World Famous Comics: Catwoman: When in Rome (Batman)
Catwoman: When in Rome (Batman)
By: Jeph Loeb Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 160 Publication Date: June 06, 2007 Release Date: June 06, 2007
Product Description: The acclaimed, Eisner award-winning team of writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale return to Gotham City, home of Catwoman, for a tale that takes the Feline Fatale into a dangerous new realm.
WHEN IN ROME chronicles Catwoman's mysterious trip to Italy and her dealings with the deadly Falcone crime family. It's a colorful tale of Gotham's sexiest cat burglar at her most intriguing.
The Purrrfect Getaway From the team that brought you "Batman: The Long Holloween" and "Dark Victory," comes a story taking place between the two, starring none other than Gotham's sexiest catburglar.
Fed up with the city and with Batman, Selina Kyle travels to Italy in search of valuables of a different kind. What she finds is a Mafia frame-up, a charismatic hitman, and maybe a supervillian or two. And Selina faces them all to uncover one of the biggest mysteries in Batman's world.
Loeb's story gives us everything we love about Catwoman, everything we expect, and (almost) everything we want to know. Sale's inkwash style, however muddy, adds to that dark noir feel thought to only be found in Gotham. Can't take the city out of the cat, I suppose. Included is a two-page epilogue followed by Sale's explanation of the inkwash process.
This comic is unrated: Violence, Adult Language, Adult Situations.
Quality TPB I wasn't expecting a lot from this book. Unlike most people, I was not super impressed with "The Long Halloween" and I expected this to be similar. But to me it was better. Great art, reasonably interesting storyline, without all the annoying redundancies of Long Halloween.
Selina Kyle being smokin' hot didn't hurt anything either...
A review of Catwoman: When in Rome This is a bookend (or rather a filler?) to Loeb and Sale's The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. When Catwoman disappears partway through Dark Victory, she goes to Rome to do some "research." She is accompanied by The Riddler, and receives assistance from an Italian hitman known as The Blonde (guess why?). While there, she discovers that other DC villains may have followed along. Catwoman is also linked to the murder of a Don and gets to steal from the Vatican... which should be on every tourist's list of things to do while in Italy.
I liked this book, but I have a bias towards Catwoman. And the artwork is excellent, though not in the same style as Long Halloween/Dark Victory. The story is so-so. We all know what Selina/Catwoman is in Rome to find out, but it's still treated like a mystery, and it certainly didn't have the drawing power of figuring out who was the Holiday murderer. I also never found the Riddler as ominous as some other reviewers have said... mostly, I just thought he was pervy.
So the final verdict is... if you like Catwoman and/or really enjoyed Loeb and Sale's other Batman stuff, you'll probably enjoy this. It works as a stand-alone, but I didn't think it was a must-read.
Ok...Just Ok This book is ok and would otherwise be horrible if it wasn't for the ever beautiful artwork of Tim Sale thus making all my reviews of his books to have a minimum rating of three stars if the story is horrible like this one. Selina whose secretly Catwoman is a moody lady (very realistic) and quite dreamy. There is a reason for this as she battles her moods and dreams to uncover the truth of her past, specifically the identity of her parents. However, this is not a Catwoman origin story as some people say since it does not explain how or why she became Catwoman. Selina is pretty sexy in this book, but it does not really make up for poor story or lack of real villains in this story.
Purrrrfect! Loeb, Sale, and Selina Kyle. What a dynamic trio. This is a great story about a little trip that Selina takes with the Riddler, of all people, to Italy, and the fun and mayhem that she causes there. I may be biased, because I am a huge Catwoman fan and I think this is the best story ever written. Plus, you put the words of Loeb with the artwork of Sale together and you just can't go wrong. I recommend this to anyone who loves either Catwoman, Loeb and Sale, or just an excellent story all around. Peace and Love, Jake
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