SYNOPSIS: With everyone in Tokyo searching for her, Catwoman finds herself face-to-face with Alexander Belov and another unexpected foe. Can she secure the second key to the Belov fortune, or is this the end of the line for the feline fatale? Plus,the noose continues to tighten around the necks of Selina’s old acquaintances.
Behind the stunning cover by Seba Fiumara lies the continuation of writer Torunn Grønbekk’s twisting narrative of Selena’s hidden past as Evie Hall.
I’ve got to be honest, it’s starting to lose me a bit. It’s beginning to feel drawn out, but also lacking in substance this issue, too.
Catwoman/Selena/Evie has planned a heist to get a key she’s looking for and creates a distraction to reach her goal, leading to a physical confrontation when it doesn’t all work out perfectly.
There is some tension to the fight, and Ignazzi’s art is enjoyable, but it lacks some oomph, particularly a lack of backgrounds, that failed to draw me in.
Maybe I’ve got too many other comics in my head right now, but I’m starting to wonder why I should care about any of these characters. The issue opens with a shocking murder of a former associate of Evie’s, but as we don’t know him, it carries no weight beyond the unexpectedness of it all.
We then see Suzy Sinner come to Selena’s aid, but I’ve forgotten if we’ve seen her. Presumably, it’s the same Suzy mentioned later in the issue as being dead, but I can’t recollect how her death was faked.
The issue kind of feels like spinning wheels, with a climax that promises some revelations next issue, but makes me wonder what the point of this issue was. The visuals are decent, and like I mentioned before, there is some tension, but I finished it just feeling underwhelmed. – Javier E. Trujillo
GRADE: C
