Batgirl #13 - Don't leave a girl hangin'

[perletwo]

Really? Nobody's posted any more of Batgirl #13 than that one preview page we saw a while back? I know it was kinda fillerish, but it had a few cute bits. So let's have at them, shall we? Total of 4 pages, 3 whole, 2 halves.


Det. McHandsome Nick Gage is after a man who's killed his wife. He corners the man on a roof, only to find the man is really Clayface, who knocks Gage off the roof. "Sorry, babe," he mutters on the way down, only to hear, "Don't apologize --"



Is that splash not awesome looking? Go Steph!



Some nice background details in that alley.

They track Clayface to the bank, where they realize the dead wife is the bank manager and therefore has an all-access pass to the vaults. Guess who Clay's impersonating now? Steph and Clayface duke it out, then...





After they manage to freeze Clayface, Steph pulls the "Up top. Don't leave a girl hangin'!" high-five request.



Gage tells her Clayface was after an old bank box of his, with a picture of his human self and wife. We get broad hints all through this ish that Det. McHandsome either has or had and somehow lost a wife, alas. Though I can't believe Babs wouldn't have done a deep background check on the guy before she met him for coffee....

Oh, and also: Have an icon!

Comments

[minyandu.livejournal.com]

I so love the "Squee". :D

[perletwo]

IKR? I was gonna stop it at the page above, but I had to have the explanation, and the squee. Upside-down squee, even. :D

[leorising]

Me too tee hee hee.

[kamino_neko]

Good thing Karlo's not a Star Trek fan.

And St Nick is definitely a widower, I think. The wife's clearly not in the picture, and it doesn't feel like a divorce, to me.

[perletwo]

Unclear one way or the other; to me the "Sorry, babe" suggested there's somebody alive someplace out there, if not somebody waiting for him. But there's definitely some major regret issues surrounding marriage for him, fer shur.

[kagome654]

Squee is right.

I wish they'd hurry up and trade Batgirl.

[perletwo]

I'd double-dip, as I did with Blue Beetle. :D

[jlbarnett]

I really didn't like the resolution. Especially since Steph has just had a converstation with him she could bring up AND Clayface really didn't need to be committing a crime to do this.

[perletwo]

It was a little kludgy on the plot, yeah. I feel like they were aiming for the pathos of this Christmas story and kinda missed.

[jarodrussell]

I <3 Montoya?

Gotham has some weird gangs.

[requiem2adream]

It was totally written by Batwoman *sage*

[irrelevant]

The splash page makes me ridiculously happy.

I wasn't a fan of Steph before her short stint as Robin, but god do I love this snarky adult badass she's grown into. And how cool is it that she's got her own cop sidekick? *snicker* Much as I miss Cass, I think Steph makes an awesome BG. I'd like it even better if I could have both of them being Batgirl together.

Also, I think I now ship Batgirl/Proxy. And Batgirl III/Proxy/Batgirl II. Nnngh, yes, yes I do.

[psychopathicus_rex]

I continue to hope that at some point, Cass will reclaim her position, and Steph will don the Spoiler outfit once more, and they will team up. I don't doubt that we'll get some 'I thought I told you NEVER TO WEAR THAT AGAIN!' from various members of the Bat-Clan, but one would hope that by that point, she will have gained enough confidence to say 'shut up and deal with it'.

[bluejaybirdie]

I <3 Montoya

Man, who knew Batwoman did graffiti in her spare time?

[akodo_rokku]

It coulda been Two-Face.

[supergirl]

1. GO FOR THE SUAVE OLDER MAN, STEPH. HE MAKES TERRIBLE JOKES AND YOUR BABIES WILL BE BEAUTIFUL.

2. I had to double-check the splash page before realizing no, she did not just catch him by wrapping her legs around his waist.

[kamino_neko]

Oh, goddess, me too.

[requiem2adream]

I still squee a little every time I see Steph get to be a competent superhero.

I love the detail of the Question stencil and the 'I ♥ Montoya' graffiti on the wall behind Steph as she and Nick land.

[maxisanacorn]

I love that her grappling hook-thing always goes 'Poot' it's like in-canon now.

[leorising]

I so appreciated that sound effect!

[ladymirth]

Shades of Babs/Jason Bard anyone?

[rordulum]

Honestly, this little thing these two have going on is squicking me out a little.

Steph's what? 18, 19? This guy must be in his early 30s to be a detective. That's too big an age gap for me to be comfortable with.

[perletwo]

Well, in fairness, I don't think he's comfortable with it either - he bit at the setup date with Babs, and Steph found him looking for Babs in her college office, in earlier issues. So he's gravitating to at least the idea of the more age-appropriate Babs, even if the chemistry's not there as it is with Batgirl. (Also, no less a Big Boss than his Commissioner's already chided him about the jailbait thing, in the "Hey, You!" scene.)

[halloweenjack]

"I loves me some cliches", eh? Hmmm...

[yaseen101]

Heh, nice catch!

[yaseen101]

Yay! For shiny new icon!

Also, I keep getting Spider-girl/Mayday nostalgia reading this but it's still awesome.

Also, finally! A writer who actually manages to be 'hip' without any of it tasting like diabetes.

Finally I find it hilarious that Miller has a receding hairline and is brown-haired in real life.



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If you still don't get it, Mark Miller and Frank Miller are brown haired and Frank has a receding hair line AND they are both writers who started off writing some genuinely good and interesting stuff before going off the deep end.

[bariman]

Also, I keep getting Spider-girl/Mayday nostalgia reading this but it's still awesome

You're right! I'm adding Batgirl and Spider-Girl to my list of DC/Marvel crossovers I want to see.

[mcity]

That is a pretty good take on ye old "spot the imposter" bit.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

So... has anyone figured out how shooting Clayface is supposed to be effective? Or did I miss the story where he's no longer a giant amorphous blob of goop any more?

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[psychopathicus_rex]

The idea is that his cover is blown - he hasn't been hurt, but they know which Batgirl is really him now.

[psychopathicus_rex]

"Shoot me", eh? That's a nice twist on the old 'I'M the real one!' thing. Good thing the guy caught on quickly, though, 'cause otherwise Clayface would have realized what she was doing, and started saying the same thing. "Shoot me!" "No, shoot ME!"

[blackruzsa]

LOVEINTERESTLOVEINTERESTHEMAYLOOKLIKEANOLDERTIMBUTGAHDSTEPHNEEDSTOGETANEWLOVEINTERESTandTimbelongswithKonLOVEINTERESTPLEASEHE'SAWESOMELOVEINTEREST!!!!

Tell me I wasn't the only one thinking this.
And if you have complaints about age gap, it just makes the idea more appealing.

[blackruzsa]

and and and Spiderman gag.

[benicio127]

This issue was so much more fun than the previous one. I can't wait for the 3-D vampire one. Hehe!

[swatkat]

This issue, while filler-y, made me giggle a lot. I love how generally upbeat this series is!