Eartha Kitt: Femme Fatale #1
writer- Marc Shapiro
artist- Felipe Montecinos
I grew up with Batman and Robin on
television. The comics never interested me but when it came to
beating the snot out of villains, nobody did it better than Adam West
and Burt Ward. Nobody got Batman's goat better than the sexy slinky
Catwoman. Catwoman was hot. For a kid growing up in the midwest,
she and Batgirl were the finest eye candy on the tube.


I'm sure the writer and artist are fans
of this gorgeous icon, but I don't think they represent Earth Kitt
very well in this book. Marc Shapiro throws a few purrs into the
dialogue and clumsy announcement that her name is “Kitt... Eartha
Kitt,” but other than that, she could have said her name was Lee
Meriwether or Julie Newmar and nobody would have
been the wiser. And what of the children this book was made for?
There's nothing mature or grown up about the story. It's Eartha Kitt
and some kids trying to reunite a baby dino with it's mom. So this
was made for children, but children aren't going to know who Eartha
Kitt is. There just aren't enough purrs, meows, or Catwoman
references to educate them.
I expected to love this comic, because
it's Eartha Kitt, but I don't. The missing Catwoman reference takes
away all Earth Kitt context for me and I find this book lacking the
fun I thought it would have. Good try Shapiro and Montecinos.
Better luck next time.
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