137 reviews for:

Batgirl: Year One

Chuck Dixon, Álvaro López, Marcos Martín, Scott Beatty

4.07 AVERAGE

howlsbookcase's review against another edition

3.0

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dick: "the read hair. that little burst of freckles across the bridge of her nose..."
babs: "the boy wonder has a crush on me? ew."
lmaooo

samanthaa_32's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 rounded up. This was solid, with nice art. I really like Babs and her little feud with the Bat. I just feel like more could have been done to develop her a little more?

walter_the_wombat's review

2.75

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rkivelau's review

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ephemeralbison's review against another edition

5.0

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Beautiful illustrations in a simplistic old-comic style (no painstakingly drawn individual hairs on characters' heads here). The story engages with the reader at every step of the way with wonderful little references to the Oracle at Delphi (a not-so-subtle foreshadowing of what will become of Barbara Gordon later). All around, an enjoyable read.

andrewb626's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

ickijones's review

4.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rhyno0401's review

3.5

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nkives's review against another edition

4.0

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Barbra Gordon is one of my all time favorite comic book characters. From Batgirl to Oracle. This book is about her first adventure, her attempt to become an apprentice to Black Canary, and this book has the start of Killer Moth and Firefly.

Classic fun book, that should be more in-print like Batman Year One.

ferzemkhan's review

3.5

adventurous inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Pretty great Batgirl origin story with decent art, even if it's full of awful on-the-nose references to The Killing Joke, Oracle etc.