Birds of Prey #111-114

[meganbmoore]

Birds of Prey #111: Calculator almost put me to sleep. Needed more Babs beating him up.
Birds of Prey #112: Also rather ‘whatever." Less calculator underlings, more memorial. Also, still pissed DC killed Barda.
Birds of Prey #113: Aside from reminding me of why Misfit annoys me so much, it was an improvement…up until Superman and his superiority complex showed up.
Birds of Prey #114: Manhunter made it worth checking out, and a general step up from the last three issues…except for the part where Lady Blackhawk and Huntres were talking Oracle’s business while drunk at a bar.

Comments

[prozacpark.livejournal.com]

Dude, I totally get the Misfit hate now, and Sean Mckeever is totally to blame. I'm annoyed by his attempts to teen up my book. I liked my adult characters just fine. And, you know, I like Black Alice, but that doesn't mean I want the main team to be made up of a bunch of super-teenagers...with Helena being the (field) team leader/mentor? I could be reading "New X-men" if I wanted that dynamic.

I'm bitter about the changes. Want the new writer to be here now. Also would like Misfit gone. And possibly Black Alice, too.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Black Alice has the benefit of being kinda nuts, extremely anti-social, and potentially killing a random DC magicuser anytime she uses her powers(well...leaving them defenseless mid-fight...it counts)

Misfit is a generic Jubilee wannabee. (The "I am a scared girl-next-door but strong inside" ones are the Kitty Pryde wannabees, the "I am spunky and an orphan and grate on people but they know i'm cute and mean well and latch on to a strong guardian figure" ones are Jubilee wannabees.)

And WTF was with Babs randomly breaking Misfit's bones? To see how quickly she healed? I don't care if misfit CAN heal herself in nothing flat, breaking a teenager's bones to work off steam is NOT attractive, and doesn't fit her at all.

[prozacpark.livejournal.com]

Dude! That totally seems like something Batman would do, though, doesn't it? ;) Babs? Not so much. I have yet to read this issue. I kind of stopped reading a while back because I'm bitter. I'm waiting for the new writer to come along and save this series. Although, I don't know if it can be saved. It really hasn't been the same since that crappy One Year Later crap, so it's not like Gail leaving is what has sent it into a downward spiral.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Actually, no. I can see Batman making the training even a bigger pain than it would be otherwise because he was pissy, but I can't see him deliberately snapping the ankle of a teenager in his charge because he was upset, regardless of whether or not they'd get better. (Unless he was written by Frank Miller.) IMO, that's crossing the line between tough love and sadism. And from the way Misfit was acting, it wasn't the first time Babs did something like that. In fact, she complained about Babs taking out her bad mood on her by breaking her bones in training, just because she got better fast.

I liked the inclusion of Barda and Manhunter into the ranks, and Lady Blackhawk worked in her initial role, but the book was at its best when it was Babs and Dinah (and then when Helena was in on shaky ground), with the occasional supporting cast. But even having Helena so close and chummy isn't quite "right."