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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
Alegre y desenfadado, recoge el espíritu camp del batman de los 60 dignificando a los particularmente ridículos villanos como killer moth y firefly mientras se mantiene inteligente y llena de acción. Dota de personalidad y carácter al insulso personaje derivado que es Batgirl. Llena de de presagios y referencias es un festín para el aficionado. Destaca el maravilloso dibujo que por momentos nos recuerda al [a:David Mazzucchelli|28995|David Mazzucchelli|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1285147480p2/28995.jpg] de [b:Batman: Year One|59980|Batman Year One|Frank Miller|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327940389s/59980.jpg|2501570] y por otros al [a:Darwyn Cooke|61386|Darwyn Cooke|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1202672820p2/61386.jpg] de [b:Catwoman, Vol. 1: Trail of the Catwoman|12680555|Catwoman, Vol. 1 Trail of the Catwoman|Ed Brubaker|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1329168491s/12680555.jpg|17796341].
4.75. Loved rereading my favorite Batgirl story. Ever timeless and endless fun. This is staple for any DC fan’s collection.
First of all, the art is fantastic. Incredibly graphic (in the artistic sense, not the violent one) and really expressionistic despite the seeming simplicity. I would recommend this is just for a look the great panels and visuals that Martin and Lopez put on the page.
That said, the story is also really good. Babs dresses up as Batgirl just to mess with her dad but ends up finding a way to show the world that the little girl is actually perfectly capable of kicking butts and taking names. We see her find her footing and show the men, even Batman, that she can fight crime with the best of them. Also, Robin is simply adorable in this.
That said, the story is also really good. Babs dresses up as Batgirl just to mess with her dad but ends up finding a way to show the world that the little girl is actually perfectly capable of kicking butts and taking names. We see her find her footing and show the men, even Batman, that she can fight crime with the best of them. Also, Robin is simply adorable in this.
Put your hands up if you're tired of having to hear about "I'm a GIRL and men HATE GIRLS and they HATE GIRL SUPERHEROES and I have a REALLY HARD LIFE buying expensive computer programming and beating people up and men PICKING ON ME because they're MEN and they HATE GIRLS" shtick. It's weak and outdated and literally THE path of least resistance in building story conflict. As a female person, I actually do have other conflicts in my life than MEN being MEAN TO ME because I have LADY PARTS, so if we could get some more issues that don't focus on female characters' gender, that'd be great.
The art is fine, simple and unaggravated. Barbara is pretty interesting, except for the whole "persecuted woman" thing. I liked her conversation with Batman about why she was doing the masked vigilante thing, even if that conversation was pretty short. I've also wanted to get more into Black Canary, so I really enjoyed her cameos, even if they weren't big!
The art is fine, simple and unaggravated. Barbara is pretty interesting, except for the whole "persecuted woman" thing. I liked her conversation with Batman about why she was doing the masked vigilante thing, even if that conversation was pretty short. I've also wanted to get more into Black Canary, so I really enjoyed her cameos, even if they weren't big!
Finally, a mainstream superhero comic with a female lead that is totally believable. This great story combines a clever retelling of Batgirl's origins with a working-girl-style tale of a woman overcoming institutional misogyny (N.B. Batman is an institution). While the story isn't perfect, we really need more tales like this one. I'm happy to have finally found a superhero comic that I can recommend to my female friends who are curious about comics but are turned-off by hyper-masculine stories that are totally irrelevant to their lived experience.
I enjoyed this book a lot! I love Babs as a character and seeing her start as Batgirl was awesome! This gives great insight into why she takes up the costume and she has to fight tooth and nail to prove that she can take care of herself and Gotham. Batman treats her pretty similarly to Dick in that he watches from afar and helps her, all the while hoping she'll give up and go back to being a normal citizen.
Babs is definitely her own person and it's always great to see female characters that are well fleshed out and have their own goals. I loved seeing her fight alongside Canary and I love that her brain is one of her most powerful assets. I loved seeing her friendship with Dick and it was fun watching hem fight crime together.
I definitely recommend this book to fans of Babs and the Bat family.
Babs is definitely her own person and it's always great to see female characters that are well fleshed out and have their own goals. I loved seeing her fight alongside Canary and I love that her brain is one of her most powerful assets. I loved seeing her friendship with Dick and it was fun watching hem fight crime together.
I definitely recommend this book to fans of Babs and the Bat family.
Nice little origin story that shows the independence, ambition, and motivation for Barbara Gordon to take up the mantle of Batgirl. I would have given it a 4 if it didn't strive so strongly for her and Robin to just automatically have a thing. Regardless, a fun little comic with art reminiscent of the Animated Series with a decent story that displays Gordon's development as Batgirl.
High octane, enjoyable, character-driven read! The illustrations certainly harken to an aged comics style, which I prefer. As I've been starving for detective-style stories, this was a good fix. I especially leveled with the (perhaps overt) feminism of Barbara Gordon. Spunky, whip smart, and a touch indelicate, her depiction was real and satisfying. I cannot wait to see how her character develops in later volumes.
Disclaimer: I read this via the DC Universe Infinite App on my Tablet.
And I make that disclaimer because it's right now the best and cheapest way to read past DC Universe comics along with current gen ones (the only ones they don't have are anything by Neil Gaiman or the current comics on display at Newsstands and Kindle).
That being said, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is probably the closest thing to having Batgirl be part of The Long Halloween trilogy that was masterminded by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. I don't consider this book to be official canon to that trilogy, but it's the closest that we'll get to it, plus I think both Loeb and Sale have the ability to make their own Batgirl story if they chose to.
And I make that disclaimer because it's right now the best and cheapest way to read past DC Universe comics along with current gen ones (the only ones they don't have are anything by Neil Gaiman or the current comics on display at Newsstands and Kindle).
That being said, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is probably the closest thing to having Batgirl be part of The Long Halloween trilogy that was masterminded by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. I don't consider this book to be official canon to that trilogy, but it's the closest that we'll get to it, plus I think both Loeb and Sale have the ability to make their own Batgirl story if they chose to.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Complicated