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CATWOMAN #76

Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of The Universe, Part 2

April 2008

Written by Will Pfeifer

Pencils by David Lopez

Inks by Alvaro Lopez

Cover by Adam Hughes

Synopsis

Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman) is being held at gunpoint by Batman, who accuses her of killing Black Mask.  He pulls the trigger, but there are no bullets.  Catwoman beats up Batman.  When she is able to unmask him, she sees an older Bruce Wayne, one who is out of shape.  Just then the GCPD arrives.  Catwoman flees. She escapes to nearby church where she encounters....Catwoman.  This Catwoman has two large cats, which she orders to attack Selina.  However, Selina is able to calm the beasts down.  Selina then goes after the other Catwoman, unmasking her to reveal her sister, Maggie.  In the shock, Maggie is able to pull her gun and shoot Selina in the gut.  Somehow Selina survives.  Selina then knocks Maggie out of the building.  Just then Martian Manhunter appears and tries to tell her what is really happening, but before he can explain it Batcopters appear in the sky and attack.  Miraculously, Selina survives.  Meanwhile, Lex Luthor watches Selina in suspended animation and realizes if she doesn’t get out of it soon, she will die.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

Woosh.  Feel that?  That is the sound of the rug being pulled out from under my feet.  I had assumed that Selina had made it to another Earth.  Hell, in the book, Selina herself even mentions the possibility that she had made it to another Earth.  And then the final page reveals she is still on Hell Planet, but caught in suspended animation, dreaming she is invincible.  I have to give credit to Pfeifer for crafting a story that many would have expected given the changes wrought in the DC multiverse, but managing to do something else entirely.  I also have to give him credit for not trying to get bogged down in explanations (like why Bruce is older and out of shape).  Instead, Pfeifer plows ahead with the story, letting the characters and actions propel the narrative rather than exposition of the backstory.  It is that type of go-for-broke writing that I love so much in this book.   

 

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