Birds of Prey #2

[aeka]

If you must sue someone for property damage, sue Starling. She likes to break stuff!

Comments

[shadowpsykie]

... okay.... i feel the Birds of Prey Spirit in this... i still miss the old crew... but yeah.... i feel it :D

also, watch it starling... it might have been a bad break up... but she's been Babs' babe for longer....

[superfangirl1]

I feel the same way. :)

[mrstatham]

I fucking love anyone who can formulate an escape on an airport caddy. That's amazing. And I still think getting a new writer and a somewhat different squad of Birds has done the book a favour; I know I'm probably alone here, but I felt Gail's return to BOP was utterly lackluster compared to her first run, even without crummy art problems.

[salinea]

I don't think you're alone thinking Simone's second run on BoP was lackluster, no.

[shadowpsykie]

it wasn't BAD... but i feel like it was too tied down by Brightest Day

[mrstatham]

I didn't really see that, myself, other than having Hawk and Dove lumped in there. I just thought her White Canary stuff took way too long and was way too built up, as though WC's identity was gonna be huge and not just tied to a kind-of obscure thread from a few years ago. That and the utter nonsense that was Huntress versus Shiva.

[shadowpsykie]

okay i actually LOVED the Shiva/Huntress fight. it was my favorite even.

I do think that the "Hunt for white canary" was too long, it could have lost an issue. I did however love her last arc, with Junior... Junior is a scary SoB... or... DoB

[aeka]

okay i actually LOVED the Shiva/Huntress fight. it was my favorite even.

Heh, me too. Though if the fight would've continued Huntress would have gotten creamed by Shiva eventually. :<

[shadowpsykie]

no doubt... but girlfriend would have gone down fighting, sicilian style:D

[aeka]

Yeah, to quote Zinda "that woman don't know how to stay down." Though I can't decide if I would feel honoured or embarrassed to be taken out by a death punch. :P

[mrstatham]

My only problem with Junior was how artificially the character was set up to be of importance in Secret Six, but that's another matter entirely.

[darkknightjrk]

I thought Huntress vs. Shiva was one of, if not the best point of that series. If anything was truly terrible, it was the Death of Oracle storyline.

[mrstatham]

Death of Oracle was really, terribly pointless, because even without the reboot incoming, I couldn't really tell where Gail was going with that other than making Barbara a little too cold and distant. I mean, she'd be doing the same things as before, attacking villains using a coordinated team of superheroes and hacking skills? And any villain with some brain cells isn't going to figure out that it's the Woman Formerly Known As Oracle attacking them?

[darkknightjrk]

I think there was some good moments, but yeah, Gail's second BOP run wasn't really her best. What's sad is that the last two-parter she did with The Question seemed to be the book getting back on it's feet.

This definitely feels like a step up. :)

[halloweenjack]

I know that this is a comic book, but... how fast do they think those electric carts go? It's like trying to make a getaway in a golf cart.

[aeka]

At most 25-30 miles per hour, and that's my best guess. :P

[jaybee3]

I think the thing I like about this most is that Starling is a new character who was created to fit a neo-post-Oracle role, instead of taking an old character and dramatically changing them to fit that role to the point where they seem OOC. I wish we had more of that in other titles.

[aeka]

I don't know...Starling does read a bit like Zinda to me, or at least has a very Zinda feel to her. Still like the character though.

[jaybee3]

True, I've seen the comparison to Lady B before but I actually prefer the writers come up with a new person that they can take anyplace they want personality wise rather than shoehorning Zinda and have her doing something the old Zinda wouldn't.

[jlbarnett]

I remains suspicious of her. She keeps talking about being on these gov't watch lists. I have a very strong feeling she'll be the reason Canary is wanted for murder

[flash_fan]

Birds of Prey is one of those books I've always heard good things about and was always interested in but never really jumped into it. Anyone have a good idea where I should start?

[darkknightjrk]

Well, there was a #1 of BOP last month, I assume that's pretty new-reader friendly. :P

[flash_fan]

Wow, didn't recognize how unclear I was on that one. I meant pre-DCNu. I have a good understanding of the DCU so I was more concerned about good arcs then it being reader friendly.

[lilacsigil]

That's a lot of fun!

[kusonaga]

I always enjoy a good crash through the window page with a cool car.

[maxisanacorn]

Coloring is terrible my god.

[runespoor]

Sooo... Starling's been a master strategist since last month, then?

That narration should be used as an example of "what not to do".