History YMMV / BatwomanRebirth

* EvilIsSexy: Safiyah is attractive and is introduced wearing a bathrobe and joking with Kate about their sexual relationship. Her lips are focused on rather frequently, too.

** Julia Pennyworth. Some readers have voiced concerns that she seems too servile in comparison to her portrayal in the ComicBook/New52, while others have gone further and mentioned the borderline UnfortunateImplications of a woman of color acting as a servant to a white woman. On the flip side, others point out that Julia's snarky personality is still intact despite her job change, and far from being a yes-ma'aming robot, Julia teases Kate repeatedly and the two seem to have a more co-worker sort of relationship. Plus, Kate doesn't treat her rudely or like a subordinate.

** Kate herself is another. Some readers didn't like that issue #1 started out with her having so much new tech and a butler as well (a Pennyworth, even), claiming that this makes her nothing but a clone of Bruce, when a big part of Kate's appeal as a character is that she is ''markedly different'' from Bruce in many ways. Others counter that these new accoutrements and such are just window dressing and that, as with Julia, Kate's ''character'' hasn't changed, even if her surroundings and story have. Plus, Julia even teases Kate at the first sign of Bruce-like broodiness, since that's not a typical emotion for Kate, so there is some self-awareness on the part of the writers. However, the stories ''are'' indeed a marked departure for Kate, who is a character known for dealing heavily in the occult.

* NarmCharm: Issue #4 features Knife swinging Kate by her wig into a rock pillar (the wig should've detached, as it's been shown to do in earlier Batwoman comics), and blocking a stike from a stalagmite club with her forearm (not only does it not hurt her, a woman with no apparent superpowers, but the club ''shatters''). Both are pretty silly, but they end up working due to Knife being built up as a genuine physical threat to Kate in earlier issues, without sacrificing Kate's abilities. They also make Kate look good in a way, since she both takes that kind of a beating like a champ and was the one who broke the stalagmite from its base to start with.

* AwesomeArt:

* {{Narm}}: Julia's Bat-monitor. It's one huge monitor shaped like the Batwoman symbol. Yes, it looks as impractical as it sounds. Even Bruce, the guy who puts his symbol on ''everything'', just has normal monitors in the Batcave!

* AssPull: In issue #16, Kate uses [[spoiler: a recording of a gunshot from the same model of gun used in the Waynes' murder to make Bruce hesitate just enough to subdue him]]. Such a thing had not been set up whatsoever, and is arguably a little out-of-character for how Kate usually operates in a few respects. [[spoiler: Bruce being momentarily fazed by it]] is a lesser example, since that seems like an obvious thing he'd prepare for, not to mention the sound wouldn't be so distinct.

* Wangst: Even in light of the struggles Kate went through in the second arc (including the demoralizing ending), Kate's constant and sometimes irrational self-blame in issue #11 can come off as this.

* NarmCharm: Issue #4 features Knife swinging Kate by her wig into a rock pillar (the wig should've detached, as it's been shown to do in earlier Batwoman comics), and blocking a stike from a stalagmite club with her forearm (not only does it not hurt her, a woman with no apparent superpowers, but the club ''shatters''). Both are pretty silly, but they end up working due to Knife being built up as a genuine physical threat to Kate in earlier issues, without sacrificing Kate's abilities. They also make Kate look good in a way, since she both takes that kind of a beating like a champ and was the one who broke the stalagmite from its base to start with.

* FunnyMoments:
** Julia's "Creepy Twin Bingo" card.
** Batwoman and Colony Prime's back-and-forth bickering in issue #9.

** Julia Pennyworth. Some readers have voiced concerns that she seems too servile in comparison to her portrayal in the ComicBook/New52, while others have gone further and mentioned the borderline UnfortunateImplications of a woman of color acting as a servant to a white woman. On the flip side, others point out that Julia's snarky personality is still intact despite her job change, and far from being a yes-ma'aming robot, Julia teases Kate repeatedly and the two seem to have a more co-worker sort of relationship. Julia is essentially performing the same tasks as her father. Plus, Kate doesn't treat her rudely or like a subordinate.

* AwesomeArt: Steve Epting's artwork (particularly his splash pages) is gorgeous, and anyone familiar with his work on titles like ''Velvet'' and ''Captain America'' knows how suitable he is for a noir-ish spy tale like this.

** Opinions are mixed on Tahani's codename of Knife. It's either uncreative, boring and pretentious or refreshingly blunt and ''un''pretentious, while also calling to mind the similarly simple name of recurring Batwoman rogue Shard.

* AwesomeArt: Steve Epting's artwork (particularly his splash pages) is gorgeous, and anyone familiar with his work on titles like ''Velvet'' and ''The Winter Soldier'' knows how suitable he is for a noir-ish spy tale like this.

** Julia Pennyworth. Some readers have voiced concerns that she seems too servile in comparison to her portrayal in the ComicBook/New52, while others have gone further and mentioned the borderline UnfortunateImplications of a woman of color acting as a servant to a white woman. On the flip side, others point out that Julia's snarky personality is still intact despite her job change, and far from being a yes-ma'aming robot, Julia teases Kate repeatedly and the two seem to have a more co-worker sort of relationship. Julia is essentially performing the same tasks as her father, after all. Plus, Kate doesn't treat her rudely or like a subordinate.
** Kate herself is another. Some readers didn't like that issue #1 started out with her having so much new tech and a butler as well (a Pennyworth, even), claiming that this makes her nothing but a clone of Bruce, when a big part of Kate's appeal as a character is that she is ''markedly different'' from Bruce in many ways. Others counter that these new accoutrements and such are just window dressing and that, as with Julia, Kate's ''character'' hasn't changed, even if her surroundings and story have. Plus, Julia even teases Kate at the first sign of Bruce-like broodiness, since that's not a typical emotion for Kate.
** Opinions are mixed on Tahani's codename of Knife. It's either uncreative and boring or refreshingly blunt and unpretentious, while also calling to mind the similarly simple name of recurring Batwoman rogue Shard.

* NarmCharm: Issue #4 features Knife swinging Kate by her wig into a rock pillar (the wig should've detached, as it's been shown to do in earlier Batwoman comics), and blocking a stike from a stalagmite club with her forearm (not only does it not hurt her, a woman with no apparent superpowers, but the club ''shatters''). Both are pretty silly, but they end up working due to Knife being built up as a genuine physical threat to Kate in earlier issues, without sacrificing Kate's abilities. They also make Kate look good in a way, since she both takes that kind of a beating like a champ and was the one who broke the stalagmite to start with.

* NarmCharm: Issue #4 features Knife swinging Kate by her wig into a rock pillar (the wig should've detached, as it's been shown to do in earlier Batwoman comics), and blocking a stike from a stalagmite club with her forearm (not only does it not hurt her, a woman with no apparent superpowers, but the club ''shatters''). Both are pretty silly, but they end up working due to Knife being built up as a geniune physical threat to Kate in earlier issues, without sacrificing Kate's abilities. They also make Kate look good in a way, since she both takes that kind of a beating like a champ and was the one who broke the stalagmite to start with.

* EvilIsSexy: Safiyah is attractive and is introduced wearing a bathrobe and joking with Kate about their sexual relationship. Her lips are focused on rather frequently, too.

* AwesomeArt: Steve Epting's artwork, particularly his splash pages, are gorgeous, and anyone familiar with his work on titles like ''Velvet'' and ''The Winter Soldier'' knows how suitable he is for a noir-ish spy tale like this.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Julia Pennyworth. Some readers have voiced concerns that she seems too servile in comparison to her portrayal in the ComicBook/New52, while others have gone further and mentioned the borderline UnfortunateImplications of a woman of color acting as a servant to a white woman. On the flip side, others point out that Julia's snarky personality is still intact despite her job change, and far from being a yes-ma'aming robot, Julia teases Kate repeatedly and the two seem to have a more co-worker sort of relationship. Julia is essentially performing the same tasks as her father, after all. Plus, Kate doesn't treat her rudely or like a subordinate.

EvilIsSexy: Safiyah is attractive and is introduced wearing a bathrobe and jokingwith Kate about their sexual relationship. Her lips are focused on rather frequently, too.