Catwoman: Selena’s Big Score

Selina's Big Score
Selina's Big Score

By Darwyn Cooke & various (DC Comics)
ISBN: 1-84023-773-3

I suspect this started life as a miniseries and for best effect it should be read in conjunction with Catwoman: The Dark End of the Street (ISBN13: 978-1-84023-567-8), but still this wonderful homage to the caper-tales of Elmore Leonard, set firmly on the other side of the tracks, is a sheer delight all on its own as Selina Kyle, basking in the comfortable anonymity that comes when the World thinks you’re dead, gets lured into a robbery from the Mob that’s just too big and too exciting to ignore.

Reuniting with the crime-legend who taught her all the tricks – and whom she subsequently betrayed – a team is assembled to steal the cash. But in this murky world of cross, double cross and treble cross anything that can go wrong probably will…

And how does grizzled PI Slam Bradley fit into the mix?

Set between the Slam Bradley back-up feature in Detective Comics #759-762 and the beginning of Catwoman’s current comic series, this is a slick, absorbing and unique exploit from one of the industries most talented creators: a superhero story for readers who hate fights ‘n’ tights stories.

This splendid stylish, ever-so-retro yarn is augmented by a pin-up gallery from some of comics’ most individual artists: to wit Mike Mignola, Michael Allred, Shane Glines, Kevin Nowlan, Adam Hughes, Daniel Torres, Jaime Hernandez and the inimitable Steranko. Even if you hate all that super-stuff, take a chance and track down this book. It really is something very special…

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