Reviews

Batwoman Vol. 1: The Many Arms of Death (Rebirth) by Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV

theohume's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

stevequinn's review

3.0

I mean...it was PRETTY good. The Epting art was lovely. But we're still a far cry from the glory days of the original Batwoman (which are closer for me because I just read them for the first time a month or so ago).

So Kate had a lost year on Gotham, and then another lost year on this island? and it's tying in to this League of Shadows cross-Bat-book plot? Okay, but leaves me a bit flat. Kate is awesome and she can carry her own side story.

and the alt-future Tim Drake rules Gotham, Kate is in the Colony plot? Please tell me that has something to do with Dr. Manhattan, cause otherwise it is so out of nowhere.

If Batwoman's going to be in the team book, I'd like her own book's stories to be more, well, their own stories.

Overall, good, but not the old Batwoman. thanks to DC for giving me a review copy in exchange for an unbiased review.

kristy_k's review

1.0

I am fairly new to superhero comics and though I have a read a bit of Marvel, DC has been limited to mainly Batgirl and Nightwing. I enjoyed those and was hoping Batwoman would fall along the same lines. However, I felt the story line was forced and didn't care about what was happening. The story was not quite an origin story, not quite fighting the villain plot.

I've read one other DC rebirth comic and didn't like it, so I think this DC universe just isn't for me.

johnawickline's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

ericawrites's review

3.0

In terms of writing, this story is all over the place. (Issue #6 is a straight up backdoor pilot for Detective Comics that has nothing to do with the rest of the story.) The art is beautiful and wonderful as it's Steve Epting (regular artist) and Stephanie Hans (flashback issue).

dominicangirl's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bloodykanary's review

5.0

J'aime trop, je ne sais que dire à part déclarer mon amour à tous les gens qui ont participé à ce volume.

wbforeman999's review

3.0

Pretty solid, that woman isn’t the most well-known character I like how they introduced who she was, in this short little flashback and you understood the character pretty well. Well, the book is loosely, tied to the monsters and men event that was going on in Batman at the time. quickly goes away as we see Kate Kane deal with a piece of her past I’ve seen some complaints that we don’t get enough backstory, but there’s enough flashbacks spaced throughout the book that shows us what she was doing during that year on the island. Also, Steve Eptings art is fantastic. It’s a shame that he didn’t stay on for other volumes in the series. My only complaint with the trade is I feel a bit cheated did the four issues give us a pretty solid story The fifth issue is a flashback and then the sixth story doesn’t relate to anything prior in the book and it’s about a future cake cane dealing with this Batman, like threat in the future that didn’t really make a lot of sense, and felt misplaced in this book.

nausiqaa's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

jhstack's review

3.0

I'm behind on the post JH Williams III Batwoman volumes, but this was a good start for the Rebirth line that left me wanting more background on what has been transpiring both during the gap between trades and in the not-too-distant-future in the trade. (e-galley from NetGalley)