Batman Eternal's a tough call. I enjoy it in the way that it feels like a story encompassing the whole Gotham setting but it's not uniformly amazing. I mean, even the Selina storyline, which I enjoy for what it sets up, isn't something I think is unworthy of criticism. Like I have really mixed feelings about the way they killed off the kid, for instance? Because that's such a cliche even if I do understand why they needed something genuinely huge to push Selina in this direction.
But if you're interested in reading the backstory to this stuff, it mostly occurs in #23, #27 and #28. Like that's not all of it, but those are the issues that mostly focus on the events I was talking about?
The annual came out a few weeks ago (I think it's the Catwoman Annual #2?) and fits in between #37 and #38 (which comes out next week I believe). It actually mostly focuses on Eiko and her story and why she views Catwoman the way she does. I found it really useful from that perspective, but I'm not sure it'll help if the issue is getting inside Selina's head?
The Batman Eternal stuff might, though, if you go in just to understand her headspace rather than looking for amazing comics?
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Date: 2015-01-24 10:33 pm (UTC)But if you're interested in reading the backstory to this stuff, it mostly occurs in #23, #27 and #28. Like that's not all of it, but those are the issues that mostly focus on the events I was talking about?
The annual came out a few weeks ago (I think it's the Catwoman Annual #2?) and fits in between #37 and #38 (which comes out next week I believe). It actually mostly focuses on Eiko and her story and why she views Catwoman the way she does. I found it really useful from that perspective, but I'm not sure it'll help if the issue is getting inside Selina's head?
The Batman Eternal stuff might, though, if you go in just to understand her headspace rather than looking for amazing comics?