I love this kind of compilation book. Unlike a book that collects a specific story arc or run by a particular creator, it's a book that takes a couple of mini-series and pads it out with some spectacular bonus material.
This book collects the Batman/Wildcat mini-series, the Catwoman/Wildcat mini-series and all the Batman/Wildcat stories from The Brave & The Bold. And it's glorious.
The two mini-series are nothing to write home about, but they're solid and an enjoyable read. The first mini-series is yet another take on the Fight Club cliche. The second is another Vegas/Mob story. Neither are original concepts by any stretch, but like I said before, decent enough reads.
The real treasure here is the inclusion of the Brave & Bold stories. I'm currently reading the giant Brave & Bold Omnibus at work and have come across some of these stories recently already. For some reason, DC decided to team Batman and Wildcat up despite the fact that Wildcat was an Earth-2 character. No mention was ever made of it, so clearly this is an Earth-1 version of the same character. I don't think he ever appeared anywhere but these select issues, which is too bad. Not that it matters anymore. After Crisis, there was only one Earth, so only one Ted Grant.
I'd love to see more books along the lines of this one. Such fun to read.
Batman/Wildcat
Writer: Chuck Dixon, Beau Smith, Bob Haney
Artist: Sergio Cariello, Art Thibert, Danny Miki, Jaime Mendoza, Tom Palmer, Irv Novick, Mike Esposito, Bob Brown, Nick Cardy, Jim Aparo
DC Comics
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