Catwoman 2002 #1 - back issue - $5.00
On Gotham's East End, a man picks up a sex worker, but then kills her when she is upset by his face. Selina Kyle, recently returned to Gotham, tries to decide what she's doing with her life. She is reunited with her old friend Holly, who she feels protective of. Holly lets her know that several sex workers have been killed over the past few weeks.
- - Lettering credit from "The Scratchin' Post" text introduction.
- Anodyne Part One of Four - First issue of a new ongoing series, following the events of the "Trail of the Catwoman" back up stories in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #759-762 (and, chronologically, the "prequel" story Catwoman: Selina's Big Score (DC, 2002)). Leslie Thompkins and Holly Robinson are established as supporting characters. Selina operates out of an abandoned tenement house she secretly bought early in her career. Selina debuts a new costume in this issue, designed by Darwyn Cooke. First appearance of the seventh Clayface, seen only in shadow and identified only as "Brian".
- - Introductory article to the new series by editorial, illustrated with small cover illustration of #2.
- Ads - Total of 18 one-page and 1 two-pages advertisements for: Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of the Cortex (game, Playstation), Starburst (candy, Starburst), Tobacco is whacko (anti-drugs, Lorillard), Mummy Returns (game, Nintendo), Dark Age of Camelot (online game, Mythic), DVD player (DVD player, JVC), Boxing Fever (game, Nintendo), Skittles (candy, Mars), Kinetica (game, Playstation, 2 pages), Dragon Warrior VII (game, Playstation), Family (anti-drugs, NDC), GamePro (magazine, GamePro), Top Gun: Combat Zones (game, Playstation), Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (game, Playstation), Capri Sun Big Pouch (soft drink, KF Holdings), Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (music CD, Maverick), Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider (game, Playstation), Mobile Suit Gundam (toys, Bandai), Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (game, Xbox).
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