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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
Genial, no conocía casi nada del personaje y me encantó!!
This is a pretty amazing introduction to Barbara Gordon as Batgirl. I really, really loved this.
While there are other Batgirls out there (4, I think?), Barbara Gordon is my Batgirl--just like Dick Grayson is my Robin, although Damon is certainly prying his way into my favorites.
This is a brilliantly told story in every way. It's funny yet serious when it needs to be, and Babs' characterization is solid. Her relationship with Batman and Robin is tenuous at first, but Robin vouches for her and basically forces Batman into accepting her.
I loved it.
While there are other Batgirls out there (4, I think?), Barbara Gordon is my Batgirl--just like Dick Grayson is my Robin, although Damon is certainly prying his way into my favorites.
This is a brilliantly told story in every way. It's funny yet serious when it needs to be, and Babs' characterization is solid. Her relationship with Batman and Robin is tenuous at first, but Robin vouches for her and basically forces Batman into accepting her.
I loved it.
The narration and meta-narration is excellently executed.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
A gem of a book I could genuinely pick up at any point in my life and still enjoy reading. Babs has had more than one telling of her story, and this is one I thought did her justice. She's a young woman who wants to make a difference, who can't relate to that. I've been a fan of Batgirl in all her names and incarnations, and this book is quite possibly why. I wish I could remember when I actually first read it. My one complaint is that I believe this was the book that said Babs was too short for law enforcement. Every other writing of her has her fairly tall. A minimal complaint at the end of the day.
Additionally: I've seen people tag this as YA (I previously did!) and I'm always hesitant to do that with comics considering the genre is often thought of as stuff for kids. It's generally not as much as you think. But I would consider this book young adult friendly and a good stepping in point for young comic fans to get into the genre. Just remember to take things with a grain of salt, everyone is always reinventing the wheel with superheroes, especially as the big names trade hands. Be loose, have fun.
Additionally: I've seen people tag this as YA (I previously did!) and I'm always hesitant to do that with comics considering the genre is often thought of as stuff for kids. It's generally not as much as you think. But I would consider this book young adult friendly and a good stepping in point for young comic fans to get into the genre. Just remember to take things with a grain of salt, everyone is always reinventing the wheel with superheroes, especially as the big names trade hands. Be loose, have fun.
I was surprised at how good this was. I've found that a lot of female characters (especially heroines) in superhero stories tend either get totally objectified and hyper-sexualized by their (usually male) authors, or that they swing too far in the "strong female" direction and end up being really shallow as a result of not having any significant flaws.
Beatty and Dixon, however, do a great job of creating a protagonist who has the will and the ability to become a superhero, but is still just a fairly incompetent crime fighter who gets rescued by others as much as she saves the day. They avoid the pitfalls I mentioned above and make a protagonist who is easy to both respect as a heroine and relate to as someone who's really just in over her head. I didn't know much about Batgirl before I read this, but now she's probably my favorite female superhero.
In addition to all that, we get to see a really cool side of both Batman and Robin as they do their almost-psychotic version of a good-cop-bad-cop type of mentorship. Oh, and there's an awesome reference on page 208 to "The Killing Joke" that finished the story perfectly.
Beatty and Dixon, however, do a great job of creating a protagonist who has the will and the ability to become a superhero, but is still just a fairly incompetent crime fighter who gets rescued by others as much as she saves the day. They avoid the pitfalls I mentioned above and make a protagonist who is easy to both respect as a heroine and relate to as someone who's really just in over her head. I didn't know much about Batgirl before I read this, but now she's probably my favorite female superhero.
In addition to all that, we get to see a really cool side of both Batman and Robin as they do their almost-psychotic version of a good-cop-bad-cop type of mentorship. Oh, and there's an awesome reference on page 208 to "The Killing Joke" that finished the story perfectly.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
That was fun; I enjoyed the story more than the art.
Normally graphic novels aren’t really my thing. I prefer to speed read through books, and pictures don’t really lend itself to that. However, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this one as much as I did. The first 3 parts were a story of the beginnings of Barbara Gorden (aka Batgirl) as she morphs into her dream profession.
If you don’t generally read graphic novels, give this one a chance as the story is definitely interesting.
You can see my video review here:
https://youtu.be/ApcnQv-ZZRk
If you don’t generally read graphic novels, give this one a chance as the story is definitely interesting.
You can see my video review here:
https://youtu.be/ApcnQv-ZZRk