Detective Comics #860 – Review

Batwoman by: Greg Rucka (writer), J.H. Williams III (artist), Dave Stewart (colors)
The Question by: Greg Rucka (writer), Cully Hamner (artist), Dave McCraig (colors)

The Story: For the lead story, this is the final issue of Batwoman’s origin and it pulls together the last three years of her life, from her moment of epiphany, to now. In the Question back-up feature, the Question and the Huntress talk about things and drive a Lamborghini.

What’s Good: Williams and Hamner are both effective artists for this book. William’s rough, scratchy lines in the flashbacks continue to contrast to the slick, textured realism of his present-day scenes. Both are great and they work to make clear the temporal divisions of the story. Hamner’s art is more cartoony, but does the job. On writing, Greg Rucka has become one of my favorite writers, and he caught a lot of emotion and character in the Batwoman story, especially in the way she and her father interact.