? Really??? Did she forget what happened in last months issue? Zombie attack, Her friend maybe dying from said zombie attack. Plus lets not forget crazy no nosed killer zombie making lady wanting Selina dead. But sure a couple of stray cats got all that covered. The sister's all cozy, warm and safe. ahuh......yep.....totally believable.

Jones story telling is obviously influenced by Tom King's. Bot of them use a lot of words and images that mean, tell and add nothing to the story. So you just get a lot of filler issues that only wastes the readers time and money. And leaves them with unanswered questions and the feeling that they are stupid for wasting money on these comics. While I must say I did like Kings run on Batman though he dropped the ball many times over what should have been a much shorter and tighter story arc, however with Jones I can't say I've liked anything about her Catwoman story beyond her art work she did on it. This habit that DC has taken up with giving the writers years to write a story arc needs to stop. They need to realize that their writers are comic book writers and not actual BOOK writers. Not every write has the talent to write a novel length story. And certainly not every book writer can write a GOOD book. But that seems to be what DC is expecting from their writers now GOOD novels written in a comic format. more

Prelude:
Catwoman has been stalling for quite some time. Let's see how this issue fares.

The Good:
Nothing.

The Bad:
I don't like Blanco's art.

Let's throw away the new suit just as we get it! Sure, why not.

Conclusion:
The story exists and quite frankly, I just don't care.

I miss King. This is so...pedestrian

Very bland.

Jones really should stop pretending she can write because this is awful. She tries to make things more complicated with the time jumps thinking it’s sophisticated writing, but this just collapses into a mess

Stick to art sweetie

What is going on anymore in this poorly written book? Stick to art, Joelle Jones, because writing isn't your strong suit.

Exciting! Nice pacing

Exciting and surreal.

More of this horrible "Batman Who Laughs" garbage! Enough already!

So. Much. Happening. Can’t wait for the next one

Damn, this was good! Loving the crazy father crazy son dynamic...