Batwoman: Elegy Deluxe

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A new era begins as Batwoman is unleashed on Gotham City! Marked by the blood-red bat emblem, Kate Kane is a soldier fighting her own private war - one that began years ago and haunts her every waking moment. In this first tale, Batwoman battles a madwoman known only as Alice, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, who sees her life as a fairy tale and everyone around her as expendable extras!

Batwoman must stop Alice from unleashing a toxic death cloud over all of Gotham City -- but ...

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Overview

A new era begins as Batwoman is unleashed on Gotham City! Marked by the blood-red bat emblem, Kate Kane is a soldier fighting her own private war - one that began years ago and haunts her every waking moment. In this first tale, Batwoman battles a madwoman known only as Alice, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, who sees her life as a fairy tale and everyone around her as expendable extras!

Batwoman must stop Alice from unleashing a toxic death cloud over all of Gotham City -- but Alice has more up her sleeve than just poison, and Batwoman's life will never ever be the same again.

Also, witness the origin of Batwoman in the shocking and tragic story "Go," in which young Kate Kane and her family are kidnapped by terrorists, and Kate's life - and the lives of her family - will never be the same!

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Publishers Weekly
On the surface, this is a fairly straightforward superhero thriller, in which the new (lesbian, tattooed, Jewish) Batwoman tussles with a crime-worshipping cult that's trying to poison Gotham City, and discovers how her personal history is entwined with that of their leader, a pale, murderous Lewis Carroll-quoting porcelain goth. In practice, it's spectacular—the kind of adventure story that you race through the first time and return to, to pore over slowly. The obvious attraction is Williams and colorist Dave Stewart's artwork, whose mutable style and wildly inventive layouts get across the story's twisted chronology and psychological subtleties all by themselves. Almost every page is some kind of visual set piece with symbolic resonance, and the big action scenes are as thrilling as superhero comics get. The second half of the book, “Go,” is Batwoman's origin story and the history of her relationship with her father; Williams actually adopts different visual aesthetics for different types of flashbacks within it, including a clever pastiche of David Mazzucchelli's Batman: Year One. Rucka's writing also deepens on closer examination, mostly because his Batwoman, Kate Kane, is a superhero like no other: don't-ask/don't-tell'ed out of the Marines, she treats her spandex-and-Kevlar work as a kind of military service that gives her life meaning. (July)
Library Journal
There have been jokes about Batman and Robin's veiled homosexuality longer than many of us have been alive. It makes sense, then, that DC's most prominent gay character these days is fighting crime dressed like a bat. And in a medium dominated by male fantasies, it makes a lot more sense that it's a lesbian Batwoman representing the rainbow brigade. Fortunately, DC didn't draft her as a stereotype. Sure, she has a thing for military fashion. And, yes, she's attracted to female cops. But in Elegy, writer Rucka presents the superhero's sexuality as a nuance of her character development—it's not cheap or predictable but real and sympathetic. To boot, it doesn't get in the way of a compelling, and startling, crime mystery originally told in issues 854–860 of "Detective Comics." Still, gay sensationalism sells, which is why this deluxe hardcover opens with Rachel Maddow, the MSNBC talk show host and outspoken lesbian, praising the realism of Batwoman's lesbian lifestyle. Maddow's observations are spot-on, but did we really need her to tell us that?Verdict Get past the gay buzz, and this is a gripping crime story with beautiful art that feels cinematic at times. Fans of Batman and crime novels should check it out.—Robert Morast, Fargo, ND
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781401226923
  • Publisher: DC Comics
  • Publication date: 7/6/2010
  • Pages: 192
  • Product dimensions: 11.18 (w) x 7.48 (h) x 0.59 (d)

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  • Posted August 26, 2010

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    The most beautiful art you'll ever see!!

    I have always enjoyed Greg Rucka and he was the main reason I wanted to check out this Batwoman book starring Kate Kane. I had heard the art was good but what J.H. Williams III does here is almost beyond words. Its truly breathtaking. Not just the actual line work but his layouts are like nothing in comics today. Such stunning work. Its crazy how he is able to change styles to the time period being told. The colors by Dave Stewart also deserve a mention as they add so much to the environment. The story is also a treat and this is a character that I can't believe these creators have convinced me I like. Amazing work!

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