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In this review of Catwoman #68, as Catwoman’s forces battle the White Glove for the docks, Batman and Catwoman fight for her survival against Hush and Flamingo.
Catwoman #68 main cover by David Nakayama
Catwoman #68
Writer: Tini Howard
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Colors: Veronica Gandini
Main Cover: David Nakayama
Variant Covers: Rachta Lin, Rose Besch, Nicola Scott, Marcio Takara, Tirso
Release Date: September 18, 2024
This review contains spoilers
Catwoman #68 begins as Catwoman’s allies battle the White Glove, Hush operates on the meteorite in Selina’s brain, and bullies her group to protect him from Batman. Meanwhile, he promises her face to Flamingo to eat. Eiko Hasigawa Catwoman agrees reluctantly, along with Dario Tomcat, as Batman watches the conflagration at the docks from above.
In her dreams, Selina sees Bast, the Egyptian cat goddess, who says she has come to love Catwoman, and offers Selina her life back if she can find her way through the desert.
Eiko Catwoman confronts Batman on the rooftops, and Batman vows to watch over (but not protect) Selina through Hush’s surgery.
In Selina’s dream, her cat Duchess leads her to Valmont, and they say goodbye to each other. She hears Batman’s voice, appearing as a bat-god of justice, as he radios through her tooth fillings. Batman tells her to wake up and strike as soon as Hush sews her skull back up while he takes care of Flamingo. Batman takes the unconscious Hush and holds off the police as Selina takes command of her forces in the fight. She forces the White Glove leader and survivors to retreat, then helps her supporter Hoops to the hospital. As she walks with Hoops, she repeats the goddess Bast’s words to the city of Gotham – she loves it, and cats don’t choose idly.
Analysis
I return for Catwoman #68, at the turn of the creative teams! After a blessed break from reviewing Tini Howard’s run, I’m coming back to review the book when Torunn Gronbekk’s tenure starts next month, and jumped in to cover this finale before that. For the most part Tini Howard seems to craft a finale where all of her heroes get some fun stuff to do (though Tomcat probably gets least to do, which given his awful costume design, is understandable, but it’s kind of a bummer given the rich setup he got in the first half of the run).
