This series is keeping to a consistently good standard, it's not the best on the shelves, but it's still very enjoyable and entertaining.
The basic premise of this story is Catwoman is sent on a mission by Colonel Steve Trevor ( Leader of the Justice League of America ) to save a hostage, but has to go to Batman for assistance in doing this. It's a good story, from Peter J. Tomasi, except for one aspect, in my opinion:
The villains, however, seemed a little too rushed. The villains don't get introduced properly or at all, and they're not named either. I feel like the later part of the issue wasn't particularly interesting because of this. This series does do a good job of creating minor villains for tiny roles in the story, but I'm starting to get tired of it, and would've preferred the Carrie Kelly section of this issue to be cut out in exchange for more focus on the Batman/Catwoman story.
The two stories of this issue were the Batman/Catwoman one and the Bruce Wayne/ Carrie Kelley one. Both of the sections were done well and although the latter did have some brilliant, emotional moments,I would've preferred just one of them in this issue, so there was more time to build it up, as both seemed rushed.
Now onto the art by Patrick Gleason and Mick Gray. I feel like the art is regularly... alright. The faces look usually just odd, it's weird to look at and Carrie Kelley looked much older than she should. Despite this, there are some brilliant pages in this issue, where the face thing isn't a problem, since they're silhouetted out, this is an interesting effect, and those pages were the best part of the issue.
One part of the art I really liked though was miserable Batman. Patrick Gleason draws a really good miserable Batman.
Overall, this was an entertaining issue even though the art seemed odd at times. The interaction between Carrie and Bruce was interesting and made a good read.
Rating: 6/10
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