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Recently realised that I haven't read any solo Batwoman stuff, so decided to check-out Elegy and other stories from Rucka's run. Elegy turned out to be simply okay storywise, her conflict with Crime Bible and Alice didn't really grab me and I was a little lost, expected more after all the good stuff that I heard. Having said that "Go" and "Cutter" turned out to be great, I liked that they flashed out Kate and ger supporting cast, her backstory in "Go" was great and I really enjoyed "Cutter" being this little thriller story which parallels Batwoman and Batman, also It's kinda funny that Bruce has two relatives on his mother side that are also superheroes.

Art from J. H. Williams 3 and Jock was great, Williams art is a main highlight of this short run.

Edit: I meant Batwoman, instead of Batman in the title. Lol

For those who may be interested. Both of those comics take a real life event and tell a fictionalised story about people that were involved in it. "Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body" tells a story about what happened to Lee Harvey Oswald and a team of people that helps him escape. "Out of Alcatraz" tells a story about three prisoners that managed to escape Alcatraz.

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Both series in my opinion are really good and if they sound like something up your alley than definitely check them out. Personally while I really like "Alcatraz" theme of what really is freedom, I prefer "Oswald's Body" for it being this dark thriller m

First 12 issues were really good, I liked how Fraction gave context for some moments with Frank from main Civil War series in first issues, funeral for Stilt Man and tie-in to World War Hulk issues were enjoyable. I really liked Clarke as this new man in the chair for Frank and their dynamic was really fun. Going Out West storyline was also excellent and is my favourite in this series. Most of this issues were drawn by Ariel Olivetti who has pretty interesting, but enjoyable style.

Sadly in its second half of the run the quality drops really hard, and other than Gibbon centric issue, all other stories were either mid or bad. Which is a shame because I liked some ideas that Fraction introduced. Also most of those issues were drawn by Howard Chaykin and I really didn't like his artstyle.