Read the separate issues

Catwoman was the weakest tie-in to the Death of the Family crossover that I read. I was hoping for so much more but everything just fizzled out. I stopped collecting Catwoman shortly after cause she just doesn't seem like the Catwoman we started out with. ( )

Thought this was pretty boring really... There was too much going on in most of the panels to get a clear understanding of the action. I get that some of it was hallucinatory, but all the same, it wasn't totally effective. Since this was a new writer, I'm just going to skip ahead to see how Genevieve Valentine handles it.

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And this, my friends, concludes my Read Harder challenge. Counting as a guilty pleasure because, while I really like the plot (in the previous issues), the way most of the women are drawn is RIDICULOUS. Like how they've shown Barbie couldn't actually stand up if she were real. I think the artist's main interest is drawing boobs and thongs. Same thing with the hunky guys. If you look back to Batman and Catwoman doing the dirty in the first TP volume, it's the penultimate ridiculousness. ( )

I couldn't really get into this book; I finished part of it but then gave up. The art is decent but the story seems to jump all over the place, and the art makes it feel even more frantic. ( )

Catwoman continues to be a great title for Gotham. Who knew that an on-again, off-again villain and Batman lover would be so interesting as to have her own stories and successful New 52 title. You could see the actual character of Selina Kyle start to emerge under Nocenti's writing, as compared to all the action Catwoman from Winick's previous issues.

Adam's Review (4 Stars) : Catwoman continues to get better and better with each issue! In this graphic novel, we got a "Death of the Family" story that not only was great, but also didn't directly lead into Batman #17 (and for New 52 Batman book readers, that is unique!), a two part ARGUS "black diamond" theft story and a multi-part just straight up Gotham adventure story.
Her character continues to get deeper and more emotionally revealing. And surprises to me, this book has become one of my favorites of the New 52 relaunch.
A new villain popped in near the end of this Volume and I hope we will see more of Ms. Kyle soon.
Highly recommend! ( )

Huh, this was an interesting combination of issues in this third Catwoman TPB. It’s sort of the ‘blowback’ TPB. It does have a bit of the Death of the Family storyline in it, but for the most part Selina is doing her own thing in this TPB with only a little bit of contact with the Joker.

I did sorta like (in a disturbed way) the way in which the writers had the Joker messing with her. People in chess pieces, good and bad warring, it was interesting.

Of course, the main story in this TPB was just about Catwoman. Trip Winters gets her a gig where she’s supposed to break into A.R.G.U.S.’s ‘black room’ and steal something from it’s even more super secret and secure safe. Boy oh boy does that go pear shaped quickly. On the whole Trip Winters doesn’t have a good bunch of issues here, and neither does Gwen. We also get to see the emergence of a new power player in town, who was pretty obvious to me because I’ve been reading Batman comics since I was a kid, but, for anyone starting back in with the New 52 titles, maybe it’ll be a surprise.

Overall I mostly liked this TPB. The art was okay, solid but not amazing, and there was even a bit of Batman/Catwoman interaction which if written well is always something I like to read. Oh, and then there was the ending. Solid 4 stars, and I can’t wait for the next TPB.

I got this advanced galley through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment. ( )