Covergirl: See “Heroines Take the Mic.”
Ramble: Chibberty Chabber.
Loud tweeny children walk down my street loudly being loud. I can’t quite grasp what they’re saying, nor can I quite grasp what happened in Catwoman #0.
While the Issues 0 were supposed to take us, the New 52 readers, back to our superheroes’ pasts in order to shed light on their current situations, Catwoman #0 managed only to confuse. Me, anyway. Maybe you got it.
I mean, I got the gist. A shitty childhood gives birth to Selina’s craving for that which isn’t hers; luxuries that prove achingly tempting before the steal, but offer little satisfaction post-heist. A Mysterious Handsome grants Selina a Second Chance, which she dashes by illegally snooping to gain insight into her possibly Russian past.
Yapperty Yipper.
Now the little dogs across the street are sounding off, perhaps at one of the skunks with which Salem Town seems accursed at present.
Does my zip-zapping, from my life to Selina’s, backity-forth, give you narrative whiplash? Now you know how reading Catwoman #0 feels.
The book temporally travels thusly:
1. A Few Years Ago
2. A Year Prior
3. Back to the Office
4. Long Ago
5. Oliver’s Group Home
Etc.
Adding to the confusion, the place settings like those you’ve sampled above sometimes refer to a time period, other times to a place. “A Few Years Ago” and “Back to the Office” are the same scene, split down the middle by “A Year Ago.” But when I got to “Back to the Office,” it took me several frames to realize I had actually returned to “A Few Years Ago.”
I was confused; now you are, too.
I was, as always, enticed by bits and pieces of the book. Selina the character will never share all of herself with anyone; I do wish her creators would share a little more with us.
Speaking of creators, excited to see a new Catwoman writer, Ann Nocenti, who also writes Green Arrow. Perhaps, after a year of Catroversy, she can save Selina.
She had best do it quickly, as I’m fading fast.
For more on Ann Nocenti and Catwoman, visit:
UPROXX: Ann Nocenti to Clean Up Judd Winick's Mess on 'Catwoman'
Comic Alliance: Parting Shot: New 'Catwoman' Writer Ann Nocenti Calls Selina Kyle an 'Accidental Feminist'
iFanboy: New Writer Ann Nocenti Talks About Taking Over Catwoman from Judd Winick
