Together, they form a team to go against Oracle, a mysterious data broker, who isn't Barbara Gordon. The untitled Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth is a rather good introductory or issue zero issue that introduces this iteration of the Birds of Prey: Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, Dinah Lance as Black Canary, and Helena Bertinelli as Huntress. Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Who Is Oracle? collects the first six issues of the 2016 on-going series and Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth special, which covers one story line: "Who is Oracle?" and the one-issue Rebirth story. All opinions stated are my own and not influenced by the exchange.īatgirl and the Birds of Prey is an on-going series published by DC Comics and is the Rebirth reboot of a team of women vigilantes with Barbara Gordon as Batgirl as the head of the group. I wasn’t expecting things to take an emotional turn towards the end but I am glad for it nonetheless as I think it made me like ‘Purple Girl’ out a bit more.ĭisclaimer: I received this e-book from NetGalley in exchange for a review. The storyline is gripping with just enough action and drama to keep me fully entertained. Batgirl is a surprisingly strong leader while both Canary and the ‘Purple Girl’ (I won’t reveal her name as it’s a spoiler) play equal important roles to her Alpha image. This first volume of the new Rebirth line, however, might have just changed that. Of all the DC women, Wonder Woman and Batwoman have always been my favorites, with Batgirl a bit further down the list. Not just because it’s a female-centered group of kickass women, but because they are some of the best comic book characters I have ever read and they compliment each other really well. Very much like the previous arc of Birds of Prey comic book series, I absolutely loved this one. I’m starting to think DC stands for Dire Crap! All it did was remind me that I liked Barbara Gordon better when she was Oracle. And, Christ, that stupid mask – it conceals nothing! I can’t buy that Jim Gordon doesn’t know that Batgirl’s his daughter when they’re face to face in a lit room! I would’ve loved it if at the end of their conversation he turned away and said “By the way Babs, get a better fucking mask, you clueless dope – only a complete retard wouldn’t know it’s you under there.”īatgirl and the Birds of Prey is uninteresting, uninspired drivel. The first panel we see Babs, I thought she was in the middle of sexual reassignment, she looks so manly! And when did she get so unattractive? She’s suddenly got a weird horsey, Secretariat Jessica Parker face. More like Who Fucking Cares?!Ĭlaire Roe and Roge Antonio’s art is dogshit. And the answer to Who Is Oracle? is underwhelming to say the least. For guys like me though who already know all that jazz, re-reading it all made me want to blow my brains out from boredom. I suppose the story is clear, which is something given that it’s an Afterbirth book, and each of the characters’ origins are retold for new readers’ benefits making this a decent jumping on point for them. The sisterly writing team of Shawna and Julie Benson, writers of TV shows Emma Approved and The 100 (never heard of either), drearily go through the motions of a typical superhero team comic. It’s so ordinary, uninteresting, and overall blah I was never once entertained. The Birds of Prey go looking for someone going by Babs’ old secret identity, Oracle, while fighting snake-themed baddies (cos birds and snakes are natural enemies, geddit?) and mafia goons. Oh Rebirth, you are so boring! Batgirl and the Birds of Prey (emphasis on Batgirl I guess because people like Babs and don’t give a fuuuuuck about Black Canary and Huntress – to be fair, I don’t either!) is another pile of wanky, tedious comic sludge.
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