Catwoman #20

With Joelle Jones and Fernando Blanco on Catwoman, they are the new standard for a Catwoman book. Read Full Review

Joelle Jones has written a really excellent storyline over many issues. Reading this particular issue, I can now see she had been planting seeds this whole time during her run. All her work is paying off and I can't wait to see how it ends!! Read Full Review

This issue is everything that a Catwoman installment should be"emotional, self-aware, action-packed, and a little terrifying. Read Full Review

To see how Raina Creel has evolved into a very important player in the Batman Family landscape, you'll need to pick up several past issues of Catwoman. But to truly appreciate the writing of Jolle Jones you need to grab every issue you can of Catwoman. Besides, we all love Alfred and the few pages he is remembered is worth the purchase! Read Full Review

As entertaining as it is, there isnt a whole lot of story this issue. The simple plot structure keeps the story firmly grounded in action heroism that maintains an even flow of action from beginning to end. The ending of this issue is suitably dramatic, but it sets up a bit of a challenge for the next installment what with it being the case the final showdown between Catwoman and Creel does appear to be starting on the very first panel of issue 21. An issue-length physical conflict is unlikely. Itll be interesting to see how Kyle and Blanco wrap-up this part of Catwomans life in March.  Read Full Review

She's earned the stripes of an unlikely hero well, and Catwoman #20 leaves me eager for the bitter end. Read Full Review

Joelle Jones is wrapping her run on Catwoman in the coming months, so it's no surprise she's building up to a big finale in Catwoman #20. The problem is, I don't think the big finale it's building towards really fits the tone of the run or Selina's character. Read Full Review

Catwoman #20 does about everything right to build excitement for the conclusion of Joelle Jones run on this series. Jones has crafted a compelling narrative around this conflict between Catwoman and Raina Creel. Hopefully Jones can end her Catwoman run on high note in the next issue. Read Full Review

A solid issue that leads the reader into what should be the finale for this story arc in the following issue. Read Full Review

Catwoman #20 does its best to entertain as a horror tinged pulp adventure, but struggles to reconcile itself with the strong characterization from the series' earlier arcs. Read Full Review

This Catwoman series has struggled to pick up any momentum for a while now and tries to make up for it with a forced and hurried penultimate issue to the Raina Creel story.  Without proper setup, the plot twists and turns, and it winds up being a confusing mess by the time the cliffhanger arrives.  I will be back next month to finish out the story, but I am not looking forward to it. Read Full Review

Watchtower022

Feb 15, 2020

The art in this Series has been really great but the story hasn’t met that standard. Hopefully the conclusion next month makes it worth it.

Red Hood

Mar 18, 2021

Not really what I was expecting, this is more of a filler issue. I like how Selina has been wearing many different outfits from her different eras. 7/10 -Red Hood

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln

Feb 17, 2020

Did Catwoman need a zombie outbreak yarn? No, not really.

M1sf1r3

Feb 12, 2020

Prelude: Catwoman has been stalling for quite some time. Let's see how this issue fares. The Good: Nothing. The Bad: I don't like Blanco's art. Let's throw away the new suit just as we get it! Sure, why not. Conclusion: The story exists and quite frankly, I just don't care.

LunaMoody

Feb 14, 2020

I for one am so ready for this story to be over and for Jones's run on the series to end already!!! It has been torture to read since the first issue. NONE of the side characters are interesting. The writer managed to make Catwoman boring!. Which is just mind boggling. Catwoman is an amazing, fun, vibrant exciting character. She's funny, strong, smart and so much more. Yet from the first issue Jones has made Catwoman/Selina boring, whiny at times with all her self doubting, unlikable, unreliable and even unfeeling. It was only when another writer stepped in did Selina even show how much she was still grieving having left Batman/Bruce. Plus she's basically tossed Maggie to the side and has forgotten about her most of the time. Where is Seli na's heart in all this???? Jones has had just under 2 years to give us Selina's story after Bruce and she hasn't bothered at all. There are so many things wrong with this run. So many questions unanswered. 1. Why did Selina go to that city? 2. Was it her plan from the beginning to only stay for awhile then head back to Gotham ? 3. What was her plan when it came to Bruce when she got back? 4. Is she still wanted for murder? 5. Zombies!!! Really??? Jones has reduced an iconic amazing character down to a Zombie fighter in what would be considered a B movie horror book. 6. What was the point of Cat stealing that thing for Penguin and what did it mean for both Selina and Creel? That was never fleshed out that I can remember. Course this story has been so incredible boring it might have been shown in the book and I just forgot it. 7. What about those 2 cops that were watching/ helping???/whatever Catwoman? 8. Why did Creel look like she does? And why does everyone around her not seem to care that the horror show she is walks among them? 9. What is Creels over all goal? 10. Why did she start all this with Catwoman to begin with? 11. Why kill her kids? 12. What about the rest of the mob in that city? Is Selina done with that now or a part of it still? I think she gave it over to Gentleman Ghost but not sure what that means. 13. What was Selina thinking in terms of Gotham and going back? Was she going to take back up with being a Villain? Is that what she thought Bat needs her to be? She always has had trouble letting go of her past mistakes and just embracing being a hero. 14. I know now Cat is back with her Bat over in Batman but it would be nice to know what she was thinking and planning before she got back with him. 15. Also did she know what is going on in Gotham before going back? 16. How does she find Bat on that mountain? Did she go looking for him because of that phone call she didn't answer from Barbara in an issue of Batman? So many questions. With next month’s issue suppose to be the conclusion to Selina and Creel’s battle, hopefully Jones finds a way to wrap up some of these questions. I also hope that Jones gives us some answers to her struggles with Bruce. Good things about this issue....... 1. The art was good at times. Coloring sucked though. 2. There was some explaining done about how Creel was doing what she was doing. 3. We got to see some emotions out of Catwoman to bad it centered around self doubt. But it was still good to see she had some. 4. Selina ditched that awful purple costume. Good. I love the orginal purple costume like it that didn't have the lines. It was sleek and sexy. But this new take with the lines just made her look frumpy and chubby. It looked like one of those puffy winter coats people wear that are warm but totally unattractive looking. Bad things beyond the over all story...... 1. All the zombie images. Most of the book was zombies and little story. To much wasted pages that could have been used to further the story. 2. The story is still boring!!! 3. The story is awful !!! So are we to assume that Creels big plan is to turn everyone that has money or power in that city into zombies? Ummm.... Why??? What is the point? Sure she would have power over all of them but they are zombies. What good are having control of an army of zombies do for a person. It's not like they can do more then go out and eat/kill people. This story is just so stupid. The only perk I can see Creel getting out of this would be that at least she wouldn't be the ugliest person in the room any more. lol Seriously what was DC thinking when they gave the okay to this story arc? If the goal was to write the worst Catwoman story ever, I'm pretty sure Jones won that award. 4. Selina just leaves her sister with some cats to protect her??? Really??? Did she forget what happened in last months issue? Zombie attack, Her friend maybe dying from said zombie attack. Plus lets not forget crazy no nosed killer zombie making lady wanting Selina dead. But sure a couple of stray cats got all that covered. The sister's all cozy, warm and safe. ahuh......yep.....totally believable. Jones story telling is obviously influenced by Tom King's. Bot of them use a lot of words and images that mean, tell and add nothing to the story. So you just get a lot of filler issues that only wastes the readers time and money. And leaves them with unanswered questions and the feeling that they are stupid for wasting money on these comics. While I must say I did like Kings run on Batman though he dropped the ball many times over what should have been a much shorter and tighter story arc, however with Jones I can't say I've liked anything about her Catwoman story beyond her art work she did on it. This habit that DC has taken up with giving the writers years to write a story arc needs to stop. They need to realize that their writers are comic book writers and not actual BOOK writers. Not every write has the talent to write a novel length story. And certainly not every book writer can write a GOOD book. But that seems to be what DC is expecting from their writers now GOOD novels written in a comic format. more