Review: This issue begins with Savant meeting with Calculator and informing him as to Oracle's exact location. From there, Oracle beats up some junkies outside her headquarters and is met by Batman(in this case, Bruce Wayne). Oracle takes Bats into her headquarters and shows him around. Upon arriving inside, Oracle meets up with Savant, who tells her their plan for Calculator went as expected. Savant then leaves and Bats tells Oracle that he needs her assistance with the whole Batman Incorporated thing. Oracle says she's willing to help, but that it would have to be as Barbara Gordon, because Oracle had lost the sanctuary of the shadows and as such had to die. Moving on, Black Canary, Huntress, Dove and Lady Blackhawk are hanging out at a strip club to celebrate Dove's birthday. This issue ends with Mammoth, Bolt, a few HIVE goons and some woman named Mortis attacking the Birds since they were under the impression(from Savant)that one of them was Oracle.
Thoughts: Ugh... This was probably the worst Birds of Prey comic I've read in... well, maybe ever. I usually love Gail Simone's work in this series, but yikes, this one was a mess. The story was blah, the dialogue was pretty bad, and overall the whole thing was pretty boring. I mean it felt like I was reading this comic for a few hours, not a few minutes. Oh well, even the best of writers doesn't hit it out of the park every time. Hopefully this series returns to its usual awesomeness next issue.
Score: 4 1/2 out of 10.
It's going to take some time getting used to the new, touchy-feely Bruce Wayne...
It's going to take some time getting used to the new, touchy-feely Bruce Wayne...
Lol. In all honesty X, I don't even REMEMBER reading this issue. I just remember reading and trying to force myself through it.
ReplyDeleteThe strip club stuff was pretty funny. But, yeah this issue was meeh. I'm hoping with the "death" of oracle we get Barb back, walking. I don't know why I want her to walk again so bad but I do. It just needs to happen. Lol.
HA! See, it wasn't just me then! This issue was just so boring! It seemed endless!
ReplyDeleteThat'd be interesting, Babs walking again, but I don't know if DC will actually do it... They had the PERFECT opportunity during that awful Oracle: The Cure mini, but they let it pass, so I get the feeling they're not gonna ever do it. If she did start walking again, and became a hero, what codename should she go by? Batgirl and Batwoman are taken... Batchick maybe? :P
Batbroad! Okay... I'll leave now.
ReplyDeleteHA!!! Try marketing THAT name, DC!
ReplyDeleteNo X you weren't the only one. I remember sitting with some coffee and reading this and just sitting there like what the hell did I just read. The art was good but the story sucked.
ReplyDeleteYeah I don't think DC will let her walk although I would love to see Barb walk again and try and become Batgirl again and duking it out with Steph and becoming a villain! Okay, I think I went a little far with that. But Barb would be the most DANGEROUS villain DC had ever created. She knows EVERYTHING. But that's my twisted mind thinking before I had my mocha coffee yet. Lol.
Batchick? Batbroad? Lol, I don't know what to say about you too. You guys are awesome. Lol.
Ooooo... A Babs heel turn would be CRAZY! And that's CRAZY in a good way. That would be a ballsy move, which means DC won't do it. But Babs as a criminal would simply crush every hero in Gotham and beyond. Hell, if she went rogue, she could probably take down the entire DCU!
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good idea. I'd love to see that epic moment where it's a huge confrontation between Dick and Babs, and you know they'd have a big drama-filled fight scene. That would be so awesome.
ReplyDeleteYup, I can see it now, up on a dark and rainy rooftop in Gotham...
ReplyDeleteExactly, I'd pay to read that mini-series. It'd have to be a Mini...or a cross-over
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see my wild thoughts please you all as well. I think that would be the top selling mini in DC history!! BUT only Judd Winick can write it. Lol.
ReplyDeleteAnd X, Barb would take out the whole DCU. Lol. They would no longer exist, lol.
And JT, I think I would be so emotional if Babs turned heel and had to confront Grayson. So much history there!
JT, of course you'd pay to read that mini... What else would you do, steal it? :P Seriously though, that would rule as like a big, company-wide x-over, with Babs just screwing with like every hero, since she knows all of their secrets. I'd be fine with Babs just taking out Saint Barry actually... Leave everybody else alone, but kill him. That's all I'd want.
ReplyDeleteLol I could just wait for someone else to buy it and read THEIR copy :P But yeah, I think that would be one of the most awesome Heel turns in comics, but after that initial turn there's nowhere to go but down.
ReplyDelete"Lol I could just wait for someone else to buy it and read THEIR copy" Good point, I guess... I can't really think up a snappy comment... Blast you, JT! :D
ReplyDelete"but after that initial turn there's nowhere to go but down." Absolutely right. The initial shock of Babs turning would be INSANE, but once the x-over had ended, then what? Where does she go from there? It'd be kind of like Jason. The initial reveal that he was under the Red Hood was fantastic, but then(especially after Judd left the Bat-books)nobody could really figure out what to do with him... Maybe Babs could put together an evil Birds of Prey group and Gail could write the series? IDK, there really isn't much that COULD be done...
Haha, you sooner you just admit how genius I am, the sooner I can quit telling you how genius I am. :P
ReplyDeleteHm... an evil Birds of Prey would be interesting. They could always do that with that girl that was Babs nemesis. I forget her name but they went to school together and she became a bitch and was using the Birds in the first BoP run. I'd love to see an evil BoP with like Cheshire, Knockout (if she's not still dead), and maybe Lady Shiva or Scandal Savage since her and Knockout were dating.
*sigh*... Fine... JT, YOU are a genius!
ReplyDeleteHell, you had me at Cheshire and Lady Shiva! :P Evil Babs could lead them, and that new girl from Batgirl(Proxy?)could continue leading the Birds in Babs place. Imagine a hands-on EVIL Babs leading the likes of Shiva and Cheshire in battle!!!
See, I'm so genius I know you'd fall for that. Now I'll NEVER stop saying it. And I'm quoting it for my blog. :P Lol
ReplyDeleteThat would be super awesome. Hell imagine when Dinah and Helena come to try to convert Babs back and have to take on Shiva and Cheshire.
DAMMIT!!! How didn't I see that coming! You win this time, JT... But there WILL be a next time! BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
ReplyDeleteEXACTLY! Canary/Huntress vs Shiva/Cheshire?! I'd buy that in a heartbeat! Throw in evil Babs pulling everyone's strings, and damn is that one fine comic!
Haha, Outsmarted by me AGAIN eh X? I feel like Lex Luthor and you're...some guy that's not Lex Luthor. :P
ReplyDeleteI'm kinda shocked they haven't already teased the idea of Babs turning evil, then again they haven't done that too much with Dick, Tim or Bruce so....
Well, if you're Lex, I can at least be sure that you'll eventually screw up!
ReplyDeleteYeah, as awesome as it would be initially, I just can't see Babs as a heel having legs for long. I mean once the "Thay did WHAT?!" shock of the turn wears off, then what? I gotta agree with you, there's really not much that could be done with heel Babs. Maybe they realize that at DC, either that or they're gonna kill off Steph, and turn Babs into Batgirl again...
Naaah, only when Supes is around. I'm Lex and you're Mr. Mind. :P
ReplyDelete"I just can't see Babs as a heel having legs for long." There's a joke right there, but I'll leave it be. I think the best thing about Steph and Jason being "dead" is that they won't die again for a LONG time, if ever. That's like how they'll never kill off Supes, Hal or Kid Flash again, at least if they do it wont be for a while. I would say Max but I could see them killing him again, even though he's the best heel not named Lex or Joker.
Dude, you JUST called me a little green bug! What?!
ReplyDeleteYeah, sadly I tend to agree with that... Which means Saint Barry will be around forever! It'd be so lame if they bring Max back, give him a whole big storyline, rebuild him as a villian, and THEN kill him back off! With DC lately though, I expect them to do pretty much anything...
Lol he's the only guy Lex matched wits with recently, and I didnt wanna make ya Grodd due to your hatred of talking monkeys.
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing, it's like they killed so many people the only ones who can die are ones who haven't. So while this is good (Beast Boy, Starfire) it's also bad when you think about it (Tim Drake, Ravager), not that it would be anytime soon, but still.
Well, I would much rather be a little green bug as opposed to a talking monkey. Good call, JT!
ReplyDeleteMan, I WISH Beast Boy would die...
See, I know ya man. A little green bug is a compliment to a loon like you. :P
ReplyDeleteLol still? He hasn't been THAT bad in Teen Titans lately...
HA!!! Yes, a small talking catepiller is WAY more preferable to a talking monkey! At least to me anyway... :P
ReplyDeleteHe's still Beast Boy, which means I still want him dead!
Lol okay, so would yuou want BB dead MORE, if he was a small caterpillar... or if he was a talking Monkey?
ReplyDeleteDude, if Beast Boy was a talking monkey, I would have quit reading DC comics by now!
ReplyDeleteLol he pretty much already looks like one. He has fur and the weird teeth like a talking monkey.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's why I hate him so much then... Because he looks like a green talking monkey...
ReplyDeleteI could imagine, then the fact he's dating (?) a chick that died and came back as a sixteen year old... that can't be too good.
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