Catwoman, Vol. 1: The Game (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
This is a great start to the Catwoman revamp - she is such a fun character to read as she is charmingly batshit but has a heart of gold and a playfully vampish demeanour. The first few issues lets us know right from the get go that this comic means business - there's a "controversial" sex scene with Batman and some dark violence that fits in well with the neo-noir turn of Batman.The only thing that stops this from being five stars is the fucking artwork. Yes, Catwoman is meant to be sexy - it's all part of her 'kittenish' persona. But these ridiculous poses in which Catwoman is freakishly inhuman (one especially shows her flying through the air but bent so that both her breasts and her arse are basically mirror images of one another). This is why the Hawkeye Initiative was started, guys. Such a fun read. I don't give a blended Vente sized crap smoothie about what anyone says. There's only one reason I didn't give it 5 stars, but I'll touch on that later. The artwork was fantastic. Granted some of the action scenes were overplayed and everyone's favorite dominatrix/crazy cat lady was portrayed very provocative and anatomically... Well, impossible, but c'mon! It's Catwoman. She's always been an overly sexualized character. I expected nothing more or less.So why didn't I give it 5 stars? Is it because of the elephant/bat in the room? No. The rippling rock hard Bat-Boner that firmly plants itself right in the first issue was unnecessary and out of place, but I get what Winick was trying to do. You get "Catwoman", the strong, independent, self assured, and domineering anti-heroine. You also get "Selina Kyle", who is very unsure of herself and whose biggest flaw is letting people get too close. She is Selina at the end of the day, not Catwoman. She's the real antithesis to Batman. Who she really is shines through despite the mask she puts on. Winick tried to incorporate elements from Frank Miller's Year One and Hush. Two huge strides in modern comics where catwoman was more 2 dimensional. I dig it.Nope, the reason I gave this less 5 stars... Spark. Screw that dude. I spent this whole review defending the fact that what Winick did was actually show Selina as a strong and well rounded female character and then he introduces this butthole. He turns Catwoman into a damsel in distress and makes this suave cliche the one to save her. She should be saving him.In summation: Catwoman is amazing, full of potential, and totally deserving of her own title. Spark is a bunghole. I hope he gets killed soon... by Catwoman preferably.This was one small step for women headliners in comic books and one drunken stagger backwards for feminism.
What do You think about Catwoman, Vol. 1: The Game (2012)?
Loved the art, but her bad luck and general sexpotiness kept yanking me out of believability.
—Mary
What began as confusing over sexualzsed smut turned into a smart and entertaining reboot.
—CDNA
loved every page of this comic and now on the hunt for the next one.
—alix_edwards
