When we last saw Kate, she'd just found out that her twin sister might not have died in the terrorist attack that claimed her mother's life.
I guess you really do have to have some bizarre tragedy in your past to dress up and do what these Gothamites do.
Today's issue deals quite explicitly with Kate's queerness. As I noted in my earlier reviews, Kate's affectional preference is gestured toward but never made the focal aspect through which we experience Kate's life. That's what Batwoman is. But today's issue chronicles young Cadet Kane's parting with the U.S. Military, ironically upholding the values for which the Marines ostensibly stand, but being discharged for her sexuality anyway. Remember, this is set in 2003(ish), so DADT was still a thing.
We also get "the moment." The Bat-moment. Kate fends off an attack in Gotham, and is leant some assistance from a scowling man in a cowl. And as he leaps off into the moonlight, the myth takes root in another person.
More to come...
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