I can’t think of another issue where Catwoman was done so wrong. This is pretty much one of the worst comics ever written. So Selina is a street thief who gets approached by a “Second Chance” suit guy giving street criminals high level jobs for the major. Not very believable, but okay. He’ll later throw her off a building like in Batman Returns, and she’ll be licked by cats. The reason why this is bad stuff is it takes away all Catwoman’s character. The idea that Selina needs someone to have influenced her in every way, instead of just organically becoming who she is. There’s no need for such an elaborate strange story to explain Catwoman, everybody already understood her. Sometimes less is more. Plus it is a bit odd that Catwoman is such a wimp just four years ago. When the Second Chance guy says “I won’t hit you like that guy just did”, I’d expect her to either laugh or hit the guy. Just… yeah. It’s just so weak that we have to attribute her whole personality and way of being to some “accident/tragic thingy” that sparks her current personality. She’s not a superhero, she doesn’t need this silly origin taking all responsibility for who she is away from her. Then after, her new reason for thinking she’s somebody is because she has a mysterious Russian family? Not just that she likes herself and has confidence? Plus she’s not even allowed to just like cats of her own accord, even that needs an origin. Even when she is doing her Catwoman thing she says “What am I doing? Why am I like this?”. Good grief, Catwoman has fun and likes the thrill, that's her character. Not to beat around the bush, the issue is garbage. Even worse, the issue ends with this terrible origin still unresolved, and the solicit for issue 13 says “The true origin of Selina Kyle revealed!”, so we’ve got more of this to look forward to. Ann Nocenti if you’re reading this, please stop writing about Selina Kyle’s past. You’re killing one of my nine lives each issue it’s featured in.