After 18 months of haphazard adventures, it’s time for Batwoman’s Rebirth series to end. Unsurprisingly, the finale is not aimed at occasional readers or newcomers; it’s a love letter to readers who have stuck with Kate throughout Marguerite Bennett’s run. It’s tough writing a 20 page issue that ties up both the current story and…

It’s an exciting week for Batwoman fans: A new TV series has been announced and a popular love interest is back in Kate’s life in the pages of Batwoman #17! That’s right; GCPD officer Renee Montoya, the other breakout character from Batman: The Animated Series returns, and long-time readers will be glad to hear that…

Is this the big Batwoman finale Marguerite Bennett had planned all along? She's an excellent writer and the perfect fit for this series which makes me wonder whether it was editorial pressures that forced her to turn out such a lacklustre ending to her Rebirth epic. A large part of the Rebirth storyline has been…

I think it’s fair to say that ‘The Fall of the House of Kane’ has crumbled under the weight of expectation. Issue #15 is action-packed but still feels a little flat because the threat at hand feels manageable for a superhero and lacks the epic grandeur we’d expect with the return of Alice. Last issue,…

Batwoman readers have been waiting quite a while for the return of Alice and though she’s demented as ever and gets plenty of page-space this month, issue #14 left me a little underwhelmed. There aren’t any flashbacks this issue, which is a relief as I think we’re all ready for the story proper to begin.…

It’s been a few years since we last saw Beth in the flesh, and Safiyah’s part in Kate’s story has been teased for over a year now. Finally, with ‘The Fall of the House of Kane,’ Marguerite Bennett is ready to share the tale it’s all been building towards! Issue #13 provides an exciting first…

At the end of issue #11, Kate announced that now Julia was safe, she could head to Brussels to save her sister from Safiyah. Issue #12 doesn’t really progress the current story much. Instead, it lays the foundation for a dramatic reunion with the Mother of War by answering the principal question we’ve had since…

Marguerite Bennett takes a break for Batwoman #11 but that doesn’t mean the issue lacks the staples of the series; character growth, flashbacks, horror and brooding aplenty feature in this month’s chapter. I was delighted to see from Panosian’s creepy cover that this issue, it’s all about Pyg! Personally, I can’t get enough of the…

Scarecrow is the star of this issue of Marguerite Bennett’s Batwoman, “Stay High”. And Prime continues to represent a nadir of character development and interest in my personal book of “failed mission sidekicks”.  The two points together make for a bit of an uneven issue, but I’m going to say it falls well on the…

Marguerite Bennett’s Batwoman fever dream not only continues, but takes it up a notch. With the Scarecrow fully working his chemicals on an imprisoned Kate, we see her disturbing memories of the past begin to succumb to the realm of full-blown nightmares. In terms of advancing the story, we’re starting to get some hints as…

Marguerite Bennett (going solo on this installment) writes Batwoman like a fever dream. It’s disorienting, the logic is nearly impossible to follow, and you come away with a vague sense of there being some kind of inscrutable puzzle for which you have none of the proper pieces. But to be honest, I don’t think that’s…

Too soon this book seems to be entering a sophomore slump. With its first arc behind, it’s already committing artist-of-the-month inconsistency and taking story plunges that seem too radical (at least, certainly, for my tastes). The whole of the first arc, Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV took us on a little trip to Kate…

The Many Arms of Death may be behind us, but as predicted, Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV remind us in “Blinding” that Kate’s experiences on Coryana will continue to shape her journey throughout this new incarnation. In a way, it feels strange to be having this interlude about Kate’s rescue by Safiyah and her…

“Blackstar” concludes the Many Arms of Death storyline, but only in a manner of speaking.  Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV have left a number of critical plot elements hanging, no doubt to resurrect in future storylines or weave throughout the long haul. And I definitely hope there will be a long haul. However much…

Coryana is an island full of mysteries and Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV tease out bits and pieces of the puzzle as this exotic thriller continues to play out. In this issue we particularly get a little more information about Tahani, the machete-wielding spirit of vengeance who has been haunting Kate ever since she…

Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV continue to build intrigue in this relaunch of Kate Kane’s story and it looks like we’re in for a slow burn. The title of this week’s issue, “Running up that Hill”, a reference to a Kate Bush song from 1985. It’s apropos in a variety of ways, which you…

It’s Batwoman’s first issue!  After her...first issue. But that was Rebirth and this is just her regular series. I’m not going to pretend that makes any sense at all, but if you’re confused about this No. 1 after we just had a No. 1, well that’s why. The more important thing is that “Sinnerman” is…

Batwoman’s rebirth pulls no stops in this stunning opener that’s more a feast for the eyes than for the intellect--but that’s hardly a bad thing. If you have never read a Batwoman comic, this would be a great time to start as Marguerite Bennett and James Tynion IV bring Kate Kane back to her own…