By Will Pfeifer, David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez (DC Comics)
ISBN: 978-1-84576-774-7
This action-heavy compilation starts the clean-up process as the current series prepares for cancellation by taking a number of the key premises of this incarnation and negating them. Rather than go for the favoured comics ploys of re-writing reality the creators have opted for Selina Kyle enlisting the aid of trusted friends to cover her tracks and “disappear†her.
Collecting issues #66-72, and featuring a somewhat muddled and misguided cross-over with the DC Universe Event Amazons Attack!, super-thief, single mum, and unelected guardian of Gotham’s East Side Catwoman is driven to finally forsake her life due to her increasingly high profile on the radar of such villains as Lex Luthor, the Calculator, Blitzkrieg and especially the relentless, revenge-obsessed Soviet superhumans Hammer and Sickle.
Although still a good solid read, the end is in sight and creators Pfeifer, Lopez and Lopez know they’re on clean-up detail. Necessary and enjoyable for established fans, but this isn’t the book to start with if you’re a new reader.
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