It is rare for the “inspired by” to be better than the source material. And now that i finished this club’s selected reading…
I didn’t make the connection between the Many Arms of Death and Kali Corp until i saw the giant hands art thing behind the twins.
I did like the bad guy bingo (or whatever it was called) that Julia was doing when Kate first meets the twins. Bonus points for the “Weird Incest Vibe” box. More points if that plays out down the road. I thought i got a sense that Julia and Kate might also be more intimate, but most of the dramatic kissing was between Kate and Safiyah.
Apparently, in the 80 years of Batman stories, if there is a Bat in the field, there is a Pennyworth as backup/Overwatch. And why is Kate drawn so pale? it works more when she is costume, of which i like the shape of her cowl. And I always thought Alfred was more or less a confirmed bachelor, not unlike Bruce (well until Catwoman finally put a ring on that). So, if Julia is his daughter, then Alfred got some action of his own, at least once; go Alfred! And the only connection between Bruce and Kate is the Bat sigil (for the show, she’s Bruce’s cousin, right?).
The biggest stand out moment for me was when the warlords showed up, partially because I believed Tahani the Knife (no relation to Mack) that they would not. Also, the implied Kali Corp is likely to be run by Safiyah. Whose heart must have been broke when Kate left Coryana, therefore destroy the island after slicing it up with various corporate industries. I presume between that and finding out it is Safiyah running Kali Corp will only crush Tahani the Knife all the more.
Bat tech: those drones.
Julia probably didn’t tell Batman because Kate was still effective in the field. I might have more insight if i knew what that Plan B was.
I did like that the backstory kept jumping around, which i think lent to the aimlessness. Some of it might have been in the optional Rebirth. For me, it was about watching blanks getting filled as i learned more about Kate. They did the same with Tahani but more linear.
FInally, as to “shape of her cowl”, you can take that as some sort of code, or the wrong way, as you like.