sam_antics's review

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3.0

Not as good as Gail Simone's Birds of Prey, but still fun to read. Girl superhero teams are the best!

jacquilynn's review

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3.0

As a collection it was a bit scattered for my taste, 2 stories that go together then jump to a crossover jump back to Gotham.

kemendraugh's review

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4.0

I know it's early days, and I know there are art and costume problems, but darn it I just love ladies helping ladies SO MUCH.

PS Saw Greg Land's name on the front and was wondering if I'd read it wrong when I got to the last issue.


greg land black canary


Oh no, there he is!

wanderlustlover's review

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4.0

Part of my massive Barbara Gordon Re-read which I had a glorious amazing time with. Birds of Prey, under the hands of Chuck Dixon, got it's first big push into existing, gorgeously, and I continue to love it deeply!

cynz's review

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3.0

3.5 stars - Manhunt was great

keigotakami's review

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4.0

im so in love with Dinah Laurel Lance like how could a girl get any better??? she's a queen im dying

carlyoc's review

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3.0

In my efforts to get into comics, I was drawn to this one because it brought together a collection of strong female superheroes, some of whom I was familiar with from other media and some of whom I knew nothing about. I was disappointed to find that that all of the writers and most of the artists involved were men and that the women were still drawn in over-sexualized, impossibly contorted ways. I also found some of the character's dialogue and motivations shallow. In the Manhunt arc: Really? You couldn't think of a worse thing a man could do to a woman than not call her for a second date? I could think of a thousand better motivations for Black Canary to want to hunt this guy down. Also, how many times do you need to use the word "mad-on" to describe a grudge against someone? Once was okay but by time # 3 I began to wonder, Is anger such a masculine emotion that you can only describe it using a bastardized version of the word "hard-on"?
All in all, this book served as a good introduction to Oracle, Black Canary, and several others but falls prey to many of the pitfalls of the comic book industry, even though it at first seemed like a book about women, for women.

therudielibrarian's review

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4.0

The beginning of Birds of Prey with Black Canary and Batgirl/Oracle. This also has some Huntress and Catwoman in it! Good stuff.

birdmanseven's review

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3.0

This early arc has good elements, but hasn't quite found it's groove yet.

We talk about this and the Birds of Prey in general on a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-234-birds-of-prey

dahliamorgana's review against another edition

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3.0

Thought there would be more Huntress and Catwoman.