Batwoman, Vol. 1

Marguerite Bennett,

James IV Tynion

Marguerite Bennett,

James IV Tynion

2017

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Fresh from her adventures in Detective Comics, Katherine Kane returns with her own DC Rebirth title—and an intriguing new mystery to solve—in Batwoman Vol. 1: The Many Arms of Death. Someone is selling cutting-edge weaponry on the black market, and their aim is to kill as many people—from as many nations—as possible. With help from her intrepid assistant, Julia Pennyworth, and their high-tech mobile command center, the yacht Sequoia, Batwoman quickly tracks the weapons to their source: a small, lawless island known as Coryana, home to pirates, outlaws…and a year of Batwoman’s life. Back before she joined the Bat-Family, Kate Kane spent some time with Coryana’s unofficial matriarch—and nearly lost herself in the process. Now her past is quickly catching up to her, and if Batwoman can’t figure out who to trust, the next thing she loses will be her life! Acclaimed writers Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV and artists Steve Epting (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Stephanie Hans and Renato Arlem launch Batwoman into an explosive new era in Batwoman Vol. 1: The Many Arms of Death, collecting the Batwoman: Rebirth one-shot special and issues #1-6.

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Sionna

I received this through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

I have never read anything about batwoman before, so this was quite the experience. Of course, with most american graphic novels I've been reading I felt like this was fast-paced, almost to the point where I felt like I missed something.

I really like the characters and think they are pretty cool. Kate is a very interesting character and I think there is so much that can be done with her character. Except for the characters, I felt like this issue, fell flat.
The art was okay. I liked the pages where we saw how the characters looked/ what they were doing at certain ages. The world is begging to be explored. The story... well, there was a story. Like I said, it went so fast that I wouldn't figure out what was really going on. I also might have mixed some characters up for a while WHOOPS! I guess, I didn't understand the whole island thing and why these villains were important to Kate, or even why this island in particular should be the one for the nefarious plot.

I do want to understand the future Kate and what is going on there, but I'm just not as invested as I hoped to be, so I probably won't read it.