Catwoman, Vol. 6: Fear State

Compared with the previous volume, there are many more costumed heroes and superpowered villains in this one. Yet it still manages to convey a gritty street-level feel, partly helped by the style of the artwork, which doesn't flinch on the battering that some of the characters are taking. It's a story of cons and double-crosses as Catwoman is forced to team up with others to try and save one of the poorer neighbourhoods of Gotham and her friends in the process. The larger Fear State storyline feeds into it and, since I haven't been following that, its presence didn't do much for me, but at least it suits the broader atmosphere that Ram V is going for and doesn't feel too badly shoe-horned in. The coda at the end has a different artist but works as a good conclusion to the arc, wrapping up the themes while (obviously) leaving things open for the next writer.