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Catwoman issue 70 Written by Torunn Gronbekk, art by Fabiana Mascolo and colors by Patricio Delpeche. Issue number two in the new run is finally here. It's been a looooong month since issue 69 but we're finally here. It's 12:30 am, I have no coffee but we're working through that unfortunate situation and I have read Catwoman issue 70 about twice...maybe three or four times by the time I finish this so lets talk about it.
Only two issues in and this is some of the best Catwoman I've read in awhile. I loved this issue. The writing remains strong. The new characters for example Suzy Sin felt interesting enough that I want to know more about them. I want to know more about Selina/Evie Halls relationship/past with Suzy and that Ids past in general. The pace is solid and the set ups throughout the issue are very well done. The art is...I'm torn on the art. I don't know how I feel about it. It fits the story...but my issues from issue 69 remain so I'm not sure where I'm going to fall on the art. More on that, the writing and the colors, oh the colors after the summary.
Same thing as last issues review, I'm just going full caution and blocking everything. It's honestly just easier that way. This was a fantastic issue, definitely read it first before unblocking everything as there are spoilers.
!We pick right up in Berlin and the theme of identity, choice comes up right away. Selina finding comfort not as herself. Side note here already but I love the way the new costume can look natural under a top with the jacket off. It’s one of the things I loved about the 2018 costume. She could remove the mask and the jacket and go out in that without looking to out of place. Anyway! !<
!Selina’s decision to fight for her life instead of moving to a new identity, a new her in a new place is I think going to be core to the run. By issue end she’s forced to accept that isn’t an option but solicits suggest that it’ll keep coming up. This is of course in the preview and we move to the cafe. Suzy Sin is interesting, she’s very much a character Selina would gravitate to helping/caring for. After only a few pages we can get a sense of who Suzy is.!<
!We get to see interaction between Selina/Evie and Suzy. There’s a familiarity here that I really like. Through out we see pictures being taken by camera phones. The panel work, layering the photo panels over is lovely. They never feel to busy.!<
!We move from the cafe to the introduction of two characters I hope last longer than the part in Berlin. Two assassins Tinsel and Gogol. We’re also introduced to that phone group that’ll be a problem for Selina through the story. The group is called bounty who gives a reward for any I assume usable picture of someone that’s being hunted for. As for the assassins, we don’t get much but what we get is interesting. We are told this is an open contract.!<
!We move back to the meeting in the cafe and get a sense of how Suzy feels about “Evie”. There’s a lot in this scene building up the world. We learn why Suzys in Berlin. We also learn about a former employer for them both Theodore Belov and his family. The death of Theodore leaving a vacuum with each son seeking to potentially fill that vacuum but most importantly we learn Theodore’s vault. Full of valuables but more importantly files. This screams a future heist or at least I hope so. Suzy mentions their mother Katarina Belov and we move scenes.!<
!The beauty of this issue is how the scenes transition. Suzy brings up the Belovs and the next scene we meet them. In the previous scene we learned that Katarina would potentially like one of her sons to kill the others and the captions give you the feeling that might be true. We learn this is a crime “empire” built on secrets. There’s definitely more here especially given the next scene. Before we transition we find out that the brothers are claiming ignorance over the recent deaths.!<
!We shift back to the cafe and we learn how the vault is opened but more importantly we see the impact on Suzy that “Evie Halls” leaving had. The dialogue, the captions, the art…just all come together. You can feel the emotion. I said it before but it bares repeating…I want to see more about this relationship. That said Selina catches on that she’s being actively hunted, and after telling Suzy to run we move to the action.!<
!The book showcases how fast Selina is and the action shows that as she gets the literal drop on the man who’s been taking pictures of her. Catwoman learns about the bounty group and that they only have the name Evie Hall. This confirms they didn’t know she was Catwoman or that’s how I’m reading it.!<
!The action picks up again, we see the lengths they’ll go to kill Evie. A derailed train car. Theres a confrontation on the roof and a fight…and the action here is just as quick but it’s sketchy. It also doesn’t help that Selina looks somewhat weak. These are amateurs and she seems to have trouble with them. This is most likely wrong but I wonder if she’s being scaled back in her fighting ability to increase the threat level. If this is the case…it doesn’t really make sense if you have pro killers chasing her as well. Maybe there’s more to it than that…Anyway, the fight ends with the two pro assassins showing up or at least Gogol and killing the lot of them.!<
!They lose track of Selina with Tinsel seeing her escape. Selina realizing that she can’t just become someone else. The option isn’t there. She has to fight back.!<
Let’s talk writing just a bit more. The caption work is on point. I love Torunns take on Selina, she feels right to me. From the captions to the dialogue. We get to see how quick and clever she is in her feet with little time to plan. The world building is handled beautifully. It’s not moving to fast and what we’re getting Torunn is keeping interesting. The plot feels relatively tight as well with the added elements >!such as the phone group for the photos!< feeling believable. The way she handle the intercuts, the flow of the story…just overall great.
On to the art by Fabiana Mascolo and my conflict over it. It's for the most part beautiful but a complaint I had in issue 1, where the action felt sketchy or very storyboard...is still here but maybe worse. Now it extends to just any scene. I don’t think this is the right word but the style feels painterly, looser less detailed. The action is still fast punchy but feels like an afterthought as it still feels so storyboard. I’m all over the place on this and I apologize but part of me loves the feel, the deceptive simplicity, the overall look of the book while part of me wishes it was more polished and finished. I think the art is in part really held together by the next thing…colors.
The colors by Patricio Delpeche hold this book together. They compliment Fabiana perfectly. The choice of colors, the water color/paint vibrancy. The use of red during the action. Every choice made feels right. I’m semi obsessed with the deep red of Selina’s lipstick, the pink of Suzy’s hair, the shift into shadows. Given my conflict on the art…I still don’t think I’d want a different pair on this book.
Also just to say it again, I really like the panel lay out used. It never feels busy. Just overall visually appealing.
Catwoman 70 is a beautiful well written issue. Torunn is firing on all cylinders as the story is intriguing and keeps you hooked through out. I want to know why the people trying to kill Selina are going so hard. I want to know about her past, her past identities. I want to know about her time >!working for Theodore Belov!<. I have so many questions but I feel like they’ll be answered.
I can’t recommend this issue enough and am looking forward to issue 71.
I hope if you read it, that you enjoy it as much as I did. See you same Cat time, same Cat channel!