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james_desantis 's review for:
Catwoman of East End Omnibus
by Ed Brubaker
I can't believe I put this one off for so long, it was fantastic.
The story actually starts with Cooke's story, Big Score. It's Salina trying to pull off a major heist. It's pretty fun, with excellent art, but the dialogue isn't quite up there with the rest of the book. But it feels very noir, and that makes it feel different. Then soon we get into the main run which is Ed Brubaker's Catwoman run that ran nearly 40 issues. It starts off with Salina trying to start fresh and being something more than a thief.
See after the years went by and No Man's Land, Catwoman is believed to be dead. So this is Salina's chance to start anew. It's both a fresh start and a way to connect her old life with her new one. She soon reunites with one of the best side cast characters I ever got to read in a superhero story, Holly. And she finds out through Holly that prostitutes are being killed left and right and no one is doing a damn because as always the cops are as useful as shit on a brick. And so Catwoman takes it upon herself to figure out what's happening, leading down a really interesting storyline with a villain I ended up actually feeling bad for.
Then we jump into the next storyline of Catwoman trying to hunt down corrupt cops after her friend Holly is injured. This is a fun break into the grimy lowlife cops who are corrupting the city while also giving some great character growth to both Salina and Holly. But the better storyline comes next when Black Mask, that psycho piece of shit, decides to team up with one of Salina's old friends, leaving Salina cornered and her family and friends hunted just like her. This is a excellent paced arc, brutal too, with wonderful twist and turns and a aftermath that runs into the next arc about self rediscovery and healing. I loved both this arc and the next, it was truly remarkable.
After that we start to get more superheroish with this group who worships a Cat god and things highly of Salina. You also have mobster goons hiring crazy serial killers, Z, and it's fun but not as strong as previous volumes. The Omnibus still has some great issues but we end with a crossover with War Games, which is a solid event, but very confusing here as you're missing half the story. The final Goodbye issue though is real solid.
Overall, while the last 8 or so issues aren't as strong, everything else is great to FANTASTIC. A Omnibus I knew very little about but come to really appreciate the more I read. Salina went from a solid character to a excellent one here, and Holly even more so. The art was solid but much stronger int he first 20 issues or so. Cooke or Stewart had unique art that made Catwoman stand out. The rest range from decent to really poor in my opinion.
A 4 out of 5 overall, and very much worth reading.
The story actually starts with Cooke's story, Big Score. It's Salina trying to pull off a major heist. It's pretty fun, with excellent art, but the dialogue isn't quite up there with the rest of the book. But it feels very noir, and that makes it feel different. Then soon we get into the main run which is Ed Brubaker's Catwoman run that ran nearly 40 issues. It starts off with Salina trying to start fresh and being something more than a thief.
See after the years went by and No Man's Land, Catwoman is believed to be dead. So this is Salina's chance to start anew. It's both a fresh start and a way to connect her old life with her new one. She soon reunites with one of the best side cast characters I ever got to read in a superhero story, Holly. And she finds out through Holly that prostitutes are being killed left and right and no one is doing a damn because as always the cops are as useful as shit on a brick. And so Catwoman takes it upon herself to figure out what's happening, leading down a really interesting storyline with a villain I ended up actually feeling bad for.
Then we jump into the next storyline of Catwoman trying to hunt down corrupt cops after her friend Holly is injured. This is a fun break into the grimy lowlife cops who are corrupting the city while also giving some great character growth to both Salina and Holly. But the better storyline comes next when Black Mask, that psycho piece of shit, decides to team up with one of Salina's old friends, leaving Salina cornered and her family and friends hunted just like her. This is a excellent paced arc, brutal too, with wonderful twist and turns and a aftermath that runs into the next arc about self rediscovery and healing. I loved both this arc and the next, it was truly remarkable.
After that we start to get more superheroish with this group who worships a Cat god and things highly of Salina. You also have mobster goons hiring crazy serial killers, Z, and it's fun but not as strong as previous volumes. The Omnibus still has some great issues but we end with a crossover with War Games, which is a solid event, but very confusing here as you're missing half the story. The final Goodbye issue though is real solid.
Overall, while the last 8 or so issues aren't as strong, everything else is great to FANTASTIC. A Omnibus I knew very little about but come to really appreciate the more I read. Salina went from a solid character to a excellent one here, and Holly even more so. The art was solid but much stronger int he first 20 issues or so. Cooke or Stewart had unique art that made Catwoman stand out. The rest range from decent to really poor in my opinion.
A 4 out of 5 overall, and very much worth reading.