Birds of Prey #1
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scans_dailyGetting the band back together
Canary and Zinda, while on assignment as seen in the preview, get a call from Babs. (Sorry for the quality of the scans. Massive hardware failures going on Chez Apricot)
Huntress also gets a call from Babs while at work. And Babs will now be known as "Spooky"
And so they are together for the first time in awhile. And the scene just captures the awkwardness, the unspoken feelings and their personalities so well. This is why I love Gail's work on BoP.
![](https://p.dreamwidth.org/16a1e934674b/172314-1924980/i43.tinypic.com/24wv6af.jpg")
I like that it is Helena who ends up getting the most emotional. I've enjoyed Rucka's Helena in the Question, but Gail really gets the character's mix of toughness and vulnerability. Marshmallow center indeed.
So why are they back together? Somebody has info on every superhero including their relatives and their associates (like Helena's students). Sin and Charlie, both apparently with foster parents, are named checked here. Their unknown adversary threatens to kill one person on the list each hour unless the Birds play along.
That's all I'm posting to keep to limits. But Hawk and Dove are in here and there's a final page reveal that's very intriguing. I am happy to have them back. The plot doesn't wow me, the "files on every superhero" seems overused. But Gail's good at taking an overused plot and turning it inside out. I find Benes' art to be the same distraction it as always was -- ass shots and porny lips aplenty. What did everybody think?
char: black canary/dinah lance,creator: gail simone, publisher: dc comics, title: birds of prey,char: huntress/helena bertinelli, char:lady blackhawke/zinda blake, creator: ed benes
Canary and Zinda, while on assignment as seen in the preview, get a call from Babs. (Sorry for the quality of the scans. Massive hardware failures going on Chez Apricot)
Huntress also gets a call from Babs while at work. And Babs will now be known as "Spooky"
And so they are together for the first time in awhile. And the scene just captures the awkwardness, the unspoken feelings and their personalities so well. This is why I love Gail's work on BoP.
I like that it is Helena who ends up getting the most emotional. I've enjoyed Rucka's Helena in the Question, but Gail really gets the character's mix of toughness and vulnerability. Marshmallow center indeed.
So why are they back together? Somebody has info on every superhero including their relatives and their associates (like Helena's students). Sin and Charlie, both apparently with foster parents, are named checked here. Their unknown adversary threatens to kill one person on the list each hour unless the Birds play along.
That's all I'm posting to keep to limits. But Hawk and Dove are in here and there's a final page reveal that's very intriguing. I am happy to have them back. The plot doesn't wow me, the "files on every superhero" seems overused. But Gail's good at taking an overused plot and turning it inside out. I find Benes' art to be the same distraction it as always was -- ass shots and porny lips aplenty. What did everybody think?
char: black canary/dinah lance,creator: gail simone, publisher: dc comics, title: birds of prey,char: huntress/helena bertinelli, char:lady blackhawke/zinda blake, creator: ed benes
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Date: 2010-05-13 05:40 am (UTC)I think that and the inking is part of it too--even in the preview pages the art looked a bit...murky. I won't say for certain (haven't gotten to my shop yet AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGH), but between the preview and the scan, it looks like Benes has toned himself down a bit here.
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Date: 2010-05-14 07:03 pm (UTC)