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Catwoman, Vol. 7: Catwoman Dies
Selina Kyle has prowled the skyline of Gotham City as Catwoman, the protector of East End, for years. Following a year off, during which she became mother and left the costumed world behind, she's returned to her old turf.
But now the identity that Selina Kyle built for herself to protect her baby daughter is being destroyed at the hands of Hammer and Sickle. With supervillains and the Gotham police hunting for both Selina and her replacement, Holly, drastic measures are needed!
This must-read graphic novel ends on a stunning cliffhanger, as Catwoman walks away from her costumed identity -- seemingly forever!
collecting CATWOMAN #66-72
168 pages, Paperback
First published March 21, 2008
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About the author
Will Pfeifer
312 books23 followersWill Pfeifer was born in 1967 in the town of Niles, Ohio. He attended Kent State University and graduated in 1989. He has resided in Rockford, Illinois since 1990, with his wife, Amy.
Pfeifer, along with his comic writing duties, is the assistant features editor at the Rockford Register Star. He also writes a weekly DVD column for the Sunday paper.
Pfeifer, along with his comic writing duties, is the assistant features editor at the Rockford Register Star. He also writes a weekly DVD column for the Sunday paper.
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January 19, 2012
This book brings the whole series down, and should never have been written.
May 7, 2008
Spoiler: Catwoman doesn't die. Also, Catwoman doesn't do much of anything interesting. She starts out constantly fighting Hammer and Sickle, two very bland, nigh-invincible villains that are also named Boris and Natasha (ugh). Then, she's sucked into the Amazons Attack crossover. Finally, she decides she can't hack it as a mother, thus chucking the last 18 issues devoted to that story.
This is a big step back from the last volume.
This is a big step back from the last volume.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 25, 2008
Selina's role as a mother was dealt with in an interesting way here. Too rare has a superhero been in such a position where he or she juggles "work" (let's not dismiss the fact that being Catwoman is a legitimate occupation) and parenthood. Such a double life takes its toll on Selina and she ultimately makes a very painful choice. I also liked her dynamics with Bruce/Batman in this volume. Plus, Batman cuddling infant and Batman holding giant teddy bear = PRICELESS
February 4, 2019
Basic Plot: Selina is back on the job after taking time off for motherhood.
Batman + baby= adorable. There were a lot of great moments here as Selina deals with being both a mom and a cape.
Batman + baby= adorable. There were a lot of great moments here as Selina deals with being both a mom and a cape.
September 23, 2009
I've never read any Catwoman comics before, but Catwoman Dies was readily available at the local library so I picked it up, and I have to say I'm very happy I did. The first issue or so of this collected edition seems like I came into the series somewhere in the middle -- which I did -- but writer Will Pfeiffer does an excellent job of drawing in the reader regardless of not knowing any backstory. You can pick up this edition and enjoy it from the get-go. By the time I closed the book, I was actually sad for Catwoman and now I want to know more. If I have the opportunity to pick up more issues, I most certainly will.
Some cool positives:
*Catwoman's on hiatus in the beginning, so a friend of hers named Holly is filling the "role." Holly finds she's in way over her head. Luckily, Selina Kyle (the original Catwoman) shows up soon enough to resume her leathers and cat'o'nine tail (translation: whip), pulling Holly's butt out of the proverbial fire.
*We're talking downright vicious villains, Blitzkrieg, an Amazon splinter group called The Bana, and especially killers-for-hire Hammer and Sickle. Talk about mean. None of these villains have any of what us regular folks call "redeeming qualities."
*Catwoman's a mommy. The main thrust of this graphic novel is how Selina is adjusting to life as a mother, and when her identity is compromised, the baddies make it personal by coming after the only family she has, forcing Selina to get personal-er. Some great cinematic stuff here by artists David and Alvaro Lopez.
*Batman. Yes, of course, ol' Bats makes a couple appearances. But Pfeiffer does a good job of maintaining that this is Catwoman's title, not Batman's...although I did notice Selina leans on Bruce (and Alfred) quite a bit(Alfred basically ends up as a babysitter through quite a bit of the novel). Gotta say, there's an amazing gentleness about seeing the Caped Crusader cuddling a cooing six-month-old baby. Pfeiffer includes an excellent scene to note: Selina is looking on as a smiling Bruce/Batman has his cowl pulled back and is holding her baby. It's 3 am as he stands in Selina's barren apartment, comforting her child, who's little hand is touching his chin. Selina narrates:
*Ultimately, "Catwoman Dies" is a story of sacrifice, and also Selina will stop at absolutely NOTHING to protect her baby girl. Let's just say it's a good thing the baby is too young to remember some of the stuff that went on around her while she was ga-ga-ing in her crib.
Highly recommended! A MUCH better read than Frank Miller's All-Star Batman, which is absolute trash (see my review).
Some cool positives:
*Catwoman's on hiatus in the beginning, so a friend of hers named Holly is filling the "role." Holly finds she's in way over her head. Luckily, Selina Kyle (the original Catwoman) shows up soon enough to resume her leathers and cat'o'nine tail (translation: whip), pulling Holly's butt out of the proverbial fire.
*We're talking downright vicious villains, Blitzkrieg, an Amazon splinter group called The Bana, and especially killers-for-hire Hammer and Sickle. Talk about mean. None of these villains have any of what us regular folks call "redeeming qualities."
*Catwoman's a mommy. The main thrust of this graphic novel is how Selina is adjusting to life as a mother, and when her identity is compromised, the baddies make it personal by coming after the only family she has, forcing Selina to get personal-er. Some great cinematic stuff here by artists David and Alvaro Lopez.
*Batman. Yes, of course, ol' Bats makes a couple appearances. But Pfeiffer does a good job of maintaining that this is Catwoman's title, not Batman's...although I did notice Selina leans on Bruce (and Alfred) quite a bit(Alfred basically ends up as a babysitter through quite a bit of the novel). Gotta say, there's an amazing gentleness about seeing the Caped Crusader cuddling a cooing six-month-old baby. Pfeiffer includes an excellent scene to note: Selina is looking on as a smiling Bruce/Batman has his cowl pulled back and is holding her baby. It's 3 am as he stands in Selina's barren apartment, comforting her child, who's little hand is touching his chin. Selina narrates:
"See, here's the thing people don't get about Bruce. They think he's all about beating up badguys or striking terror into the hearts of the underworld. But that's not it. That's not it at all.
"When you get right down to it, when you take away the cape and the cowl and the capital 'T" in 'The Batman'...He's all about protecting the innocent."
*Ultimately, "Catwoman Dies" is a story of sacrifice, and also Selina will stop at absolutely NOTHING to protect her baby girl. Let's just say it's a good thing the baby is too young to remember some of the stuff that went on around her while she was ga-ga-ing in her crib.
Highly recommended! A MUCH better read than Frank Miller's All-Star Batman, which is absolute trash (see my review).
February 2, 2016
Foot in mouth.
This is a joke, this is simply a laugh out loud joke. I've been very vocal (at least in my reviews) that since Pfeifer took the reins of this series it has gone down the shitter, destroying everything that was good about the story and replacing it with poor writing, illogical character choices and just stupid stupid ideas. So what make this arc so memorable for me? Well, this is the arc where Pfeifer pretty much erases all the terrible work he's done in 28 issues and removes Helena and this stupid status quo from Selina's life after 18 issues....LOL we are back at square one, I've just wasted 28 issues of reading time for this.
World: Not a fan of Lopez's art, it's static and muddy and the characters are just not appealing. There is no world building it's pretty much ripping up the pieces of the old world building and using it for toilet paper. The little pieces that we do get are boring and dull and attached to an event that in all honest should have nothing to do with Selina and this book in the first place (what's happening in DC).
Story: Laugh out loud stupid as this is pretty much a deletion of the last 28 issues of the book, a reboot. Pfiefer painted himself into a corner when he wanted to change the status quo and man he clearly did not plan ahead too well. The 3 stories in this book are all pointless, one being another fight with pointless villains with dumb motivations on revenge, two being a pointless and poorly paced tie in to the Wonder Woman event, and three the laugh out loud retconing of his own work from the last two plus years. Nothing here is good and the destruction of this little piece of Gotham and the characters created by Brubaker is now pretty much complete.
Characters: Horrible, these are zombies, they are not the characters the readers expect them to be. They don't act and speak the way that they should. I've said it many times what has happened with Slam is a travesty and same with Karon, Ted, and Holly. I'm not even going to go into Selina and her characterization and her motivations. We started off this series with Selina coming back as Selina after faking her death...so I guess after 72 issues we are back at square one...ridiculous.
A writer blowing up his book is pretty much a sigh of poor choices, this book is a testament of how bad it has been since #44 and all I can see now is hopefully with the blow up something can be found in this pile of ashes.
Onward to the next book!
This is a joke, this is simply a laugh out loud joke. I've been very vocal (at least in my reviews) that since Pfeifer took the reins of this series it has gone down the shitter, destroying everything that was good about the story and replacing it with poor writing, illogical character choices and just stupid stupid ideas. So what make this arc so memorable for me? Well, this is the arc where Pfeifer pretty much erases all the terrible work he's done in 28 issues and removes Helena and this stupid status quo from Selina's life after 18 issues....LOL we are back at square one, I've just wasted 28 issues of reading time for this.
World: Not a fan of Lopez's art, it's static and muddy and the characters are just not appealing. There is no world building it's pretty much ripping up the pieces of the old world building and using it for toilet paper. The little pieces that we do get are boring and dull and attached to an event that in all honest should have nothing to do with Selina and this book in the first place (what's happening in DC).
Story: Laugh out loud stupid as this is pretty much a deletion of the last 28 issues of the book, a reboot. Pfiefer painted himself into a corner when he wanted to change the status quo and man he clearly did not plan ahead too well. The 3 stories in this book are all pointless, one being another fight with pointless villains with dumb motivations on revenge, two being a pointless and poorly paced tie in to the Wonder Woman event, and three the laugh out loud retconing of his own work from the last two plus years. Nothing here is good and the destruction of this little piece of Gotham and the characters created by Brubaker is now pretty much complete.
Characters: Horrible, these are zombies, they are not the characters the readers expect them to be. They don't act and speak the way that they should. I've said it many times what has happened with Slam is a travesty and same with Karon, Ted, and Holly. I'm not even going to go into Selina and her characterization and her motivations. We started off this series with Selina coming back as Selina after faking her death...so I guess after 72 issues we are back at square one...ridiculous.
A writer blowing up his book is pretty much a sigh of poor choices, this book is a testament of how bad it has been since #44 and all I can see now is hopefully with the blow up something can be found in this pile of ashes.
Onward to the next book!
May 11, 2014
The book: Catwoman, Vol. 7: Catwoman Dies
The author and illustrators: Will Pfeifer, David López and Alvaro Lopez
The subject: Selina Kyle returns to being Catwoman after a time away, during which she has become a mother, but she finds that having a child and being a superhero aren't particularly compatible.
Why I chose it: Because CATWOMAN! (I also wanted something quick, easy and fun to read.)
The rating: Four out of five stars
What I thought of it: This was the first Catwoman collection that I read; I read another, so obviously it must have been at least a little bit good! In fact, I really enjoyed both the story and the art. I loved how you get dropped straight into the action, but then there's a twist straight away. The rest of the story continues in a similarly exciting vein, with a number of excellent villains, but there's also a great emotional core. Selina Kyle has to make a difficult choice regarding her daughter's safety and you really feel her anguish. I think this would make a great film if Hollywood could exorcise the disaster that was Catwoman starring Halle Berry.
I liked this collection a lot, both as a cool superhero story and as an interesting look at motherhood. (It is also an interesting look at adorable scenes where Batman is holding a baby. D'awwww.) You should definitely give it a go; it stands on its own as a story, though I will definitely be reading other volumes.
Just one more thing: The artist who drew the cover for the edition I read is on Deviant Art. He models his drawings of Catwoman in major part on Audrey Hepburn, as you will see.
The author and illustrators: Will Pfeifer, David López and Alvaro Lopez
The subject: Selina Kyle returns to being Catwoman after a time away, during which she has become a mother, but she finds that having a child and being a superhero aren't particularly compatible.
Why I chose it: Because CATWOMAN! (I also wanted something quick, easy and fun to read.)
The rating: Four out of five stars
What I thought of it: This was the first Catwoman collection that I read; I read another, so obviously it must have been at least a little bit good! In fact, I really enjoyed both the story and the art. I loved how you get dropped straight into the action, but then there's a twist straight away. The rest of the story continues in a similarly exciting vein, with a number of excellent villains, but there's also a great emotional core. Selina Kyle has to make a difficult choice regarding her daughter's safety and you really feel her anguish. I think this would make a great film if Hollywood could exorcise the disaster that was Catwoman starring Halle Berry.
I liked this collection a lot, both as a cool superhero story and as an interesting look at motherhood. (It is also an interesting look at adorable scenes where Batman is holding a baby. D'awwww.) You should definitely give it a go; it stands on its own as a story, though I will definitely be reading other volumes.
Just one more thing: The artist who drew the cover for the edition I read is on Deviant Art. He models his drawings of Catwoman in major part on Audrey Hepburn, as you will see.
August 10, 2014
Will Pfeifer and David Lopez bring an end to Catwoman's motherly status with this volume of the comic series. Filling in as Catwoman has been tough for Holly Robinson, and now she must rescue a kidnapped child from the webcam wannabe villainess Blitzkrieg. As the events unfold, forces against Selina Kyle converge on Holly - trigger-happy policemen, Russian siblings Hammer and Sickle, and even Selina herself are drawn into a violent maelstrom that will sideline one Catwoman for good. The volume then tips into the Amazons Attack storyline, as Selina infiltrates a sect of female warriors at the behest of Batman. The final pages see Selina make a heart-wrenching decision regarding her daughter Helena, and usher in a new era for the East End's vigilante protector. Despite having to juggle the One Year Later gap, Amazons Attack, and Catwoman's child, Pfeifer does a fine job a building every plot swing into a natural progression of the book's overall scheme. Catwoman purists will enjoy seeing Selina back in the costume and without the motherly ties; character fans will agree that a death does occur with the loss of Catwoman's maternal role.
October 28, 2013
Well I'm just going to cry in the shower now.
This was so painful. Some of the scenes in this were just... UUUUUGGH!
Also, Bruce cradling Selena's baby was SO cute! He loves that kid. Oh man. They stood looking at an empty Robin costume and she said "the world you and I live in? It's not a safe place for kids." And all the scenes of Selena curled up beside Helena's crib... and the full page when Selena hits the floor after giving away her child... and and and I just... love Catwoman.
This was so painful. Some of the scenes in this were just... UUUUUGGH!
Also, Bruce cradling Selena's baby was SO cute! He loves that kid. Oh man. They stood looking at an empty Robin costume and she said "the world you and I live in? It's not a safe place for kids." And all the scenes of Selena curled up beside Helena's crib... and the full page when Selena hits the floor after giving away her child... and and and I just... love Catwoman.
March 5, 2008
Wijs. Na de manga's nu ook wat Amerikaanse superhero's. En van dit wil ik wel meer lezen. De enige batmanachtige toestanden die ik voorheen hat gelezen was het fenomenale Arckham Asylum, maar dit valt ook best mee.
Moederschap, verantwoordelijkheid, dilemma's, het zit er allemaal in. En het blijft begrijpelijk, ook voor wie --zoals ik-- eigenlijk middenin de serie terecht komt.
Moederschap, verantwoordelijkheid, dilemma's, het zit er allemaal in. En het blijft begrijpelijk, ook voor wie --zoals ik-- eigenlijk middenin de serie terecht komt.
April 22, 2015
Wow. I had no idea how much love could be given and received by Catwoman. The character after years of selfish and nihilistic behavior becomes a real woman capable of love and compassion. Its weird how certain things don't work out perfectly but its good story telling nevertheless. The ending made me feel sad for her.
B+
B+
May 18, 2015
I thought this was excellent, some of the best characterisation and dialogue between characters I have read in a long time. Pfeifer nailed the relationship between Bruce and Selina perfectly. All the stories read well, but the final 2 issues are pretty unique in comics, dealing with motherhood and loss. Excellent read. The art is also excellent, and those Adam Hughes covers are gold.
February 29, 2008
Ugh.
Why am I still reading this series? All the fun and inventiveness it had back when it started is long gone, and now it's become nothing more than another facet in the endless soap opera of the DC universe.
Damnit. I'll probably end up picking up the next volume, too.
Why am I still reading this series? All the fun and inventiveness it had back when it started is long gone, and now it's become nothing more than another facet in the endless soap opera of the DC universe.
Damnit. I'll probably end up picking up the next volume, too.
October 29, 2008
i like catwoman and am was sad to see her regular series cancelled after only about 70 issues or so. this collection of a few issues is enjoyable. she's such a great character.
September 24, 2009
I didn't know Catwoman had a kid. Interesting. As is seeing Batman holding a baby.
September 24, 2012
Ok....I have been so far out of the comic book loop. Catwoman has a baby!
February 22, 2014
Hugely emotional, especially if you're a parent. I won't day more for fear of spoilers!
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