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samhain's review
3.0
Given how sexist & lame the Burnside's arc was, this first issue of Rebirth-ed Batgirl is a good surprise. Not the most intense start, the key points of the plot felt quite forced (Kay being her roommate is just lazy writing, let's be honest!) but I'm intrigued by Fruit Bat and her abilities, and it's refreshing to see a superhero outside of America. I hope we'll follow Babs on her travels for some time, but I also hope Batgirl goes back to Gotham at some point. I also hope the writers will explore her recovery more, that they won't simply write Batgirl as she were when she started out, that they will talk about her "survivor" guilt & her traumas, and that her characterization will include bits and pieces of Oracle and everything she's done under that identity. Long story short, I have huge expectations for this new era of Batgirl comics, and I pray to the gods of DC, hoping they will never again let Barbara-fucking-Gordon's character get butchered by awful writers like they did with Burnside!Babs.
EDIT : I read "Batgirl & the Birds of Prey (Rebirth)" just after posting my review. I should have waited because most of my hopes and wishes were met in the Birds of Prey's first issue ^^ Now, my expectations for Julie Benson's Batgirl are even bigger! Fingers crossed she gets to stay as the comic's writer for the whole Rebirth era.
EDIT : I read "Batgirl & the Birds of Prey (Rebirth)" just after posting my review. I should have waited because most of my hopes and wishes were met in the Birds of Prey's first issue ^^ Now, my expectations for Julie Benson's Batgirl are even bigger! Fingers crossed she gets to stay as the comic's writer for the whole Rebirth era.
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