DCU Comic Book Reviews

CATWOMAN #67

Catwoman Dies, Part Two

July 2007

Written by Will Pfeifer

Pencils by David Lopez

Inks by Alvaro Lopez

Cover by Adam Hughes

Synopsis

The local television news is on the scene broadcasting Holly’s rescue as Catwoman of a little girl and then her subsequent beating at the hands of Boris and Natasha (aka Hammer and Sickle).  Seeing the news, Selina rushes to her friend’s aid.  She arrives just in time to take out Hammer and Sickle and save Holly.  Unfortunately, on the way out, they are met by the Gotham SWAT team.  They are saved by the arrival of Boris, who plows through the police to get to Selina and Holly.  Selina tells Holly to run while she takes care of things.  Selina steals the gloves from Blitzkreig and zaps Boris until he falls out of the building and to the ground below.  Selina then passes out.  When she comes to, the gloves are gone and so is Boris.  However, Natasha is right there, her sickle digging into Selina’s neck.  Selina wants to know where Boris has gone.  Natasha tells her she should know.  Elsewhere, Karon is watching Selina’s baby when the doorbell rings.  It is Boris.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

It is a testament to Pfeifer and company on how great this issue is that I loved the ending, even though it is a repeat of one of the cliffhanger’s from the It’s Only A Movie storyline a couple of issues ago.  I really hope this does not become part of the book in which various villains threaten Selina’s baby.  This may only be the second time, but it is also only the third story since the One Year Later leap that conceived Helena in the first place.  Despite this one reservation, this issue was fantastic from beginning to end.  Pfeifer crafted a taut, suspense-filled, fast-paced issue with some great characterization, especially the way Pfeifer showed Selina’s resourcefulness, her ability as a non-powered human to stand up to and beat down powered humans.  Combined with a mix of her skills and smarts, there is also a sense of desperation in Selina’s actions and narration, which underlies her situation extremely well. 

The issue also did not put the extended fight into a vacuum; as Catwoman was fighting and running, elements from previous cropped up and in each case (the rolling head of Lenahan and Blitzkreig’s gloves) actually pushed the narrative forward in one way or another.  Pfeifer has a great ability to expand upon previous issues, not in the global sense, but in the small details, like Lenahan’s death which easily could’ve been forgotten.  But to bring it up here and use his death to give the police a reason to attack (even though they don’t) is some great stuff. 

We have Russian villains who are named Boris and Natasha?  I don’t think anymore needs to be said about that, it speaks for itself. 

 

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