By: Darwyn Cooke Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: August 01, 2003 Release Date: August 01, 2003
Graphic SF Reader A pretty dirty, nasty, crime caper. The art style by Cooke is more in the Powers vein. Catwoman is broke, and takes on a heist that is way over her head. Unsurprisingly, she displays overconfidence, and things do not go too well. Shades of 100 Bullets almost. She manipulates a man she likes into going to work for her, an ex-boyfriend, and when really, he should shoot her, his emotions or hormones get the better of him, leading to the latter half of the story.
Fun, but is it supervillain level? Selina's big score is a quick, fun read, but she seems less like a supervillain and more like an extra-sexy, extra-violent version of "The Italian Job" A team of bad guys are out to rob a mafia train full of cash. Fun, but I would expect more from a super-villain story.
A good read...! This is an entertaining, intelligently written, fast-paced comic, featuring the return of The Catwoman after a self-imposed retirement. The book gives some of her back-story, introducing James Stark, the man who helped train her as a thief, and also includes a side plot with detective Slam Bradley, which intersects with the storyline in the "Catwoman" series written by Ed Brubaker. (The crossover doesn't quite jive with what's going on in that book, where Catwoman has basically gone straight, and has taken Slam in as part of her Scooby gang, but it's okay: Bradley is a great character, and it's nice to see him here as well...)
Writer/artist Darwyn Cooke is one of the best storytellers working in comics these days, and this is another fine offering by him... just wish there were more books like it! Recommended.
Good, just not Great Selina's Big Score lets you in on what happened between her supposed "death" and her current series. Basically she needs another "big score" to get her back on her feet. So she forms a team and attempts to take out a mob train full of money. The overall story is a bit cliche, but the character interaction, dialogue, and narratives are great. The art isn't exactly masterful, but the thick lines and solid colors flow well with the story. so if the cliche doesn't bother you then by all means get it. personally, i don't regret buying it, but i don't exactly pull it off the bookshelf every day for another reading. good, just not great.
The Sequential Novel as Film Noir Those who are enjoying Darwyn Cooke's current NEW FRONTIER, with its tale of Silver Age superheroes going face-to-face with the McCarthy era paranoia during which most of them were created, will delight in his somber crime drama for DC Comics from 2002, depicting an important chapter in the life of Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman. Those who are baffled by why a live action film franchise would take one of the most intriguing characters in the Batman canon, ignore her storyline and -yet again- play her for cathouse stereotypes full of campy sleaze are invited to read SELINA'S BIG SCORE, and experience a tension-packed drama which should have been the shooting script and storyboards for an authentic Catwoman film.
From skillful word to telling image, author Cooke is resplendent in his painstakingly full style. At once spare and simple in his delivery, he can be vivid in his wry, well-rounded characterizations, and incisive in the rich complexities he unflinchingly brings forth for the reader to feast upon. Perfect, then, that Cooke is the ideal author to tell the dagger-and-dues tale of a weary adventurer down on her luck; revisiting old haunts, setting fresh stakes, and facing a bigger price than any are prepared to pay. Evoking shadows at every turn, a deadly angle lurking just beyond reach, Cooke conveys the alluring peril of the genre, from the grim sarcasm of Raymond Chandler to the stiletto-tongued sass of Walter Mosley. Visually, Cooke conjures a pithy scape worthy of the best in film and comic, from Milton Caniff's STEVE CANYON and Alex Raymond's RIP KIRBY to the Azzarello-Risso 100 BULLETS, onward into the night glare of MURDER, MY SWEET through the grand operatic tragedy of ROAD TO PERDITION.
With a melding of caricature and cinema, mood and motive all his own, Darwyn Cooke tells stories to be read, and read again, growing deeper with each turn. SELINA'S BIG SCORE stands firm as a saga of the times, and one for the ages. Those who think comics are supposed to be comicky, with no fibre in the narrative meal, may want to avoid this, or risk a rude awkening. Otherwise, set your alarms.
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