Batwoman elegy5/30/2023 ![]() This leader i s a pallid horror in 19 th century dress calling herself Alice and delivering much of her dialogue in Lewis Carroll quotes. ![]() ![]() They appear intent on completing the task, and with their leader due to visit Gotham Kate wants some questions answered. She refers to him as “Sir” or “Colonel” and notes he’s trained her and i s aware of her costumed activities, if having a natural parental concern.Īs the book opens Batwoman is on the trail of an organisation called the Religion of Crime, who’d previously almost killed her. Her odd relationship with her military father is established early. While Kate Kane’s gender preference drew all the original headlines, Elegy ‘s quality soon ensured that issue was secondary, and it’s a graphic novel that remains a compelling read.ĭespite few previous appearances (if her sappy 1950s predecessor is discounted), Batwoman was thrown into continuity as the complete article, fighting crime and known to Batman, with much of her backstory revealed here for the first time. It might well be asked, however, that if the purpose was to introduce a high profile lesbian superheroine it’s hardly pushing the boat out if she’s also a wealthy white socialite. It was widely promoted that the current Batwoman persona was deliberately created to diversify DC’s characters. ![]()
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