Batman and Catwoman's lives continue to be connected no matter the years.
Bruce has just received the visit of an old lover asking for his help while Selina's relationship with the Joker is getting more dangerous.
I don't think anyone was genuinely asking more Tom King's Batman.
Seriously, even die-hard King fans admit that his Batman run was one of his weakest works, I personally consider it one of the worst eras of the character. Even more worrying is that the whole "Bat, Cat" part of his tenure was easily one of the most cringe-worthy parts of an already flawed title so the idea of him revisiting such theme doesn't fill me with confidence.
That being said, this has been admitedly a pretty solid year for King thanks to the release of good titles like Strange Adventures and Rorschach so I was willing to give him more credit and to my surprise, this is actually a decent enough beginning.
If there's something that you can expect from King's work is obscure concepts (Well, that and awkward dialogue) and here we see the appearence of none other than Andrea Beaumont, better known as The Phantasm from the classic Batman animated movie Mask of the Phantasm who weirdly enough was never really relevant in comics who brings a new mystery along with her.
This leads to Selina's role in the story that is fragmented between past, present and future, all of this is connected to Bruce of course and strangely enough with the Joker as well. King's esoteric narration is not as out of place due to the theme and flow of the plot while his presentation allows for the mystery to unfold in an intriguing manner.
Even better though, it seems like he realized how bad his whole "Bat, Cat" interaction was so he kept it at minimum here which is always a plus.
Clay Mann's artwork is fantastic thanks to his beautiful characters and strong storytelling that elevates the script to new levels.
Better than expected. Let's see if things continue this way.
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