Aw, crap. Another cliffhanger? Jeez. Before the main story, we get a decent conclusion to This Blood is Thick though the art isn't as good and makes some of the scenes a bit confusing. Then we get a partial origin (Year Zero) story where Kate is still at West Point, but comes to Gotham, finds some trouble and (view spoiler)[sees Maggie for the first time (hide spoiler)]. (Who happened ot be in Gotham from the Metropolis PD - I knew that's where she was from.) I thought the rest of the trade was

There's some interesting ideas within but they're not woven together as well as in the previous editions. This is probably because of the sudden change in writers. Additionally, a choice made by DC upset many of the fans but no spoilers.A series like Batwoman takes more finesse than your standard graphic novel and while there is promise within, well, it simply isn't delivering. I am not entirely surprised that this is the second to last of the books in the series. OVERALL GRADE: B minus to B.

In late 2013, JH Williams III and W. Haden Blackman, the writers of Batwoman since the New 52 began, announced their exit from the title after becoming frustrated with DC Editorial’s last minute changes to planned storylines – which were approved by DC Editorial months in advance! The biggest change DC made was reversing their decision to allow Kate and Maggie to marry (DC however are not anti-gay marriage, they’re just against marriage for their characters), as well as asking for a rewrite on t...

Gone is my Batwoman of yore. Not allowed to have a meaningful relationship due to DC idiocy, bumped down to lesser writers and illustrators (IMO), and not even having her own special supernatural niche of Gotham anymore,this time around Battina only gets to fight a sorta vampire, and this guy: Party on, Garth.This guy's Wolfspider, a Batman/Catwoman amalgam baddie not interesting enough to have his own agenda. Nocturna the vampire lady (yes really, Nocturna), does have her own agenda, but I d...

I've read all of the books in this series and currently reading the last one. I started reading because Batwoman is a lesbian in a long-term relationship in this series, and that is what has kept me reading. The relationship is portrayed well enough, considering the character's primary role as flawed superhero. I like her backstory and her relationship with her family. The series, while not the best, is entertaining enough. I wish her relationship with her partner was explored more.

This seems to be the downfall of what was one of DC's best comics. A new creative team (who forced the old, better, team out) has taken over, and they've thrown away all the good things that made Batwoman so great. Sigh.

(B) 72% | More than SatisfactoryNotes: An exsanguinous pasteurization, it staggers listless and ramshackle, aspiring to adequacy in the most ordinary ways.

This trade, the first after J. H. Williams and W. Haden Blackman left the title, is very much a mixed bag. The opening annual finishes off the previous story, and whilst it was originally released a lot later than this chronologically, it's good to print it first to sort the story out. The way the story is resolved makes sense, but feels a little safe. It's serviceable enough though.The Zero Year issue is also decent if unremarkable. Then comes the six part titular Webs storyline which goes on f...

Way to piss away the potential of a good title. With the exit of the writer and artist over creative differences on the title, DC scrubbed in some weak-ass shit for the conclusion of the storyline. I can't count the number of panels where Hawkfire and/or Batwoman don't get noses. Or shading. Also, previously in the storyline, Batwoman and a mercenary team come into grudging respect for one another. Change writers and we get this exchange:"I'm not used to sitting on my hands while a girl does...

Well...I think Marc Andreyko tried. Real hard. But I fear that Vol. 6, ostensibly the END of Batwoman in the DC Universe for the foreseeable future, will jump the shark, and make me curse DC even more than I already do for letting Williams/Blackman go. For my money, Batwoman was one of the best titles of the New 52. And now.....it's not. Because lesbians can't get married??? Supreme Court disagrees, DC. Speaking of which, can we please have a book where Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the leader of a rag...

Batwoman: Webs picks up where the previous volume left off, collecting the next ten issues (Batwoman #25–34) of the 2012 on-going series with Batwoman Annual #1 and collects the following stories: "Brothers and Sisters", "...Or High Water", "Webs", "Deadly is the Night", "Best Shots", and "Night of the Hunter"."Webs" is a six-issue story (Batwoman #25–31) has Katherine "Kate" Kane as Batwoman going against Evan Blake as Wolf Spider. Evan Blake is a rich playboy and old friend of Kate Kane, who j...

Eh. Meh.But at least the Jeremy Haun Art was great.

1 star book elevated by the appearance of Nocturna in the New 52! She and Batman used to get busy when Jason Todd was still Robin!Anyhow...finalized the cliffhanger from Williams' run on the title, and not shockingly at all, Batman makes Batwoman look like a little girl. Honestly, I know Bats is the gold standard heavyweight champ of DC, but you really threw Kate under the bus here...she looks dumb, unprepared, and easily beaten. I suppose she's new with this stuff, but all I see is her looking

Holy cliffhanger, Batwoman!I'm still fairly new to the graphic novel / comic book scene, but I don't understand why the ratings are so low on this one. I liked it! Some of the new drawing styles didn't do it for me at all, and that's why it lost a star for me. Other than that -- I enjoyed it. Wolf Spider seemed like a cross between Spiderman and Deadpool, which was amusing. I'd like to see more of him. I don't want to give any spoilers but something happened near the end that was just lame. It d...

Where the Hell are all the low-lifes when I need something to punch?

Very standard stuff. Not living up to the excitement of earlier volumes in art or story.

Disappointing, but then I knew going into it that it probably wouldn't be what I was hoping for anyway. I didn't start reading it with any plans to hate it, though. I guess I finished this feeling more meh than anything else.Pssst!Some Spoilers Ahead!The art is certainly not bad, but nothing compared to the lush look of the previous volumes.I was looking forward to finally putting that cliffhanger ending from volume 4 behind me, but (wouldn't you know it) there's yet another cliffhanger at the e...

Good battles, good mystery good drama, cliffhanger ending I won't get resolved for three months...

Well I'm done with this title. Seriously, if you were a fan before, I think you should stop here. It's a waste of money. Despite trying to overstuff this volume with 4 different stories, everything falls flat. Mark Andreyko manages to take what was one of the New 52's most promising, interesting, and unique titles and turn it into just another book on the shelf. So let's start with the multitude of stories. The first issue wraps up what Williams and Blackman had been building to for 4 volumes. I...

This Blood is Thick (Annual). It's impossible not to rate this finale in relation to the story that it's concluding, and unfortunately it's quite bad. Where before we'd had a serious character-driven comic, suddenly we have a comic action-adventure with horribly clichéd dialogue ("It ... can't ... end ... this way!") and unbelievable actions (let's assault our guards and escape, after faking a heart attack!). It's also rushed and ends on a note that undercuts the whole series to date, as Kate an...