If there were more from Long Halloween - if DC did as they did with Tom King’s Batman/Catwoman Special, where other artists completed John Paul Leon’s unfinished artwork in tribute - I would certainly buy it. Sadly, in the interim, Sale passed away, which makes this endeavor bittersweet what seemed a new beginning for the “Long Halloween-verse” is now most likely, understandably, its end. I had never read Catwoman: When in Rome, an oversight that seemed all the more glaring given my enjoyment of Long Halloween and Dark Victory, so this seemed an opportunity to accomplish a couple goals at once. Wanting to be fully versed in the mystery ahead of reading the special, I stuck the new, timed-for-the-animated-movie deluxe editions of Long Halloween and its sequels on my reading list.

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.I was excited when Jeph Loeb and the late Tim Sale re-teamed last year for a new Batman: The Long Halloween special. Andrea Lipinski, New York Public LibraryĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. This page-turning adventure will fly off the shelves. Fans of those titles will definitely appreciate this one, but there is enough backstory included so that it isn't necessary to have read the other books. When in Rome takes places chronologically between two Batman stories by the same author/artist team: The Long Halloween (1999) and Dark Victory (2001, both DC Comics). Bringing The Riddler with her on this trip turns out to be both an inspired choice and more trouble than it's worth. All of these events revolve around the heart of the story, which is that Catwoman goes to Italy both to settle a score with the Falcone crime family and to try to learn the identity of her mother. The fact that her meetings with Batman are filled with sexual tension so thick that you can cut it with a claw adds yet another dimension to her troubles.

Freeze, The Scarecrow, and Batman, but questioning whether they are real or imaginary leaves her doubting her sanity. She encounters such regulars as Cheetah, Mr. While she spends most of the book in Italy, it seems that Gotham City is never far behind. Grade 9 Up Gotham City's sexiest cat burglar returns in a story featuring intrigue, fight scenes, and Catwoman in various stages of undress.

Catwoman by Jeph Loeb