Batwoman Reborn
11.8.2011
By Raef Harrison
Batwoman was first introduced in the 1950s to serve as a love interest for Batman and a foil to the rumors of his homosexuality. She wasn’t the coolest though, and would use girlie cliché props like trick powder puffs and lipstick to fight crime. She disappeared into comic book ether, a corny throwback to a bygone era. DC Comics recently rebooted their entire universe with "52", a series that forced smaller DC characters into the spotlight. Here, Batwoman found a new persona as a chesty vigilante and lipstick lesbian who has a past with Renee Montoya, a ex-police officer who also has starring role in the "52" series.
Catch up with your favorite Sapphic crime fighter in this exclusive preview of issue 3, on sale November 9th.
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She first showed up again in a series called 52 that covered a whole year of the DCU where superman wonder woman and batman were out of the superhero game. This is totally separate from the recent relaunch of their universe. Which includes a lot of changes but keeps the same new Batwoman. The new Batwoman series picks up on threads from her first starring role in 12 issues of Detective Comics a few years ago. You can check that out if you order 'Batwoman: Elegy', it has the same artist as this book, details her origin, tells the story of the terrorist chemical attack mentioned in this preview, and is generally just a really good comic. As is this new one.
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