Catwoman: Lonely City - Outside of a Dog

Hardcover, 224 pages

English language

Published 2022 by DC Comics.

ISBN:: 978-1-77951-636-7

In a world without Batman...will Selina Kyle's old wounds tear Gotham City apart? Cliff Chiang writes and illustrates the ultimate Catwoman masterpiece!

Ten years ago, the massacre known as Fools' Night claimed the lives of Batman, the Joker, Nightwing, and Commissioner Gordon...and sent Selina Kyle, the Catwoman, to prison.

A decade later, Gotham has grown up--it's put away costumed heroism and villainy as childish things. The new Gotham is cleaner, safer...and a lot less free, under the watchful eye of Mayor Harvey Dent and his Batcops. It's into this new city that Selina Kyle returns, a changed woman...with her mind on that one last big score: the secrets hidden inside the Batcave! She doesn't need the money--she just needs to know...who is "Orpheus"?

Visionary creator Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman, Paper Girls) writes, draws, colors, and letters the story of a world without Batman, where one woman's wounds …

In a world without Batman...will Selina Kyle's old wounds tear Gotham City apart? Cliff Chiang writes and illustrates the ultimate Catwoman masterpiece!

Ten years ago, the massacre known as Fools' Night claimed the lives of Batman, the Joker, Nightwing, and Commissioner Gordon...and sent Selina Kyle, the Catwoman, to prison.

A decade later, Gotham has grown up--it's put away costumed heroism and villainy as childish things. The new Gotham is cleaner, safer...and a lot less free, under the watchful eye of Mayor Harvey Dent and his Batcops. It's into this new city that Selina Kyle returns, a changed woman...with her mind on that one last big score: the secrets hidden inside the Batcave! She doesn't need the money--she just needs to know...who is "Orpheus"?

Visionary creator Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman, Paper Girls) writes, draws, colors, and letters the story of a world without Batman, where one woman's wounds threaten to tear apart an entire city! It's an unmissable artistic statement that will change the way you see Gotham's heroes and villains forever!

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Barbarius reviewed Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang (Catwoman: Lonely City, #1-4)

The Catwoman Returns

5 stars

I'll be honest, I wasn't really thinking too much when I picked this up off the shelf. The art looked good, Catwoman's an interesting character and a solo story would be cool, I guess?

Far out, this was a joy to read.

Basic premise: Catwoman/Selina has been in prison for the last ten years, after an event that killed most of the main characters in Gotham, including Batman. So she's now out, in her mid-fifties, and returning to a city she barely recognises. And while the cat was away, the mice did play.

So begins the story of a wonderful cast of characters--some new and some old, both figuratively and literally--and how they try to pay homage to the heroes and villians that both were and are.

Dare I say it, it can sometimes be a bit difficult to tell a fresh story in the Bat-verse. …

I'll be honest, I wasn't really thinking too much when I picked this up off the shelf. The art looked good, Catwoman's an interesting character and a solo story would be cool, I guess?

Far out, this was a joy to read.

Basic premise: Catwoman/Selina has been in prison for the last ten years, after an event that killed most of the main characters in Gotham, including Batman. So she's now out, in her mid-fifties, and returning to a city she barely recognises. And while the cat was away, the mice did play.

So begins the story of a wonderful cast of characters--some new and some old, both figuratively and literally--and how they try to pay homage to the heroes and villians that both were and are.

Dare I say it, it can sometimes be a bit difficult to tell a fresh story in the Bat-verse. But the Cliff Chiang nailed it here. This story is just wonderful to read from start to finish.

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