Future State: Catwoman continues to be one of the best Gotham based books in the Future State event, and writer Ram V manages to forge a really engaging and compelling story in just two issues.
The final part of this story carries on where the first left off, with Selina and her resistance group attempting to save a group of children taken prisoner by he Magistrate, currently being transported via train. This meant that Selina had to spend the first issue getting on board the high speed train, and now has to find a way off with the kids she's there to help. However, things have been complicated by the level of resistance being put up by the Magistrate, and another prisoner on the train, Bruce Wayne.
The reveal at the end of the last issue, that Bruce was a prisoner on the train, was an exciting moment to end on, getting readers excited to find out what happened next. Would Selina get to see Bruce, would they get a moment together? Ram V teases this moment out for a while by putting some more obstacles in the way, such as having Selina and her ally, Onomatopeia, stuck inside one of the carriages after a long and pretty brutal fight.
Sadly, this reveals one of the downsides of the story only being two issues long, that we don't get enough of Selina doing cool things that tie into her skills as a thief. Yes, getting onto the train felt a lot like a heist, but once on board she mostly relies on brute strength to fight her way through those in her way. I'd have loved to have seen her having to get past things like laser trip wires, picking locks, or hacking her way through security systems. We do get a little of this when she uses the electronics in her suit to fry the electronic locks is pretty cool, and really shows her heroic side, I wanted more of this than the book was able to give. Thankfully, Ram V is going to be writing the Catwoman series after Future State, so hopefully we will get to see this stuff in the future.
Whilst there weren't many moments of Selina using her thief skills we get plenty of opportunities to see her in an action role, with some great action sequences thanks to the artwork of Otto Schmidt, who manages to make the fairly bare environment of the train interior look dynamic and engaging, filling the spaces with bold action that fills the frame.
The moment where Selina and Bruce get to see each other is definitely one of the best moments of the book, and lets readers see how their relationship has evolved in this new setting, and is probably one of the best Future State moments that involves Batman. It's a tender scene, and the parting lines that Bruce delivers sums up how well the characters work together, and why their relationship is a good thing.
Future State: Catwoman was a lot of fun, a book that managed to show the darker side of this future scenario, whilst also having a lot of fun and hope to it. Hopefully we will get more quality stories like this in the future when Ram V gets to spend longer with the character.
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