By: Darwyn Cooke Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 200 Publication Date: June 06, 2007 Release Date: June 06, 2007
Product Description: Darwyn Cooke, the award-winning, acclaimed writer and artistof DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, has won praise for his insightful, emotionallyresonant storytelling.Now, DC presents Cooke's early tales of the Dark Knight in one graphicnovel, including the epic tale "Ego," in which Batman must face his owninner demons and, in its entirety, the original graphic novel CATWOMAN:SELINA'S BIG SCORE.
This is Why People Read Batman! This hardcover collect two excellent graphic novels by Darwyn Cooke, Batman: Ego and Catwoman: Selina's Big Score, as well as some short stories also by Mr. Cooke. Batman:Ego was published in 2000 as a 64 page graphic novel, but finally gets the hardcover treatment it deserves, while the Catwoman tale, which was an original hardcover, crops up again in the same format. Both tales feature fast paced writing coupled with a fantastic art style which harkens back to Batman the Animated series (for which Darwin was one of the designers) but with more of a noirish edge, so don't let the streamlined style fool you into thinking these stories are for all ages or too soft. If you liked Mr. Cooke's recent work on the Spirit, this is better. Much better. Some other reviewers on this page commented that this book was a little dissapointing due to the inclusion of a story which does not feature Batman, but don't be dissuaded from picking this one up. Selina's Big Score features one of Batman's oldest villians in one of her greatest appearances, so don't miss out. Give it a chance, then read the collections of Catwoman comics by Ed Brubaker, Cooke and Cameron Stewart, which are some of the best crime comics around. Fans of Richard Stark's Parker will recognize a Parker like Character, named Stark, a heister who helps Catwoman pull of the titular big score which is just as hard nosed (and fun) as any written by Richard Stark during the 60s and 70s. This will serve as a primer to Darwyn's upcoming adaptations of the first four Parker novels, beginning next year. This hardcover is also special because it does not feature the ugly spine design which appears on many of the current DC hardcovers where a DC logo appears at the bottom of the spine in a blue back ground, ruining a book's appearance on the book shelf. Don't miss out on one of the best written and drawn set of Batman stories of the last 20 years; right up there with the Batman classics of the 80s like Year One, DKR and the Killing Joke, at least in my opinion.
For Batman and Catwoman fans I,m a big Batman fan and I,ve loved Batman ever since I was 6 years old. In this graphic novel from Darwynn Cooke who brought you DC:The New Frontier comes several Batman stories all in one graphic novel. In the first story, Batman as Bruce Wayne fights a terrifying foe:Himself! He must fight his own inner demon and prove that he isn't like the antagonists he fights and has fought. There are also several Catwoman and Nightwing stories but usually I don't bother to read them since they're spin-offs but oddly I did enjoy them. They're all exciting and violent and cool.
I would recommend this for anyone who is a Batman, Catwoman or a fan of either characters.
Actually, the best story is about catwoan I'm a big batman fan, but I'm not really a fan of the other characters. I don't read the catwoman or nightwing or huntress spinoffs. I'm a fan of the detective. But in this graphic novel (which is a compilation of several short, stand alone works), catwoman's story is actually the best part. It's not even really a catwoman story, it's a heist story. But its exciting and violent and cool. And there's no batman. So oh well, maybe there's something to all these side characters. I'm still not going to read the catwoman comics, but I guess I'm glad I got tricked into reading this one...
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