Finally, we get issue #10 of this incredible series. And, hey . . it's only been about 7 months since issue #9 came out. But . . I guess you can't rush perfection. Right? I'm not going to complain though . . as long as Frank Miller and Jim Lee stay on this series. Thanks to them . . it's all worth the wait. This issue also features a very cool alternate cover by Frank Quitely. It seems like Batman's city of Gotham is being over-run by women . . women of varied intentions. First there's Catwoman who straddles the fence between 'right' and 'wrong'. She's been beaten up pretty badly and the Batman's pretty worried about her because of their 'unique' relationship. "I want to say more. I want to say words I've never said to anyone. Not anyone." Next there's Bat-girl. She's self appointed . . I'm not sure if Batman even knows about her yet. She's made herself a costume, in homage to Batman, but I think she's into it more for the thrill than anything else. She does have her father's sense of 'right' and 'wrong', but . . she's also a risk taker. And she's only 15 . . she's just been arrested for inciting a riot. And then we have the Black Canary. She's . . complicated, to say the least. When it comes down to it, really . . she's a bar-room brawler. She fancies herself a type of Robin-hood, but she's got an incredible mean-streak in her. She's also a thrill seeker. But then . . I guess they all have to be to be in this line of work. When it comes down to it, this really is their jobs. I mean who would have this much time to spend on a hobby. Frank Miller has really put a lot into this story. His descriptions of Gotham are like prose. He can take you right in to what these characters are thinking and feeling. And of course Jim Lee's art is superb. When all of this comes out in a TPB, or a hard-cover edition, it's really not going to make a bit of difference whether these books came out on time. Hell, do you remember how long we waited for the last issue of Camelot 3000? It doesn't make a bit of difference now . . does it? The point I'm trying to make is that this book . . these chapters of the Batman mythos . . are destined to be classics and I'm sure will be reprinted in various formats. If you're lucky enough to have them all . . just be happy with that.
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