J.H. Williams keeping the greatness of Batwoman alive
It's great to see how J.H Williams III and Haden Blackman can continue with the tone set by Greg Rucka on his run of Detective Comics. In this issue #0 we can enjoy Batman's take on Kate Kane, while he follows her trying to verify that she is indeed Batwoman and more importantly if she really has the skills to be a superhero. Williams and Blackman do a great work using Batman to identify why Kate Kane alias Batwoman is such a strong and interesting character, so this issue really is a review on Kate personality his behavior and how this features emerges both in his civilian and in his caped life. That's the core of the issue how it presents itself as a study of Kate's both personas separately to understand the differences between how she handles his life and how Bruce Wayne does it. While for him the Bruce Wayne identity is mostly a creation to divert from his Batman identity (just like Clark Kent is for Superman) Kate just seem to try to live his civilian identity as normal as she can regardless the fact that the pain she suffered is what really define her because that made her fight back and become Batwoman just as pain define Bruce.
J.H. Williams art is beautiful, powerful and complex as always, and Amy Reeder does a nice job on the Kate civilian parts of the tale, but I'm not sure how she will handle the Batwoman artwork, so we have to wait till #6 to see it.
Pros:
- Batwoman through Batman's eyes.
-J.H. Williams awesome artwork.
Cons:
-Just 16 pages of this great history.
Final words:
Batwoman #0 is great his only flaw is to be just that a #0 issue, but it's a nice hook for everybody to wait what Williams and Blackman have prepared in this new ongoing even if you haven't read anything about Kate Kane before.
