The art is breathtaking at times. It has a very different feel from regular comics. It's lush and seems to jump out from the pages. The story was quite good, too, especially in the way it showed Catwoman's vulnerability and cunning at the same time. ( )

Tim Sale's art is still really nice, but Jeph Loeb's scripts are weaker than ever. Combined with some off-putting skeeviness by the Riddler, I can't really recommend this one. ( )

Yep, got it from the public library.


See my note on it:

[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/01/short-booknote-on-graphic-novels-9.html] ( )

This writer-art pair is the dream team. Everything I've read from them have been perfect. "Catwoman: When in Rome" is no exception. Loeb's characterizations are pitch perfect, and his mystery is as engaging here as it is for his "Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" stories. The only difference here is that "When in Rome" is a bit smaller in scope, and simpler. Nevertheless, every page is worth it. Sale's art makes sure it stays that way. ( )

08/13/2009: 4 stars.

11/03/2018: 3 stars. It's still pretty good for Catwoman, and the art is good, but this time around I felt like there was less to it. Like, I love Catwoman at her best, but most of the time she's just a sexy lamp, even in her own stories. There's less of that here -- it turns out her fixation on Batman isn't entirely natural -- and she's after something of personal significance, not just sexy clothes or whatever. I just felt like it didn't add a whole lot to Dark Victory. (Which I hadn't read when I read When in Rome nine years ago.) But if you like Catwoman this is one of the less-exploitative works. And it also works as a standalone story, they include the beginning and ending from Dark Victory, so you're not confused reading it, which is awesome and should be done all the time with tie-in books. So... three stars. ( )