Gotham City Sirens # 17 Review

Gotham City Sirens #17 ReviewThe game of writer’s roulette continues in Gotham City Sirens 17, with part two of three in a story by Peter Calloway. Catwoman has been kidnapped to try and pry the secret of Batman’s identity from her mind. Her team mates are working with two of the many women in Bruce’s life- Talia and Zatanna- to get Catwoman back. To complicate matters, Harley and Ivy do not know Batman’s secret, but think they do. Harley and Ivy are aware the other two are hiding something, leading to this wonderful exchange- Harley: What do you know that we don’t? Talia: Oh, Harley.. What you don’t know staggers the imagination. If I was to start talking right now, we’d all die of old age before I finished.” With this kind of teamwork (?) they continue looking for Selina, who spends most of the issue out cold in dreams that are being manipulated to get the information the others want.

An old Nightwing foe, Shrike, shows up to fight the team, and is somehow or other “protected” from Zatanna’s spells. He reveals all this is about Batman’s secret, angering Harley at the least. Ivy and Zee stay to deal with Shrike (serious overkill for a non-powered foe who is skilled, but nowhere near Batman level) as Harley and Talia go on to find Catwoman. The villain is revealed as a man called Sempai, a former student of the highly skilled martial artist known as Sensei (both words mean teacher, simply at different ranks). Shrike and Sempai both get away, leaving Catwoman behind. Talia and Zatanna talk about what’s happened, and Talia comments that Selina knowing is just too dangerous as she’s “so easy to capture” and they should “wipe Bruce from Selina’s mind.”

What I liked and what I didn’t:

I always like seeing Zatanna (her monthly is a great read, strongly recommended). Shrike is an interesting choice of villain, nice bit of trivia for Bat-family fans. And it’s nice to see that despite their differences, Zee and Talia will work together for a man they care about. Some of the dialogue, like what I quoted above, was very well done.

Catwoman should NOT be “easy to capture,” as was referenced here. She is not given enough credit in this book in general, and certainly not in this story. There has been a lot of talk among Catwoman fans of late that she deserves better than what she gets in this book. Based on this arc and the one before, I agree. I also can’t really get worked up about them “erasing” Bruce from Selina’s mind since over in Batman Inc, Bruce is back and they are together. I find it hard to believe Shrike can be protected from Zatanna’s spells, and that he managed to escape from both Ivy and Zee. I think this book is still suffering from Dini’s absence, and if he doesn’t come back soon, he might not have a book to come back TO.

A COMIC BOOK BLOG RATINGProsConsnice lines, good use of Shrikestill don’t like the art, Catwoman is a character, not a prize Rating60% You might also like...Gotham City Sirens #16 Review

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