Catwoman Paperback – January 1, 1992

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Authors Lynn Abby and Robert Asprin bring us a tale of Catwoman and Batman as they hunt down both Eddie Lobe and his boss the Connection. One night while prowling the streets and roof tops Catwoman stumbles onto the a weapons deal between the Connection through his contact Eddie the Tiger Lobe and a group from the former Russian republics and they want the guns and the money to protect their homes and families that they left behind. Batman who is hunting for the Connection has gone under cover and made Lobe his 'boss' and it's thanks to Lobe that Batman finds out that the man that he has been looking for is under his noise at the Wayne Foundation. But that is only one part of the story because Catwoman who brings in the Wilderness Warriors to help flush lobe out since he has so much tiger contraband in his apartment that she want's to bring him down. While this is going on Batman thinks that she is working with Lobe. This is a good Catwoman/Batman novel and one that I recommend for any DC comics fan.

If you're expecting Julie Newmar, think again--this Selina Kyle is based more on Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One" in which Selina was a dirt-poor East End hooker who had just about all she could take and became a jewel thief to get herself out of a life of pain and degradation.Borrowing from both the "Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper" miniseries, a stint in "Action Comics Weekly", this Selina is a fascinating young woman who is at war with herself, her desires, and her world. But she's strong, capable, and a surprisingly warm protagonist capable of heroism--despite experiencing confusion about her feelings for Batman. She also gets a bit of female bonding with a fresh-off-the-bus animal activist, which helps blunt some of her sharpest edges and make Selina a 3-dimensional character that readers will take great delight in getting to know.Especially recommended to fans of the 1980s and early 1990s comics, and animated television series.

The A. A.s (Asprin and Abbey) have written a pretty short Catwoman novel. The title has a double meaning. A man named Tiger has got just a little bit too close to Catwoman's usual haunts. Given that he is into killing and using wild big cats for fun, that is just about guaranteed to make him her number one hate target.Batman, as ever, is lurking in the shadows.

I like Catwoman. Michelle Pfieffer's performance in Batman Returns is enough to make me even have a low-brow affection for the 2004 bomb starring Halle Berry (but not Anne Hathaway's truly abysmal performance in The Dark Knight Rises). I cannot like this novel, however. Published in 1992, no doubt to capitalise on Tim Burton's movie, it's slow, boring, poorly-written, and features not a single trace of atmosphere. For a novel set in Gotham City this is a fundamental failure. Instead of drawing upon the wealth of previously established villains writer Robert Asprin makes up his own characters who are absurd without being entertaining.The main villain is called "The Connection", no kidding. From this crime boss down to the street thugs, and all of the scum in between, we're never immersed in Gotham's underworld since Asprin's story is extremely underwhelming and uninspired. He simply was not the appropriate person for this assignment. For a novel called "Catwoman" (although the inside page calls it "Catwoman: Tiger Hunt", which is not on the cover) I was annoyed to find out that half of it is about Batman. It should have been all from her perspective with the Bat only being a supporting character. Selina Kyle feels like a guest-star in her own story.Despite being just shy of 200 pages this feels long and tedious with no sense of urgency and zero suspense. Skip it.

The condition of the book was not good it was smelly, and I didn't want to touch it at all.

This is a short novel (under 200 pages) from 1992, and involves Batman and Catwoman teaming-up as temporary allies to face a common threat ... someone who's terrorising Gotham City, killing both people and cats.It's reasonably well-written, and offers a good portrayal of both the Dark Knight and Catwoman. It was published at the time of the release of the Burton film "Batman Returns" - when Catwoman was all the craze.It's not set within any particular 'universe' of DC Comics, but is instead a stand-alone story.If you're a fan of Batman novels, I recommend it. Personally, I would have liked to see the story extended, with greater character and plot development. Nonetheless, I found it to be a mildly entertaining read.