Catwoman #83 Preview

 

 

Like Selina's father, Carmine Falcone has always had a choice. But instead of retiring to a peaceful life, he chooses a life of power and violence. As Selena slips through the exclusive proceedings in Venice, the past haunts her. Someone stalks her. The same violence that led to her mother's death may have found her. Can Selina escape with the Palermo Pearl? And can she ever learn the secret of not wanting more?

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Catwoman #83 Preview

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artist: Danilo Beyruth

Cover Artists: Seba Fiumara, Frank Cho, Mahmud Asrar & Corin Howell

Sweater Weather Variant Cover Artist: Tula Lotay

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Release Date: January 21, 2026

 

Hoo let the owls out?!

 

Surprise! The Falcone family isn’t the only Gotham City contingent Catwoman is up against—the Court of Owls have revealed themselves and they’re out for blood! Will Selina Kyle emerge victorious, or will she make her return to Gotham with her tail between her legs?

 

 

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Catwoman #82 Preview

 

 

A baroque masquerade, open exclusively to society's elite. No one gets in with a cellphone. Nobody leaves without a mark on their soul. But Selena Kyle's soul is already scarred by her childhood, and what happened to her mother. She knows how she got there. Selena knows why she came. But will capturing her prize bring Selena any peace? And what does Carmine Falcone hope to secure?

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Catwoman #82

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artist: Danilo Beyruth

Cover Artists: Seba Fiumara, Frank Cho, Derrick Chew & Sarah Baslaim

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: December 17, 2025

 

In the crosshairs of Carmine Falcone!

 

With the ball drawing to a close, it’s now or never for Catwoman! Will she secure her prey at long last, or will it be snatched from her hands by one of the man enemies in her midst? And what exactly does Carmine Falcone have hidden up his sleeve for the grand finale of the ball? Whatever it is… it doesn’t seem very good!

 

 

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Spider-Girl #6 Review

 

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artists: Diógenes Neves

Colorist: Java Tartaglia

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Designer: Stacie Zucker

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Nick Lowe & CB Cebulski

Cover Artists: David Nakayama; Benjamin Su; Romy Jones

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 12, 2025

 

Makawalu Akana was living the high life. She fought alongside Spider-Man as the new City-Savers. (It's a working title.) While trying to deactivate the military drone the US military entrusted to Rand Enterprises, Maka prevented a spiky-haired weirdo from stealing Hijack’s memories. But when Maka peered into Hijack's mind and drew on his power, the Hawaiian girl couldn’t control it. Instead, Maka put New York through The Day The Earth Stood Still.

 

Everything is different now. Or at least, it could be. Rogue even invited her to join the X-Men. But Maka still isn't sure she has shaken off what Paper Doll did to her. And Maka’s behavior frightens her mother. So, Hali’a is taking Maka home. Farewell, New York. At least for now. How will Maka adjust to life in Hawaii? And will Dr Tramma follow her to Mānoa? Let’s thwick into Spider-Girl #6 and see, Brah!

 

Story

Despite her reservations, Maka enjoys her return to Oahu. After being cooped up in the room above the flower shop and listening to her aunt argue with her mom, Maka can chill with her dad. Noa encourages her to relax and immerse herself in nature. But since she gazed into Bailey Briggs' eyes, Maka senses the world around her more intensely.

 

In Spider-Girl #6, Maka’s enhanced senses help her realize that her father is in trouble. It's nothing that Noa acknowledges. But Maka hears neighbors gossiping. They wonder if Noa and Hali’a are having marital trouble. Maka also learns that he has trouble at work. Her friend, Ānela, shares what she has heard, prompting Maka to investigate her dad’s difficulties.

 

While she has returned home, Maka tells her friends that it’s not forever. She believes her future lies in New York. But Torunn Grønbekk’s story finds Maka in transition. The Hawaiian girl has lost her mother’s trust. Maka has disappointed her instructor at the best dojo in New York. And she is still new at being a hero.

 

As Maka investigates her father’s work problems, she struggles to decide who best to emulate. When they fought together to take down the flying tank, Spider-Girl looked to Spider-Man for inspiration. But cut off from everyone associated with her new hero life, Maka wavers between role models in Spider-Girl #6.

 

 

 

Art

As Maka snuggles against her father on the grassy rolling plains, Diógenes Neves reveals her affection when she gazes up at him. When they rise, her features burst with excitement as Noa picks up his briefcase. Men wave to Maka and her father as they cross the street. Maka sticks out her tongue at two women gossiping in a hammock. While a rainbow arcs above their home, her mother regards Maka with concern as they step onto the lanai. Ānela shows her happiness at reuniting with her friend. As Maka embraces her grandmother, the wooden hair sticks in her granny’s grey hair suggest a cultural link with Beba back in New York.

 

This haven of the natural world contrasts with ZZ Top's Concrete And Steel world of New York City. As Maka wears red and blue shirts, Java Tartaglia shows the women in her life wear purple and pink, evoking the bedspread in their room above Lokelani's flower shop. While his boss and his assistant wear black suits, Maka's father favors shirts with colorful flower prints. Maka may not have wanted to leave New York behind. But amid the verdant greenery, it's not long before a red-and-black figure slips through the trees in Spider-Girl #6.

 

Joe Caramagna shares Maka’s thoughts with red uppercase letters in white narrative boxes. The black, uppercase dialogue grows bold for intonation, swells for raised voices, and shrinks for lowered or distant voices. Words in white-and-yellow boxes portend danger, while animal noises, gunfire, and thwicking accompany the mysteries of Death in Paradise. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Maka's friend Beba loves nature and praises those who protect it. But when her father's colleague disappears, Maka suspects that his employer creates more than eco-friendly, self-sustaining fishponds in Spider-Girl #6.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

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Catwoman #81 Preview

 

 

The security of the Bakatar Ball is unparalleled. As the festivities get underway, guards control every aspect of the palazzo. A reporter can't even snap photos outside without getting molested. It's a good thing Selena Kyle has an invitation. But can Catwoman steal the priceless artifact from her childhood that means everything to her?

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Catwoman #81

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artist: Danilo Beyruth & Patricio Delpeche

Cover Artists: Seba Fiumara, Frank Cho, Derrick Chew & Robin Higginbottom

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: November 19, 2025

 

The death of innocence!

 

Maria Kyle’s death had unforeseen consequences that reach all the way into Selina Kyle’s present. Speaking of which, things are getting hot in Venice, but Catwoman’s eyes are set on Carmine Falcone’s prize—and she won’t be leaving the party without it! Even if she needs to kill him to get her way…

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Spider-Girl #5 Review

 

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artists: André Risso & Diógenes Neves

Colorist: Java Tartaglia

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Designer: Stacie Zucker

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Nick Lowe & CB Cebulski

Cover Artists: David Nakayama; Meghan Hetrick; Javier Garrón & Jesus Aburtov; Corin Howell & Rachelle Rosenberg

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 22, 2025

 

Dr Tramma has been grooming Hijack to be her tool. But instead of helping her control vehicles, the mutant smashes and breaks things. She needs Hijack to infiltrate Rand Enterprises and abduct a war machine. Or maybe she doesn't. If Hijack refuses to play along, Maka Akana’s ability to replicate other people’s abilities makes the young Hawaiian a potential substitute.

 

When Dr Tramma mentions her alternative strategy, Hijack fears it will break Maka’s mind. Rather than subject his fellow mutant to Dr Tramma’s torture, Hijack submits to her dominance. The Technopath helps her steal an advanced drone that the US government entrusted to Dr Maira Osmani-Milton's care. Can Maka protect New Yorkers and recover the stolen drone? Or will Dr Tramma follow Tombstone’s advice and use the war machine to crush Maka? Let’s thwick into Spider-Girl #5 and see, Brah!

 

Story

Meeting Spider-Man proves a heady experience. But Maka doesn’t have time to enjoy it, with the remote-control flying tank careening over New York City. And while Dr Tramma learns how to pilot it, the war machine smashes into buildings after Maka and Spider-Man webbed its cameras. Spider-Man wants to take the lead in their impromptu partnership, but Maka has a connection with Hijack.

 

In Spider-Girl #5, Maka is far from one hundred percent. She feels like a sponge that someone wrung out, stepped on, and set on fire. Maka woke up with the room spinning. She had to bow out of practice at Red Snow Dojo. Still, she’s giving it her best. Maka may be a similar age to Spider-Boy. Still, she survived her encounter with Paper Doll. So, Spider-Man doesn’t argue when Spider-Girl leaves him to help civilians.

 

Torunn Grønbekk’s story reveals how Tombstone is gearing up to ensure mastery of New York. It also shows Dr Tramma's mercilessness. But at its heart, Spider-Girl #5 is about Maka's growth as a superhero. She is young and still learning about her capabilities. Maka may not have made the best start. Still, Maka realizes that being a hero means helping. And that means putting your life on the line, even against overwhelming odds, to rescue the endangered and protect bystanders from harm.

 

 

 

Art

André Risso and Diógenes Neves show birds winging through the sky as Spider-Man and Spider-Girl thwip and thwick the swooping drone. While it crashes onto a rooftop and fires its cannons, Hijack pleads for help via the sketchpad of Maka's mind. Spider-Man may liken the drone to a flying tank. Still, the drone proves far more maneuverable as Maka leaps aboard it like the Lone Ranger and uses her webbing for reins. The previous night, Maka couldn’t sleep unless her mother held her. Now, the drone proves as unruly as stampeding horses as it races toward a girl clutching a teddy bear. 

 

 

 

Java Tartaglia lavishes a loaded palette on Spider-Girl #5. Yellow, orange, and gold show the drone’s firepower and its crazed flight above the city. The colors surround those in the most desperate need of rescue. Like the energy surrounding Hijack, the girl clutching the teddy bear wears gold attire. A narrow strand of white barely separates two sketch pages of Hijack and Dr Tramma that Maka’s spider-sense thwicks together. This time, when Spider-Girl sees things through Hijack's mind, she glimpses a world tinged with Dr Tramma's green instead of Hijack's yellow and orange.

 

 

 

As Maka workshops spider-team names, Joe Caramagna shares her thoughts with red uppercase letters in white narrative boxes. The letters grow bold for intonation and swell for raised voices. While Tombstone speaks small font into cloudy balloons, giant red letters link victims with their prospective rescuers. As yellow sound effects enhance explosions, cries for help appear as yellow words. Yet when Maka’s brown pigtails overlay her spider-sense, the pain-filled pleas also turn brown. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Spider-Girl started as Bullseye's sidekick. When she decided to switch sides, Lady Bullseye warned her that the hero's life was a hard one. In Spider-Girl #5, Maka Akana learns that there are people who can help her become the person she wants to be if she is certain that's the life she wants.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch. 

Spider-Girl #4 Review

 

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artists: André Risso & Moises Hidalgo

Colorist: Java Tartaglia

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Designer: Stacie Zucker

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Nick Lowe & CB Cebulski

Cover Artists: David Nakayama; Alex Ross; Aka; Joëlle Jones; Javier Garrón & Jesus Aburtov

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: September 24, 2025

 

After Bullseye tried to kill her, Makawalu Akana set out to remake her life. She planned to shield people from danger, foil booger-brained street thugs, and improve her martial arts skills. Instead, “Maka” has fought Vermin, Lady Bullseye, and an Origami-Girl who nearly flattened her.

 

With Hijack failing her 48 times, Dr Tramma debates including the young Hawaiian in her plans. But Lady Bullseye dismisses Maka as unpredictable, reckless, and arrogant. Will the Paper Doll put Maka off crimefighting for good? And why are the police so concerned about “The Rand Thing?” Let’s thwick into Spider-Girl #4 and see, Brah!

 

Story

David Bond is having a bad day. Sadly, it’s one of many. Since Tombstone’s people kidnapped him, Dr Tramma has been experimenting on him. Each time she injects her special serum into his veins, Hijack fights her. This time, Dr Tramma tells Hijack she doesn't need him. She can abduct another mutant who can look into his eyes and mirror his control over machines.

 

Like the Collector's servant Carina, Hijack doesn't want to be Dr Tramma’s slave. But he is tired of enduring the pain involved in fighting Dr Tramma over control of his abilities. In Torunn Grønbekk’s story, Hijack must decide between submitting to her plans or allowing Dr Tramma to abduct and torture a mutant girl.

 

Maka traveled the world with Bullseye. She is an ambitious girl who doesn’t hesitate to crush her opponents in competitions. But Maka loves her family. She feels guilty over forcing them to leave the islands to help her pursue her dreams in high-priced New York City. In Spider-Girl #4, Maka sees another example of how hard her family is working for her and the strain it puts them under.

 

After her battle with Paper Doll, Maka isn’t at her best. Her body is dehydrated, hampering her movements. Her lungs fight for breath. And like any of us, what stresses her physically also affects her emotions. Maka may not mind being snarky with people she doesn’t respect. But she dislikes dishonoring the people she admires. In Spider-Girl #4, Maka must decide between pursuing her goals or shielding people from a storm of emotion they don't deserve.

 

Art

André Risso and Moises Hidalgo show Maka’s weakened state as she struggles to return home from her battle with Paper Doll. An interlude with her mother reveals her reliance on others amid her weakness. Dr Tramma’s suit suggests her desire to transcend her Human state. When she leans toward Hijack, Dr Tramma’s eyes shine with the confidence her captive lacks. Lady Bullseye's expressions and movements reveal her willingness to fulfill her duties, regardless of her desire to protect Maka. As the camera moves inside a familiar building, scientists study “The Rand Thing.”

 

Dr Tramma’s green suit shines with vitality. But her yellow-green serum evokes sickness. Java Tartaglia contrasts Dr Tramma’s green with Maka's red suit. Red also features in the Red Snow Dojo sign, the students' padded striking posts, Maka's choice of casual wear, and someone who once again takes the Hawaiian's breath away. But while green and red provide identification, yellow and orange infuse Spider-Girl #4 with energy. Yellow and orange radiate from Hijack’s eyes, while shades of orange reveal what he sees with his enhanced abilities. When he lets Dr Tramma unleash his mutant abilities, the yellow and orange energy seemingly activate a hitherto unseen aspect of Maka’s mutant power.

 

As Tombstone directs his operation, Joe Caramagna also uses small uppercase black dialogue to show the strain Maka's family endures. Red uppercase letters in white narrative boxes reveal Maka's thoughts and her struggle to regain control of her body and emotions. When Maka meets someone that she esteems, Maka’s uppercase black dialogue transforms into stylized logos in white dialogue balloons. The narrator relates what Hijack goes through with white-yellow narrative boxes, while sound effects accompany humming energy, explosions, thwicking, and a mother's concern. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Tombstone isn’t content to rest on his laurels. Nor is he trying to intimidate Peter Parker merely to make him his messenger. As Spider-Girl demonstrates her resilience and meets a potential ally, Tombstone works to retain the upper hand in his ongoing battle with the Hobgoblin in Spider-Girl #4.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch. 

Catwoman #80 Preview

 

 

The Palermo Pearl has an impressive provenance. But Selina Kyle is less interested in the jewel because Marie Antonoinette owned it than because her mother once wore it. So when she hears that Carmine Falcone is traveling to Venice to sell the historic pearl, Selina Kyle knows she needs to attend the Bakatar Ball. Will the crime lords, sheikhs, politicians and cardinals mind if Catwoman crashes their party? Surely not!

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Catwoman #80

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artist: Danilo Beyruth

Cover Artists: Seba Fiumara, Frank Cho, Derrick Chew, W Scott Forbes & TK

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Release Date: October 15, 2025

 

Stuck in the middle with mew!

 

Catwoman has successfully infiltrated the auction hosted by the world’s most dangerous criminals—but as seen last issue, she’s not the only Gothamite in town! Who else has arrived in Venice? Why is this score so personal for Selina? Most importantly—will any of them make it out alive? Find out here?

 

 

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Spider-Girl #3 Review

 

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artist: André Risso

Colorist: Java Tartaglia

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Designer: Stacie Zucker

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Nick Lowe & CB Cebulski

Cover Artists: David Nakayama; Javier Garrón & Jesus Aburtov; Annie Wu; Jan Bazaldua & Federico Blee

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: August 20, 2025

 

When Bullseye recruited her, he turned Makawalu Akana’s life upside down. Maka left Hawaii to travel the world in Bullseye’s private jet. While helping her hone her abilities and grooming her for a career, her mentor helped her compete in contests, rack up victories, and collect trophies. Then Maka realized she was a means to an end. After Bullseye secured what he wanted, her kumu aʻo planned to kill her. 

 

So Maka is starting over. She’s trying to make friends, help others, and do the right thing. But someone sent a plague of Vermin and rats to kill her. Then Lady Bullseye attacked her before leaving her with stolen money. Will Maka fail Superhero Ethics 101? And who else will threaten her life? Let’s leap into Spider-Girl #3, and see, Brah!

 

Story

When she looked inside Bullseye's mind, Maka saw only love. His betrayal makes her question everything. Rebuilding her life around her family helps Maka realize how much her mother has sacrificed for her. Maka's aunt and tūtū may do fine, but her mother spends most of her time working. They can’t afford an apartment in New York City. So as Maka sits in their room above the florist shop, she debates keeping the money from Starchy & Cloth. Doesn't her mom need it more than a money launderer with the morals of a potato? 

 

Investing in her family means reconnecting with her Hawaiian heritage. Maka is also forging a friendship with the girl she found hiding in the locker room at Red Snow Dojo. Caroline and Sensei Barker's other students made Beba feel small. As Maka helps Beba feel wanted and empowered, her new friend shares her heritage with Maka in Spider-Girl #3. The camaraderie helps Maka relax with someone her age. Plus, she doesn't have to worry about Beba stabbing her in the back, imbuing her with more life-changing powers, or punching her to the moon. 

 

A string of robberies provides another topic for levity on their outing. But as Maka makes the most of her mom's evenings at work to foil crime, a burglar steals luxury goods and leaves an origami figure at the scene of her crimes. Like Maka, Piper Dali is doing what she thinks is right. The Flipstergram fashionista teaches store owners to respect others. As Torunn Grønbekk places Maka in another dangerous situation, she compares Maka's new approach with her former worldview. But the Paper Doll's attacks could prove more deadly than Lady Bullseye's sword in Spider-Girl #3.

 

 

Art

André Risso reveals the energy humming inside Maka. The Hawaiian cliff diving champion tosses a ball while awaiting crimes at night. She hurries down the stairs when she overhears Beba, grabs her by the hand, and yanks her out of the florist shop. Maka thwips above the running laundry store thieves to avoid the gangsters protecting Starchy & Cloth. Then, she webs "Dim and Dumb" and hauls them to a roof. Despite all the girl’s energy, Maka sits on her bed to contemplate her options, then leaves her section of the room to sink into her mother’s arms.

 

Amid the thieves’ attire, the rooftop she drops them on, the shop windows the next day, and Lady Bullseye’s appearance, gray forms a theme in Spider-Girl #3. Even Dr Tramma’s bright green suit shows gray accents, and Detective Shari Sebbins wears a gray suit. This mixture of white and black amid the brightly colored world of New York City underlines Maka’s moral quandary. 

By comparison, Dr Tramma floods Hijack's cell with light. As Hijack rests between punishing trials, or his eyes crackle with white energy, the yellow light evokes the sun's life-giving radiance as his captor increases his mutant powers. 

 

Joe Caramagna fills Maka’s latest adventure with uppercase black letters in white dialogue balloons and shows the Hawaiian’s thoughts with red letters in white narrative boxes. The words grow bold for intonation, swell for raised voices, and rarely shrink. Yellow narrative boxes relay the narrator’s voice, while purple words in lavender balloons reveal Piper’s inner self. Lowercase black letters in white rounded boxes highlight the fleeting joys of fame. Sound effects accompany gunfire, alarms, arcing electricity, and the deadliest cut of all. Thanks to Marvel for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

When the Yakuza captured her, Bullseye inspired Maki Matsumoto to escape her captors. But Lady Bullseye knows that her lifestyle is not for everyone. After escaping a life of servitude and abuse, Lady Bullseye doesn’t want anyone to make Maka their pawn. But Maka’s unique ability to mimic others' abilities makes her an irresistible tool for villains in Spider-Girl #3.

 

Rating 9.6/10

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.