#Catwoman Comic Preview

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Catwoman #69 preview

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Preview of what I’m drawing next! Stay tuned!

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Catwoman #66 Preview

Catwoman #66 Preview #catwoman #cat #selenakyle #batman #gotham #burglar #catburglar #thief #DC #dccomics #comics #comicbooks #news #dcu #dcuuniverse #art #info #NCBD #comicbooknews #previews #reviews #amazon

Catwoman #66 Preview: “Nine Lives” nears its lethal conclusion! Catwoman has escaped everything from the Suicide Squad to the clutches of death itself, but along the way, she’s made more than a few enemies—and their vengeance is rapidly approaching! Not even a tenth life could save Selina from what’s coming, but could an old friend help this cat land on her feet? Written by TINI HOWARD Art by…

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I was left searching for a way to honor what my dad had stood for. The rest of the world said it was fear and vengeance. But I knew him better than the rest of the world. I knew that wasn’t right. For years, I struggled with how to carry on the Batman’s legacy. Until I joined the Justice Society of America... and used it to give people a second chance. It’s what my dad did. It’s why I was born.

Helena Wayne in Justice Society of America (2022) #1

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Absolute Power Previews

Hey, do we get another fake-out BatCat kiss?

From here.

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Some previews of the DC comics in December 2024 (Part 2).

Black Lightning Vol 3 #2 Cover A Regular Fico Ossio Cover

Catwoman Vol 5 #71 Cover A Regular Sebastian Fiumara Cove

Catwoman #71 Cover B Frank Cho Card Stock Variant

Catwoman #71 Cover C Lee Bermejo Card Stock Variant

Catwoman #71 Cover D David Nakayama Artist Spotlight Card Stock Variant

Challengers Of The Unknown Vol 5 #1 Cover A Regular Mike Deodato Jr Cover

Challengers of the Unknown #1 Cover B Taurin Clarke Card Stock Variant

Challengers of the Unknown #1 Cover E Gleb Melnikov Foil Foil Variant

Challengers of the Unknown #1 Cover F Sean Izaakse Card Stock Variant

Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #6 Cover B Björn Barends Card Stock Variant

DC Horror Presents #3 Cover A Regular Tyler Crook Cover

DC vs Vampires World War V #5 Cover A Regular Otto Schmidt Cover

DCs Batman Smells Robin Laid An Egg #1 (One Shot) Cover B Variant Lee Bermejo Cover

Detective Comics #1092 Cover D:Ashley Wood Card Stock Variant

Gotham City Sirens Uncovered #1 (One Shot) Cover A Regular Guillem March Cover

Gotham City Sirens: Uncovered #1 Cover C Ejikure Variant

Gotham City Sirens: Uncovered #1 Cover B Homare Variant

Green Lantern Dark #2 Cover A Regular Werther Dell Edera Cover

Green Lantern: Dark #2 Cover B Reiko Murakami Card Stock Variant

Green Lantern: Dark #2 Cathy Kwan Card Stock Variant

Green Lantern #18 Cover B Mark Spears Connecting Card Stock Variant

Green Lantern #18 Cover C Mark Spears Connecting Card Stock Variant

Harley Quinn #46 Cover B David Nakayama Card Stock Variant

Harley Quinn #46 Cover E David Nakayama Artist Spotlight Card Stock Varian

Jenny Sparks #5 Cover B Elizabeth Torque Card Stock Variant

JSA #2 Cover C Leandro Fernández Card Stock Variant

JSA #2 Cover D Sweeney Boo Card Stock Variant

Justice League Unlimited #2 Cover A Regular Dan Mora Cover

Justice League Unlimited #2 Cover C Variant Mike Deodato Jr Card Stock Cover

Justice League Unlimited #2 Cover F Variant Fico Ossio Raised UV Foil Cover

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Batman: Caped Crusader S1 Review

Normally not a guy I write a whole lot about, but I finished watching S1 last night and decided I would share my thoughts.

Cutting right to the chase I found this mediocre. Trapped in the shadow of it's elder brother it fails at living up to being a spiritual successor, or charting it's own path. Changes made feel like token efforts done simply for changes sake, but with the exception of Harley, frequently feel like downgrades from what BTAS did. Rapid fire thoughts:

Pilot was easily the worst episode even though I was won over on Ricci's Penguin on account of her great performance

Clayface episode was good, no surprise considering Rucka wrote it, and struck me as a preview for what Reeves may have planned for his Batman sequel given the rumors Clayface will appear in that

Dug the Catwoman episode, but it’s hurt by how they basically did Golden Age Catwoman in BTAS. Nothing new here, Selina is a wealthy heiress like in BTAS who has a one sided romantic interest in Batman. Sure her BTAS incarnation was an animal rights activist but the foundation is the same. Given Brubaker's involvement I wish they had gone with her Post Crisis origin of being poor and stealing to survive. Least she loses her money by the end, maybe they’ll go in a different direction with her. Good idea to do the mandatory origin here, least it keeps the clichés all in one episode. I did love the Catmobile!

Firebug was eh, don’t get what the point was in changing him other than to keep in line with the Golden Age aesthetic.

Harley Episode was good! Wasn’t sure how a Jokerless Harley would work but they did actually manage to keep her sympathetic nature, and make her feel like a legit threat. Her victims were scumbag billionaires which made me sympathize with her motives if not her methods. Knew moments before they did it that they were going to homage Harley's "death" in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, having Babs and Harley together was too tempting a target to pass up.

That was Papa Midnite in the Gentleman Ghost episode right? Cool deep cut, people were clamoring for Batman to show up in MAWS but Superman would be a better fit for this show than Batman would be for MAWS honestly. Reusing Fleschier Lois' design for one of the Gotham reporters got a chuckle out of me. Didn’t expect them to go with actual ghosts, that at least is a marked change from BTAS where everything had a “realistic” explanation.

Episode 7 had an… interesting moral. Didn’t expect anyone to make an episode in the year of our Lord 2024 about how the bleeding heart liberal (Babs) who opposes the system is wrong and the principled conservative who sees things in black and white (Gordon) is right. Especially not one with Rucka on the writing team.

Episode 8 was fine, since they included all the Robins except Tim I’m curious if Tim will end up being the one who becomes Robin (if anyone ever does). Otherwise I don’t get why Timm was not able to use Nocturne back during BTAS if this is what he wanted to do with her, she’s an energy vampire like Parasite. No blood. Maybe his old design was too horny for the censors? This Nocturna is clearly Wednesday Adams

Onomatopoeia doesn't work, his gimmick simply doesn't translate well outside of comics

Take on Two-Face here is inferior to BTAS. He’s not as interesting or sympathetic, I feel indifferent to him. They made him corrupt but didn’t do anything interesting with it, frankly it feels like a missed opportunity that they copied the DCAU approach where Harvey was friends with Bruce but never worked with Batman. Because this Harvey was corrupt, the friendship between Bruce and Harvey feels fake (and presumably given how cold this Bruce is, it was). Way to go would’ve been to either flip the reason Harvey gets scarred, and have some relative of an innocent he put away be the one to scar him, or have his corruption be a result of his and Batman’s failure to achieve meaningful results, with Harvey giving into despair before finding his courage again in the worst possible way. For that reason I didn’t find his death to be moving or emotionally impactful at all.

Arkham Asylum actually looking nice was a design choice I approved of. Makes sense that people would be assigned there or that it wouldn’t immediately be written off as an Asylum from Hell.

Why does Timm or whoever keeps pushing for him, love Rupert Thorne? Thorne is a boring bad guy, a generic mobster that Batman should crush with ease.

When it comes to Batman himself I enjoyed his characterization, and the performance of Hamish Linklater.

They leaned into this Batman being a sociopath, his unsettling declaration to Alfred as a child that he was going to make the criminals pay, and ordering Alfred to help him was chilling. Every time Alfred tried to give him advice or protect him, this Batman reacted with either cold dismissal or outright anger. Made for a good difference from both the DCAU, where the two would trade quips and clearly had a warm relationship, and the mainline where it's been outright canonized that Bruce viewed Alfred as his second father.

Too bad it looks like they’re already moving towards a more traditional take on the relationship for S2. Would've enjoyed seeing this Batman remain cold and sociopathic and having to go up against the Joker

Enjoyed seeing how uncomfortable Batman was with talking to other people, he sucked at "comforting" Babs after Harley appeared to die. Even though he has the compassion DCAU Batman had, he's somehow worse at expressing it.

Linklater did a great job differentiating the two personalities vocally. Loved when Bruce was confronting Harvey in Arkham in the finale, and when Harvey slipped into his "Two-Face" voice, Bruce used his "Batman" voice in response. Lot of Conroy in Linklater's performance which is no knock against him.

Since everyone is going to compare the two

Both are similar in a lot of ways: TCC puts a lot of focus on the supporting cast in the GCPD as does MAWS with the Daily Planet.

Lois and Babs basically serve as the deuteragonists of their respective shows.

Both include references to the wider DCU and poach villains from other heroes Rogues Galleries.

Both genderbend a villain and racebend a bunch of other characters.

Both do some dramatic changes to the villains in general, and the villains are generally the weakest part of the shows.

Both even take a lot from the DCAU, although TCC is more indebted to the DCAU than MAWS is.

Of the two though, I think MAWS is far superior. It’s got a stronger take on it’s lead, it’s got a stronger worldbuilding foundation, and the changes it makes feel like they have a purpose that feeds into the story of Krypton whereas TCC changes feels like token efforts to differentiate it from BTAS. Of the two TCC definitely got a bigger budget, especially in the fight scenes, but surprisingly there was some shoddy CGI there like what we see at times in MAWS.

I’m curious to find out which of the two ends up having the bigger impact on their respective characters. My hunch is MAWS will be more influential going forward, particularly on the Daily Planet crew.

Side note but it's ironic how everyone was doomposting about MAWS being a "Lois Lane show" when of the two it's CC who frequently ends up feeling like a GCPD show guest starring Batman. MAWS steadfastly puts Superman at the center of everything, whereas here the Gordons (Babs and Jim) feel more central to the show

Give it a C, it's a fine enough way to kill an afternoon if you're a Batman fan, but with all the Batman content out there I can't recommend it that highly. Next season we’ve got the Joker judging by the post season tease, which is probably going to be a fairly straightforward adaption of The Man Who Laughs given Brubaker is the head writer. If we get a Golden Age “serious” Joker that at least would spice things up. Hearing a Joker with a deep voice startled me I must admit.

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Preview: The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3 preview. Batman is on Catwoman's side, but will Mystery Inc. fall for her innocent act? #comics #comicbooks

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may reading meme!

BOOKS

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. This one introduces Mary. I wish she'd gotten the treasure and become a rich heiress 😢

Inheritance by Devin Grayson. Loved it. I'm definitely gonna track down her other prose novels. I made a good guess on who [redacted] from very early in the book, practically from the first, and it was still quite gripping. The funniest thing, however, is how unequal each of the former sidekicks' sections are lol. Was she just going through the motions with Garth? Although, by virtue of being the one I know the least about, it did make me want to read his comics. Roy's and Dick's were more even, both with incredibly poignant, poetic flashbacks I adored, but you can tell DickAndBruce is where her heart is and their dynamic was showcased beautifully imo. Her characterization of Ollie is... surely controversial, and doesn't quite match how I see the guy, but it didn't bother me.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. This one is a reread, though it's been a decade since I read it for the first time. I've read it even more slowly than the first time around, pondering over practically every passage. Nabokov's prose is simply sublime, and Dolores's character is one of those that stays with you for how much you read into her.

COMICS

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees. The first issue enchanted me, and the last one was a very apt ending for the story. The journey to get there let me down.

FCBD 2024: Barda Special Edition. This is a preview for an upcoming story. A young Barda is charged to break the prisoner Scott Free, as the beginning of their romance. Theirs is a ship I've been curious about for a while, and I really dig the premise, so I can't wait to read it.

Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper. A short, gritty origin story that builds on the Selina we see in Batman: Year One, written by the same author as Lois Lane (1986). I really wish her sister was more present in Catwoman's story in general, tbh. She was featured in Selina's Knight Terror mini, which I might end up rereading.

The Bat-Man: First Knight. Three-part run set in the 40s, the original Batman setting. A tale of monsters, human experimentation, and the effects of the second world war. I enjoyed it, though not wildly, but it confirms I'd enjoy more historical settings in my comics.

War Games. Oh boy. OH BOY. My kill list grew with each page I read. The missed shot at a proper story with robin!Steph, the incredibly uncharitable way she's written... all to end in the grossest example of character assassination I've ever seen with Dr Leslie Thompkins, all to relieve Bruce of his guilt for his part in Steph's demise. I wanted to read the arc because I thought it was important for some Steph-focused storylines I want to write that build up on it (mostly by subverting or contradict him), but with few exceptions (SOME of Steph's Robin arc, the school plot, Tarantula's appearances, and the parts touching on Dick's downward spiral, for example) it was all so hateful and mean-spirited. Even the prelude to the proper arc, starting with Bruce and Cass's visit to Jason grave to use him as a cautionary tale against Steph, or that storyline about the teen mothers... death. Death to Dan DiDio for one thousand years.

Outsiders (2003). I'm including the Teen Titans crossover arcs (including both Secret Files and Origins issues, both GREAT), and the Outsiders: Five of a Kind arc where Batman is a shit xD (it also did make me wanna read the continuation in the next Batman and the Outsiders run). The art was... Mixed, by which I mean that sometimes it was fuck-ugly lol, but I loved the run. Winick gets me. I have a special place in my heart for Jason's little arc, OBVIOUSLY, but my favourite parts are, second, Dick's arc, and first, ANISSA AND GRACE. I as a lesbian owe Winick much for that one. They're the main attraction for the continuation, ngl. I also loved Shift and Indigo, btw. So damn tragic 🥲

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Catwoman #66 preview

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Okay, now that I’m not sleep deprived or rushing in my work mandated break, I can explain my concept of the DC fighting game in greater details:

Part one: Basic rundown is here:

Roster:

Justice League lineup: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Shazam, Flash, Hawkgirl. Nightwing.

Legion of Doom lineup: Joker, Lex, Cheetah, Sinestro, Deadshot, Black Manta, Despero, Black Adam, Captain Cold, Grundy. Harley Quinn.

Secret character: Doomsday.

DLC:

Riddler.

Star Sapphire.

Catwoman.

Killer Croc.

Black Canary.

Alred.

Robin (Tim Drake.)

Part two: Gameplay and Presentation:

The gameplay is based on Injustice, because I think that system of light, medium, heavy and a character specific power is a great way to handle a superhero game.

However, there are some differences: Characters who can fly have air specific combos, while characters who can’t fly might have some more and longer ground combos. IE: Let’s say Superman has seven ground combos in total, and eight air combos, Batman will have fifteen ground combos, some of which juggle, Some of which knockdown or can be special move cancelled.

There’s a meter system and super moves, because it’s cool.

A special feature is when two characters land a hit at the exact same time, it triggers a brief quick time event where the fighters have a brief close range action scene. The winner lands a hit that rests the characters to neutral distance.

The presentation is stylised, with the attempt to give it a comic book feel. Like, you can have scenes where Superman’s cape is billowing as he stands with his hands on his chest, a counter hit will have a brief hit stop effect where the screen gains a comic book like filter.

There’s intro dialogue because I personally love that stuff and end of quotes because I’m a sucker for that.

The sequel game adds on some new layers to the gameplay, but nothing too crazy, as I keep saying, this idea is the safe point, getting all the foundations set before building the house next.

And, as a preview for the sequel, one of the concepts is an optional ‘tag team system’ and if there’s something Comic Books have lots of? Sidekicks and other rogues.

So... what do you think? Is this worth making posts about?

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Batman/ Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1 Preview

Batman/ Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1 Preview #redhood #gothamwar #battlelines #batman #catwoman #batandcat #tomking #brucewayne #selenakyle #gotham #DC #dccomics #comics #comicbooks #news #DCEU #dcuuniverse #art #NCBD #previews #reviews #Amazon

  Batman/ Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1 Preview:  The Gotham War has fractured the Bat-Family in dramatic ways—none more intensely than with Jason Todd. This stunning event will forever alter the destiny of the man who wears the Red Hood! Written by MATT ROSENBERG Art by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA Cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO Variant cover by KARL KERSCHL 1:25 variant cover by CHUMA HILL $3.99…

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DC Comics Preview: Batman #151

Read a preview of Batman #151 from DC Comics, written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Mike Hawthorne as Batman and Catwoman team up.

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This week the GOTHAM WAR has begun. Is the basis for this "war" for Catwoman/Batman work? How does Cass fit into this? I'll give my thoughts on it...

So the basis of the event is Catwoman is training the "hired help" of Gotham. Instead of working for Scarface, the Riddler, or Two-Face. They're off doing their own things in robbing the rich. But already there's a problem with that...

So the basis of the event is Catwoman is training the "hired help" of Gotham. Instead of working for Scarface, the Riddler, or Two-Face. They're off doing their own things in robbing the rich. But already there's a problem with that...

Not just the easy answer. Court of Owls.

Sure, maybe a few of them use mooks. This very issue brings up Professor Pyg as using "hired" help, but it feels kind of wrong for Pyg to do this sort of thing.

When Dollotrons have been his modus operandi. Why need thugs when breaking folks into nothing is far cheaper?

What's to stop Pyg from doing that exactly again? Nothing really. So all Selina is replacing is Pyg from going to hired back to his old ways.

That's not good at all. That's kind of why Batman and the Bat-Family are needed.

That isn't bringing up the "biggest" bad himself, the Joker. There have been numerous stories of the Joker just by himself making Gotham a literal hell without any hired help.

The Joker at his scariest is when he's by himself. Even then he's causing all sorts of harm in Gotham.

Those are the "easy" examples.

What about the other villains who already have an operating gang say Punchline and the Royal Flush Gang? It feels like writers Chip Zdarsky and Trini Howard make Selina's case paper thin.

That's not to say Batman's side is any better, "My parents were rich line." Was not the intended dramatic moment the book had. More made me chuckle as it could've easily been photoshopped with, "MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!" instead.

Likewise, is Selina's retort. Literally, again there are so many examples of Bruce showing compassion to folks by using his fortune.

Just alone in Batgirl (#63), we had this scene. That's just one moment that easily popped in my head.

It just feels so wrong for the basis of this "war" to be so flimsy when there are better ways for it. Aka the bot that literally subjugated all of Gotham because Batman took "a life" (that turned out to be false).

There's so much to see Selina's side of things when Failsafe had domain over the city. We have barely seen the city or ANYONE react to that.

Like that alone is more a cause for SOMETHING than what we're getting initially here.

I digress I could go on and on poking the holes into the fight itself, but how does it relate to Cass? Well, already she should be against Selina's plan.

A life is a life.

No matter what Selina's way will take lives. So…

The fact this is all glossed over with her being silent. Just says it all for me that her part in this is already "planned".

I'll probably hate it.

I'll probably despise it.

I thought long and hard about what the best course of action during this event would be for me. I really do love the artists attached to this event. I do love Cass. However, I do not like the context of the event AT ALL.

The answer is kind of right in front of me. Well, three answers. Birds of Prey (out next week), Spirit World, and Detective Comics. I adore two of these and by all things considered with the preview, I'm gonna probably LOVE BoP.

So instead of going into long rants and give myself stress I shouldn't need. I'm just gonna enjoy the good art.

If there are bad moments (which I'm sure there will be) in this event. I'm gonna call it like I see it.

But as for going into detailed thoughts like this? That's it. This is all this event is getting out of me. I have too much enjoyment else to give my focus too.

I just feel sorry for the fans of Duke, Tim, Stephanie, and Barbara. Those fans gotta suffer thru this as Damian, Cass, Kate, Luke, and Dick get to play outside this "sandbox" of woe.

This comic was garbage. This story is garbage. It's just best for me to look away for the most part and enjoy the stuff with Cass that I do have outside "the war".

That's my thoughts on it all. 😁

Now to enjoy a BETTER COMIC next week.