Birds of Prey #4

[aeka]

All I have to say is great issue once again! Also I think I'm starting to develop girl crushes on Katana and Starling. :3







Oh gee. Judging by the page, could the missing bird in question actually be a certain Batgirl? Now I know why she didn't appear on the cover of #5.

Also, light-bending invisible men going boom wipes out memories also? This Choke guy gets more and more interesting as the issues come along. Really loving the new Birds!

Comments

[shadowpsykie]

time for Ivy Katana, Dinah and her new girlfriend, to save Dinah's old girlfriend :D

[aeka]

Mmmm Dinah's old and new girlfriends. Sounds like a great sandwich to be in. :}

[jlbarnett]

Am I the only one who's found this whole plot extremely irritating. I'd like to buy this book but I just hate this story.

[shadowpsykie]

i actually love it, i love the intruige and Mission Impossible-ness of it.

[shadowpsykie]

bwahahahaha... not for me but have at it Di :D

[the_prettiest_star]

Me too! I like action in my comics. Pages like this make me want to buy a lot more~

[aeka]

I third this. I like that this book is action-packed without resorting to grisly violence for 'edge.'

[aeka]

Haha, of course. I know that both you and another poster have a preference for a different species of bird. ;)

[shadowpsykie]

i have no idea what you are talking about.... oh Hai Ex-Robins :DDDD

i wll admit, the image of Vampire!Jubilee taking out two sentinels almost made me straight for a second.... there have been other moments but i rember seeing that and going... Wow... is this what straight feels like? :D

[aeka]

Hey now, one of those ex-birds kept his Robin name. He just added a colour to it. :D

I think I remember seeing you make that comment on a Jubilee post. Unfortunately since I don't know jack about the character or anything Marvel for that matter, I couldn't really comment, lol.

[shadowpsykie]

heh well i grew up with the fox x-men series and have loved Jubes ever since, but it was just the moment itself... she took down a sentinel solo. with a knife... it was BADASS :D

[katya]

I love everyone in this book. I haven't done cosplay in years but I'm totally seeing both Canary and Starling in my future (or perhaps just Canary and my BFF as Starling).

[aeka]

Are we talking the 90s X-Men cartoon? Cause if so....man that takes me way back. At best I remember having a girl crush on Rogue, though I'm not sure if I envy her power of being able to kill people with a mere touch. I can't imagine a life without snogging and sex. :(

[shadowpsykie]

hehe yeah that's me (aged myself) Rogue has since gotten better, she can control it (it was a thing) but yeah, not that i do it much (saddly) but not being able to do it at all.. hells NO! (it wasn't so much kill as put them into a coma if she held on too long...:)

OOOh totally off topic... i must thank lobdell for the but shot of Miguel i might make that into an icon :DDD

[aeka]

Hey now, you're not the only one who *aged* himself, although I think we both fall under the younger reader demographic. Another childhood favourite was Scarlet Witch. She was just bad ass.

Are we talking a butt shot of a recent issue of Teen Titans? I remember the one time I had a butt shot for an icon and ex friend of my berated the hell out of me for it and even made me a new icon to replace it with. :P

[shadowpsykie]

here we do not have to be ashamed of our love of DAT ASS :D have you seen Icon's green Scale giff? :D and yes, that is what i am talking about :D the one when he see's the cacoon and it is a full shot of his backside :D

yeah im not ancient still in mah 20's but still :D

[aeka]

Of course. He did use it recently on a Christmas post I made. Though I do have to agree with Spurs Sander's comment about Helena Wayne being a darn sight easier on the eyes than the kid in the shorts. Not that Dick Grayson is bad looking mind you. But Helena Wayne is more...my kind of ass to tap. ^_^

Eh, mid-20s here. In about five years tops all the young kids on the block will be calling me ancient, though I'll still be 20 at heart. :D

[shadowpsykie]

i'm still 12 at hear LOL eh to each his/her own... erm ass :D

hehe i wonder how long until Icon realizes we are talking about robin ass :D.... how did we end up talking about ass O_o

[aeka]

Oh I'm sure he'll be around. :)

how did we end up talking about ass O_o

You brought up wanting to make an icon of Bunker's ass. And now this whole convo got me looking at this. Unf. *____________*

[shadowpsykie]

oh hai Helenas... :3

[aeka]

Crisis of the Infinite Helenas. :3

[shadowpsykie]

teehee take a look at this :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWHD7sRYJm4

[aeka]

Haha, I remember this! I think this was definitely Amy's crowning moment of awesome. :D

Well...that besides telling her husband to kiss the Doctor again, but a lot *slower* this time. XD

[shadowpsykie]

damn it. now i am trying to find THAT clip :D i LOVED that one :D

[shadowpsykie]

AH it's a COMIC that's why i can't find it!!!!

[aeka]

Haha, yeah it was a comic. Sorry I should've specified that! :D

[shadowpsykie]

haha found it! http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3457520.html?#cutid1
:DDDDD

[brilliantnova]

QFT!!!!

[aeka]

It was absolutely brilliant. I think I commented somewhere in there that that should have been in an actual episode. XD

[drexer]

Might I ask to people who are truly reading the book, what's Starling's 'thing'? I see her in most pages, doing something or other in a weird 'badass' pretend way, but she doesn't seem to have any defining characteristics whatsoever and seems to me much like a RIC, hardly defined yet extremely competent.

[benicio127]

Starling, I love your hair. Also, this is no longer subtext, Starling and Dinah are full on textual. Ev even uses pet nicknames for Dinah.

This book continues to be awesome. And the art continues to be incredible. I love their costumes and the artist consistently draws fantastic women and great facial expressions! I loved Starling's face right before she knocked out the second walking bomb guy, and when Babs showed up.

[benicio127]

Actually... She kind of reminds me of Face from the A-Team. A competent, smooth-talker. She has the personality of someone who could talk her way out of anything and I get the feeling that she would be incredibly good at poker. That's basically how her personality/character strikes me as, anyways.

[benicio127]

Fourthed! I am really loving this book. It's mostly the interaction between the characters and there's been some good non-linear storytelling.

[jlbarnett]

really? It doesn't feel actiony to me. It feels like a giant mindgame to me and I wouldn't be surprised to see the climax end up with some sort of "what was real" thing

[jlbarnett]

she strikes me as a mole, that Canary will be totally wrong to trust her and everyone warning her about her will be right

[aeka]

Well, I don't think a book needs to be violent for it to be actiony, but that's just my opinion. This book has been anything but slow paced for me.

[benicio127]

I actually haven't seen/read anyone warning Canary about Starling...?

[jlbarnett]

she's on all kinds of watch lists and all and Barbara reminded her of that very firmly

[big_daddy_d]

I like Ivy's new look and powers. Also with her coat, she looks like a badass. Wonder if she still has her friendship with Harley though.

[jlbarnett]

I don't particularly care about the level of violence. It just doesn't feel "real" to me. I basically wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the violence turned out to be staged or lies or illusions basically. To use wrestled parlance I feel like it's setting readers up to be swerved

[superfangirl1]

*lol*

Motto and +1

[kamino_neko]

So is Dinah. So is Katana. The whole point of the team they've put together (unless Barbara is going to be a permanent addition) is 'people who've fallen onto the wrong side of the law, somehow'.

[jlbarnett]

yes, well, I think the reason why Dinah has is because she's hanging with a legit criminal

[eyz]

Loving this book a lot more than expected!
(on the totally opposite end, an highly awaited title, Batgirl, I've been finding it so-so)

Gripe on grips

[jfurioso]

Katana is holding her sword wrong for a kenjutsu practicioner. There should be space between the hands, placing the lower one at the bottom of the hilt.