Another Comic legend that passed away too soon.
Damn you, 2016.
Ego and Other Tails is a collection of Cooke's foray into the world of the Dark Knight.
In the title story, Ego, Batman is pushed to his limits. Contemplating hanging up the cowl for good, has Bruce Wayne's Id battling Batman's Ego (or is it the other way around?) in a battle to the death.
The second main story is Cooke's Catwoman: Selina's Big Score. Tangling with the wrong crowd has lead to Selina Kyle faking her own death. But when a girlfriend of a mob boss lays out plans to a major transfer of laundered cash across the Canadian border, it means Catwoman must come out of retirement and organize her own crew. But when she does it will bring a deadly figure from past- and it's NOT Batman!
An eclectic cover gallery and short stories involving small time thugs, a villain named Madame X, Commissioner Gordon, and the love-hate relationship of Batman and Catwoman complete this collection of tails- I mean tales.
Of all the material in this book, I had only read the Selina story once before. I wasn't really a fan of it then. I'm still not quite a fan of it now. But I had a greater enjoyment of the artwork as when I first read the book, I couldn't tell the difference between Darwyn Cooke and Captain Cook.
The new material was great. Ego was very cerebral and the artwork match it quite well. A little creepy but it was a good creepy- like the enjoyment you get from watching a really good horror story.
Worth Consuming
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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