{"id":2458,"date":"2008-10-06T06:24:06","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T06:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2008-10-05T13:28:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T13:28:26","slug":"catwoman-selenas-big-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/10\/06\/catwoman-selenas-big-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Catwoman: Selena’s Big Score"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Selina's<\/a>
Selina's Big Score<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Darwyn Cooke<\/strong> & various (DC Comics)
\nISBN: 1-84023-773-3<\/p>\n

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<\/strong> (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.<\/p>\n

Reuniting with the crime-legend who taught her all the tricks – and whom she subsequently betrayed \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 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\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

And how does grizzled PI Slam Bradley fit into the mix?<\/p>\n

Set between the Slam Bradley back-up feature in Detective Comics<\/strong> #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.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n