Batwoman #10

Writer - Marguerite Bennett  Artist - Fernando Blanco & Marc Laming

Colorist - John Rauch  Letterer - Deron Bennett

Kiss From A Rose

This has been a strange trippy tale of Batwoman. It harkens back to the earliest appearances of this incarnation of Kate Kane. She was wandering in the desert when all this began. It lead her to a cage shared with her Daddy’s favorite Colony Prime. The two were then tortured by the Scarecrow. It was a breakdown of Kate Kane that is brave at this juncture in her Rebirth life. Like all heroes, Kate fights back.

In this concluding act of the story, Batwoman has embraced her inner demons and now the Scarecrow should be afraid. It is a great battle of the mind that has been made real by technology. You really have to read it to fully grasp the greatness of this ending.

Kate’s dad makes an appearance and we get more of the obsessive “you picked Batman” angst he brings. She does show she is more than a female Batman. Batwoman is her own person and her own justice bringer. That is one of the great things about this book and I do hope DC Comics can see that fact. We need books like this one. It helps broaden the reach of comics aby the role model Kate Kane is and can be.

BIG surprise at the end. I loved it and look forward to seeing where it goes next. I also hope Batwoman stays out of Gotham a bit longer. It is nice to see her outside the shadow of the Bat.

BDS