Selina has arranged to meet a local Mafia boss, a man powerful enough to have financed the rise of Carmine ‘The Roman’ Falcone to the position of Gotham’s crimelord. “If I gave you any thought at all, I’d probably despise you”, is the curt response, indicating a far from healthy working relationship. “You don’t like me very much do you, Selina?”, he asks. That opening dream occurs with Selina Kyle, Catwoman, on a plane to Rome, accompanied by the Riddler. This takes until the halfway stage to pick up, when it proves to be rather clever. Their previous accomplishments earn some grace, however, and trust is the order of the day as the scene is crucial to the larger plot. Yes, there is a fundamental point to the plot, but it’s primarily a caper story with no great mystery or meaning other than providing a romp.Ī groan may be induced by the creative team seemingly attempting to pull the wool over our eyes with an odd opening sequence then revealed as a dream. When in Rome, slots into that brief as well as connecting with their earlier Batman: Dark Victory, but it’s lighter in tone overall. There’s a theme connecting the collaborations of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale at both DC and Marvel, that of a definitive look at a hero in the earliest days of their career, generally well considered and stylishly drawn.
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