This book is one of contrasts. In the top panels of most of the book (done nearly entirely as two page spreads) Kate and Maggie spend the night making love. While the bottom panels reveal Bette (Flamebird) being beaten to death by thugs. It's very jarring to have these two composed this way. It makes the violence seem almost more violent because of the tenderness that's just been read.
Things I liked: it doesn't shy away from portraying a lesbian relationship.
Things I didn't like: Bette being beaten to death and the officials who find her only caring about how they can track down Batman's identity. I get that there's a group that want to know who he is, but I would expect some human decency as well. Plus, the sidekick being beaten to death has been done.
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