3.5*I received a free copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.I really enjoyed this one. I hadn't read a Batwoman comic before, but I really liked it for how dark it was. The character of Batwoman was very interesting, but the storyline sometimes got almost a little too dark for me.

NetGalley review.Wow. The artwork was pretty nice. As for the storyline - not so much. I would have preferred more linear storyline, since loads of jumping and inconsistency happen, and sometime it's hard to tell who is who and what is happening. I am fairly new to comics but I know who the Batwoman is, and it was hard to understand what book was about - her youth, her adventures, her nemesis, her becoming Batwoman or else. Beware, loads of kissing involved!

I've enjoyed all the BATWOMAN titles I've read, but this is definitely the high water mark. Eager for more.

This is between a 3 and 4 for me. The volumes were all pretty well written, and the art was good throughout, but the final volume threw me off. I get that it's supposed to be a Future's End kind of thing, but why just for Batwoman? Nothing else has it, there is no way to make sense of how things went from the rest of the story to that, so it's really just nonsense. The backstory was good, but it feels like there is a lot left out of that too. If I can find the New 52 Batwoman series, that should...

I haven't been a Batwoman fan and this new "rebirth" volume hasn't changed that. I don't know much about her having only read the new 52 vol 1 and of course, she always turns up during a Bat Family crisis. This book is all over the place from the past to the present, back and forth, until jump ahead to the future. I really couldn't understand the importance of any of it and on top of that Batwoman was fighting corruption, industry, spies, intrigue. Not what I'm interested in. When I read a super...

I think I just really love a Batwoman comic. I haven't read anything about her that I didn't really like. Very excited to continue this series, but I do need to go back and read the last two volumes of the New 52 run. It picks up well enough after that, it seems. But there was one really wild issue at the end of this called Pax Batmana or something, and it looks really interesting and I want to see where that goes soon. But yeah, this was one of my favorite Rebirth titles I have read so far asid...

This one is a pretty good graphic novel, another in the DC reboot rebirth sequence. It's well drawn and well written, but I thought the point that Kate Kane is gay was a bit over labored. Good for her, so what, let's move on with the story, y'know, she's a whole lot more than just her preference. Anyway... The first five sections fit together to tell a good story, all about Kate and her origin with some quite well realized character development. There's an unfortunate last section that doesn't f...

3.5 starsVol. 1: The Many Arms of Death started off promisingly enough - a nice, lively pace and artwork; character back-story that was helpful to me (I'm really only familiar with Kate Kane / Batwoman from the recent Batman: Detective Comics Rebirth series); some humorous moments (see Julia Pennyworth's 'Creepy Twin Bingo'); and the occasional sly and/or innuendo-filled dialogue and scenes to catch a reader off-guard. And then . . .Some of the little problems caused a bothersome ripple effect.

I am fairly new to superhero comics and though I have a read a bit of Marvel, DC has been limited to mainly Batgirl and Nightwing. I enjoyed those and was hoping Batwoman would fall along the same lines. However, I felt the story line was forced and didn't care about what was happening. The story was not quite an origin story, not quite fighting the villain plot.I've read one other DC rebirth comic and didn't like it, so I think this DC universe just isn't for me.

Read this review and more on my blog, uncovered-books.I received a free copy of Batwoman Volume 1: The Many Arms Of Death from DC Comics in exchange for my honest opinion.If Batman is too tame for you, then Batwoman will be right up your alley. Having not read about Batwoman before (apart from in the crossover event, Night Of The Monster Men), I found it very interesting how they managed to weave in her origin without making it purely an origin story.Lets start with the art style. I have been co...

Pretty decent. Some nice graphics and on the whole I enjoyed this. A couple of times the story moved about and I lost the plot. I'll go buy the next one now.

Steve Epting's art is fantastic. He's able to give a classic feel but with modern sensibilities. We're introduced to Kate's lost year where she spent time on an island full of degenerates, with her lover keeping the peace. Now she returns while tracking down some arms dealers who are selling the monster man serum. My one complaint is that we don't really get enough backstory to care about (or even know) who some of these characters are. The last issue is about a way future Kate who is in charge

Pretty bad. World: The art is okay, it's a bit bland and the sense of motion and contrast in shadows is not really there, rather forgettable. The world building, the first 3 pages of Rebirth was good, the rest was rather ho hum I don't care. I want to love Kate and I do, Williams III built an amazing world for Kate to play in and I am comparing this world to that and this world, is bland, poorly constructed and the motivations are wonky and just unappealing. I don't care about the island I don't...

Why oh why do I keep holding on?! *SIGH* The story was lame, the dialogue was cheesy and ffs DC would you please make a decision on what Kate looks like and just stick with it?! kthx. I plan on reading the next arc only because Renee Montoya was in the final issue (I ship it so hard!), even though I can't fathom why the artist made them look like two old ladies.

DRC REVIEW Story: Katherine Kane's life wasn't an easy one, the traumatic events when she was a child spiraled her life onto a difficult path. She was kicked out of West Point for being gay and then became a socialite drunk. It all changed though when she was saved by Batman. She went back to her training and then donned the cape and cowl as Batwoman. There is one year of Kate's life she doesn't talk about that's about to change when her past finally catches up with her. The Many Arms of Death i...

kinda sad that this was my first encounter with batwoman... there's not a thing I liked about this, except for the art of stephanie hans. the story is pretty boring and full of self entertaining monologues. didn't quite feel like this was a batwoman story, almost any characters could kinda fit into this plot. and the overall art wasn't necessarily bad, it just wasn't my thing.disappointed but don't plan on giving up on this character just yetfull review here: https://catshelf.wordpress.com/2017/...

[Read as single issues]It's been a while since Batwoman had her own series; after the New 52 one kind of lost its way, she's mostly been a supporting character, and the lead in Detective Comics as part of Rebirth. However, she's now launching back into solo adventures with writer Marguerite Bennett (with an assist from Detective writer James Tynion IV).This volume collects the first five issues, as well as the Rebirth one-shot which reintroduces Kate to the reader - if you've been reading Detect...

I mean...it was PRETTY good. The Epting art was lovely. But we're still a far cry from the glory days of the original Batwoman (which are closer for me because I just read them for the first time a month or so ago).So Kate had a lost year on Gotham, and then another lost year on this island? and it's tying in to this League of Shadows cross-Bat-book plot? Okay, but leaves me a bit flat. Kate is awesome and she can carry her own side story.and the alt-future Tim Drake rules Gotham, Kate is in the...

5 🌟After the Monster Men, Kate Kane is tasked with finding the Monster Venom. She and Julia Pennyworth go to Coroyna.

I feel like whoever wrote the dialogue feels like there is more characterization than there actually is. What bothers me the most about the title is the facade of intended deeply rooted character analysis. It just tastes like a really boring plot-heavy exposition. I feel duped.Art is cool though. I liked the juxtaposition of written colors and drawn colors. Or I guess just “red” since Kate is the “red.” Maybe I didn’t like the art that much either. I don’t know. It was better than the overbearin...