DC Comics Review: Detective Comics #856

Rating: ***

A pretty good issue here.  Part three of the “Elegy” story arc as Kate Kane the Batwoman continues her fight against the Religion of Crime (ROC).  In our last issue we saw the leader of the ROC, Alice, and her followers stand ready to take out Batwoman and her father, but a group of monsters show up.  The monsters are there to help Batwoman and they attack the ROC.  Their leader is a werewolf and he helps Kate and her dad get to safety.  The werewolf changes back to human form and tells Kate’s dad that they are the true believers.  I’m assuming these people were apart of the ROC before Alice took over.  We learn that the werewolf is man named Abbot who was the “bodyman” for the last High Madame Whisper A’Daire.

What I enjoy most about the character of Kate Kane is not her activities as Batwoman, but more so the person behind the mask.  Writer Greg Rucka writes a great scene with Kate and her father and follows it up with a dinner party they attend where Kate meets up with Maggie Sawyer.  Sawyer was first introduced in the pages of Superman back in the 80s, but she has since been “transferred” to Gotham City and the Batman universe.  Will we see a romance develop here?

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