

These days, lots of us enjoy a story about empowerment, victims becoming their own heroes especially.

While the story is certainly fitting, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. In Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale, written by Lauren Myracle and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart, young Selina Kyle cultivates her own self-reliance as an only child to a neglectful mother and belligerent, abusive step-father.

Either way, I don’t think anyone would assume Catwoman had a past full of sunshine and parental nurturing. Did anyone in Gotham have a happy childhood? Probably not.
