Can the all-new Batwoman defend Gotham?
Review: Detective Comics 854 Written by Greg Rucka, art by J.H.Williams III & Cully Hammer DC Comics, August 2009 In 2007 newspapers around the world were ablaze with the news that DC Comics had announced that they were introducing a new version of the character Batwoman aka Kathy Kane into the pages of their new weekly comics event ’52’. What made headlines at the time was the fact that she was to be a lesbian. But after her somewhat brief but crucial appearances in ’52’ Kathy Kane largely disappeared without trace… until now! In January 2009 at the climax of DC’s event comic Final Crisis Batman aka Bruce Wayne was killed by uber-villain Darkseid, and for several months the key Bat titles Detective Comics and Batman were put on hiatus as the protectors of Gotham City decided who would take on Wayne’s mantle. With this question resolved in May the DC Bat-titles underwent a shakeup and relaunch. Detective Comics would now go on without Batman as the lead character for the foreseeable
